Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

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Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Amiga, Atari ST
Publisher: Sega
Amiga
Atari ST
Elite Systems
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















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Ozaki Naomichi no Super Masters (尾崎直道のスーパーマスターズ) is a 1989 golf game by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive and a sequel to Jumbo Ozaki Super Masters. When brought overseas, it was renamed Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf.

The game is a typical 3D golf game. Use the D-pad to first select your club, then to aim your shot using the map on the left side of the screen. Hit A to initiate the swing. A meter with a blue bar and a green bar will appear on the top right corner of the screen. Hit A when the meter hits the desired point on the blue bar to determine the strength of the shot, then hit A again when the meter hits the desired point on the green bar to determine the height of the shot. Should you go too high over par on any hole, the entire game ends and you must start again at the beginning.

The game was ported to the Amiga and Atari ST by Elite Systems as Tournament Golf.

Fantasy Zone Minigame

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Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf contains a number of references to Fantasy Zone (namely the "sound select" screen, which has an Opa-Opa cameo), however it also contains an obscure Fantasy Zone minigame.

To access it, the player needs to hit the ball 100 times on the first stage without getting to the green. Doing so will trigger a game over screen. On that screen, the player needs to input UpUpDownDownLeftRightLeftRightBA (the Konami Code) and he/she will be taken to a watered down version of the first Fantasy Zone stage, Plaleaf.

The aim is not to destroy bases (it's an option, though destroying both bases will end the game), but instead simply stay alive. There is no scrolling, though if Opa-Opa travels to the edge of the screen, he will appear at the other edge. Getting killed will end the game. B shoots forward, C drops bombs, and the score increases as time goes on. Opa-Opa's shots can counter enemy projectiles in this minigame, and every enemy requires several shots to be destroyed.

Ozaki Naomichi no Super Masters does not have this minigame; instead, the Game Over screen shows a still image drawn by Toyo Ozaki and hangs.

Production Credits

(Note: The credits are taken from the Japanese version, as it's the only version to contain staff credits.)

Main Staff

Psychic Coordinator: Mr.Decky
Invisible Angel (みえない てんし): Chiel
Ultra Playful (うるとら おちゃめな): Bo
Man to Rule the Future World (しょうらい せかいを せいする おとこ): Ore

Sub Staff

Gen (げん)
Mizoran Shadow Programmer (ミゾラン かげのプログラマー ): Mizoran
Sat Man (サット マン): Sat Man

Assistant

No Rest for the Wicked (びんぼー ひまなし): Shakkin Oh
Blue Purple (ブルーパープル): Blue Purple
Emilyn (えみりん): Emilyn
Moomo (もーも): Moomo
Eiro (イーイロ): Eiro
Shizuoka Tarou (しずおか たろう): Sizuokataro
Tarnya (ターニャ): Tarnya
Turbo (たーぼ): Turbo

Presented by SEGA

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №4, p26
91 №13, p116
84 №4, p78
84 №4, p64
85 №1, p76[1]
83 №3, p58/59/60
70 №5, p52
87 №4, p60/61
83 №15, p24/25
60 №23, p52
82 №1, p23[2]
81 №18, p64
Sega Mega Drive
81
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
70
[4]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[5]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
85
[6]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
85
[7]
Console XS (UK) PAL
82
[8]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[9]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
72
[10]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[11]
Joystick (FR)
91
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
84
[13]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
84
[14]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[15]
Mega Action (UK)
84
[16]
MegaTech (UK)
85
[17]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
80
[18]
Mean Machines (UK)
83
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
85
[20]
Player One (FR)
70
[21]
Raze (UK) PAL
87
[22]
Sega Power (UK)
83
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[24]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
82
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[26]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
68
[27]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
70
[28]
Video Games (DE)
70
[29]
Sega Mega Drive
75
Based on
27 reviews

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
APTG MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic)
APTG MD US Box Classic.jpg
Cover
APTG MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, EU
APTG MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
APTG MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
APTG MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
Supermasters md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
Mega Drive, CA
APTG MD CA Box.jpg
Cover

Amiga Version

Amiga, UK

Atari ST Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
72 №13, p174
Atari ST
72
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Joystick (FR)
72
[30]
ST Action (UK)
80
[31]
ST Format (UK)
73
[32]
Tilt (FR)
90
[33]
Atari ST
79
Based on
4 reviews

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Atari ST, UK

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

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Cart
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  22. Raze, "February 1991" (UK; 1990-12-20), page 60
  23. Sega Power, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-03), page 24
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