Developer(s) G.O.1 Initial release date 3 July 1992 | Publisher(s) G.O.1 | |
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Genre(s) Traditional golf simulation Platform Nintendo Entertainment System Modes Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game (up to four players) Similar Golf Grand Slam, Mezase! Top Pro: Green ni, Greg Norman's Golf Power, JaJaMaru Gekimaden: Maboros, JaJaMaru: Ninpō Chō | ||
The Golf '92 (ザ・ゴルフ'92) is a Family Computer video game that involves golfing with popular Japanese golf pros.
Summary
There are three difficulty levels and the game is almost completely in Japanese. There are also three modes: leaderboard (similar to major PGA events), tournament (using a format found in most sports playoffs), and stroke play. Players have a crowd to play their round of golf into front of.
For the benefit of North American players, there is a hacked version of this game called Celebrity Golfing. This hacked version replaces the names of Japanese golf professionals with names of recognizable people from North American culture and politics in the game. Selectable characters include Will Smith, Nick Nolte, Clay Aiken, and former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin. Even with the change in character names, the menus are still in Japanese.
In the hardest difficulty levels, players are confronted with wind levels approaching that of a hurricane while the wind is almost stagnant in the easiest difficulty level. One of the drawbacks of the game is that the player must determine the angle of their flight separately from the strength of their swing and the type of golf club that they will use.