Staff Main article: List of Golf staff Trivia NES Remix: Several challenges are based on this game.Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - The first hole from Golf reappears in the Golf game in this game.Wii Sports Resort - The same nine holes that appear in Wii Sports reappear as the back nine of this game's course, and in the same order.Wii Sports - Nine of the holes in Golf reappear as the 9-hole course in this game.Super Mario-kun - In the second volume of the manga, Mario reminisces of his time in Golf.Gallery For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Golf. The Game Boy version contains 36 new holes split into two courses, Japan and U.S.A. Golf, 17 of the holes are tweaked versions of the NES release with the other four being new. They also randomly select 18 of 21 possible holes for each playthrough. The arcade versions are more difficult and has a mode for competing against a computer opponent. Golf features the same male character as the NES version, but VS. System, also known as Stroke & Match Golf. Once the player gets the ball close to the target (the actual "hole", marked by a flag) on each map, the section of the screen which previously showed a map of the entire course will show a zoomed-in map of the putting green. Holes 2, 3, and 5 feature inland ponds, holes 7 and 16 feature rivers, and holes 6, 9, 13, 15, and 18 have water covering the majority of the map the other holes do not have water. Each hole features some green and some woods, and every hole except hole 11 features sand traps. Golf features eighteen holes separated into nine labeled "OUT" and nine labeled "IN". Golf was later included onto the Arcade Archives. Aside from the NES game's inclusion on the Switch, VS. This version of Golf was overwritten as of the 4.0.0 update, making it unplayable. Golf has significance as one of the first video games Iwata programmed himself for Nintendo while working at HAL Laboratory. If successful, a voice clip of Iwata from a Japanese 2012 presentation would confirm the input, and an emulation of Golf with added motion control support would promptly boot up. Activating it required the internal system clock to be set to July 11 - Satoru Iwata's death anniversary - and performing his iconic " directly to you" hand gesture with both Joy-Con controllers on the HOME menu.
Additionally, the Game Boy conversion of this game would feature Mario on the Western cover art, but not the Japanese version.Ī copy of the original game was embedded in Nintendo Switch firmware. However, the game Captain Rainbow would instead identify the golfer as Ossan, which happens to be a generic internal name Mario had during the development of Donkey Kong. The golfer has been identified as Mario in supplemental material, albeit not wearing his traditional shirt and overalls. It is based on the sport of the same name. Golf is a game for the NES released in 1984. System, NEC PC-88, Sharp X1, PC-8001mkIISR, Family Computer Disk System, Nintendo Pla圜hoice-10, Game Boy, e-Reader, Virtual Console ( Nintendo 3DS, Wii U), Nintendo Switch Hudson Soft (PC-8801, PC-8001mkIISR, and Sharp X1 ports) Golfįor alternate box art, see the game's gallery. For an overview of all golf-related titles in the Mario series, see Mario Golf (series). For the event in the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, see Golf (event). For the microgame with the same name, see Golf (microgame). This article is about the 1984 video game.