Like Tennis and Pinball, which were introduced earlier, Golf was a fairly early work that appeared on the FC platform. Although the game graphics are not exquisite, there is not even background music. But with a good operating mode, a perfect restoration of real golf, and the charm of golf itself, the game is well known, and it is said to have sold well, and it is one of the classics on fc. Golf was first released in Japan on May 1, 1984, and was co-created by Nintendo and hal institutes.
The cover characters in the Japanese and American versions chose 1p and 2p in the game, respectively
The game is actually very simple, the player plays from the 1st hole to the 18th hole, and then sees how they are doing. If you choose the two-player mode, take turns hitting the ball with your friends. The area of the field is clearly divided, there are bunker ponds, and when the player hits the ball on the green, they will enter the putting mode, and the batting operation is slightly different. The range of clubs from drivers to putters in w1 is also quite complete, and players can choose the right club according to the distance. The "three-stage shot" method used in the game when hitting the ball, the first key character begins to swing, the lower left corner cursor begins to move to the left; the second key determines the batting force, the cursor will immediately stop and move to the right when the key is pressed, the third button determines the accuracy of the shot, the closer the cursor is to the white scale, the more the result of the shot is in line with the player's expectations. The above seems to be the most rudimentary design of golf games today, or the standard, but as a pioneer of the same type of game, "Golf" still does quite well.
Green putter mode
The 2p player on the cover of the US edition
Another monumental aspect of this game is the game's creators. First of all, "Golf" was one of the first projects kondo was responsible for after Koji Kondo entered Nintendo, and although the game did not have background music, the sound effects of the protagonist hitting the ball, the ball flying in the sky, and falling into the bunker and pond were all well designed to make a deep impression. In addition, the development team of this game on the Japanese wiki is written about the hal research institute, which is actually the first project that Satoshi Iwata has participated in after his work, so "Golf" can also be counted as the first work of the former president of Nintendo + a talented programmer. The Nintendo nintendo switch once hid the game in the system, and on July 11, the easter egg was activated when the player took the joy-con and made Satoshi Iwata's signature action "direct" (that is, the hands were triangularly pushed forward). However, after the 4.0 system update, this Easter egg was temporarily canceled, and I don't know if we will see it in the future on July 11.
You can also swing the joy-con to hit the ball with a somatosensory swing
Golf has also landed on some other host platforms, such as sharp x1, pc8801, etc., and the interface is basically the same as the fc version. In 1989, the gameboy version of Golf was released, and the game may only be the same name, because the game interface has been completely different, the protagonist has become Mario, and background music has been added, so compared to the port, this is basically a new game developed for gameboy. However, the gameplay is not much different, and the addition of music will also make the game process easier, and you can have a chance to feel it.
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