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

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥6,0006,000 G-4014
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9959.99[1] 1203
Sega Mega Drive
US
(Classic)
$29.9529.95 1203C
Sega Mega Drive
EU
1203
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
Amiga
UK
Atari ST
UK

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

Gameplay

The game is a typical pseudo-3D golf game from the era. 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.

Despite its Western name, the late Arnold Palmer does not appear in the game, save for a cameo on the title screen. While Western box art suggests the player is competing in the "Arnold Palmer Tournament" there is no reference to this in-game nor in the manual. The Japanese version devotes a section of its manual to Ozaki Naomichi but likewise, the golfer is largely absent from the game.

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 UpUpDownDownLeftRightLeftRightA and they 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): Gen
  • 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

One of eight preset names will briefly appear in the "player name" field during the attract mode demo. These names are actually references to the developers. The names are largely different between the Japanese and international versions of the game. Presented in order of appearance:

Ozaki Naomichi no Super Masters
  • みなみ (Minami)
  • てらさき (Terasaki)
  • にしむら (Nishimura)
  • ささき (Sasaki)
  • みぞぐち (Mizoguchi)
  • あだち (Adachi)
  • わかばやし (Wakabayashi)
  • さとう (Satou)
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Promotional material

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Mega Drive print advert in GamePro (US) #11: "June 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
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Mega Drive print advert in Sega Visions (US) #1: "June/July 1990" (1990-xx-xx)
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Home computers print advert in ACE (UK) #37: "October 1990" (1990-09-xx)
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Home computers print advert in Power Play (DE)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 №4, p26[10]
91 №13, p116
84 №4, p78
84 №4, p64
85 №1, p76[11]
83 №3, p58-60[12]
70 №5, p52[13]
87 №4, p60/61[14]
83 №15, p24/25
60 №23, p52
82 №1, p23[15]
81 №18, p64
Sega Mega Drive
81
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[16]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
70
[17]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[18]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
85
[10]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
85
[19]
Console XS (UK) PAL
82
[20]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[21]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
72
[22]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
73
[23]
Joystick (FR)
91
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
84
[25]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
84
[26]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
72
[27]
Mega Action (UK)
84
[28]
MegaTech (UK)
85
[11]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
80
[29]
Mean Machines (UK)
83
[12]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
85
[30]
Player One (FR)
70
[13]
Raze (UK) PAL
87
[14]
Sega Power (UK)
83
[31]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[32]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
82
[15]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[33]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
68
[34]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
70
[35]
Video Games (DE)
70
[36]
Sega Mega Drive
75
Based on
27 reviews

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Aptg md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US (Sega Classic)
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Cover
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Cart
Aptg md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cart
Supermasters md jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, CA
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Cover
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

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
[37]
ST Action (UK)
80
[38]
ST Format (UK)
73
[39]
Tilt (FR)
90
[40]
Atari ST
79
Based on
4 reviews

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Atari ST, UK
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Cover
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Disk 1
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Disk 2

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 35b995ef
MD5 c77d184d22c4e6a5a365e99a0721aebb
SHA-1 76ab194beafcf9e9d5bc40a8e70e2a01d7e42a5b
512kB 1989-06 Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. File:GamePro US 007.pdf, page 52
  2. File:Raze UK 04.pdf, page 61
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 9
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 7
  5. GamePro, "July 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 61
  6. VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "July 1990" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 59
  7. Computer & Video Games, "October 1990" (UK; 1990-09-16), page 7
  8. ACE, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-xx), page 17
  9. Computer & Video Games, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-16), page 7
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 26 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p26" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 76 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p76" defined multiple times with different content
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:MeanMachines UK 03.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 03.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 13.0 13.1 File:PlayerOne FR 005.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 005.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
  14. 14.0 14.1 File:Raze UK 04.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 04.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
  15. 15.0 15.1 File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf, page 23 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 01.pdf_p23" defined multiple times with different content
  16. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 21
  17. Aktueller Software Markt, "Januar 1990" (DE; 1989-1x-xx), page 61
  18. Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1990" (JP; 1990-01-08), page 72
  19. The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 44
  20. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 127
  21. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 290
  22. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 22
  23. Famitsu, "" (JP; 1989-xx-xx), page 1
  24. Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 116
  25. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 78
  26. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
  27. Mega Drive Fan, "January 1990" (JP; 1989-12-08), page 73
  28. Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 64
  29. Micromanía (segunda época), "Abril 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 44
  30. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
  31. Sega Power, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-03), page 24
  32. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
  33. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  34. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  35. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 15
  36. Video Games, "1/91" (DE; 1991-03-27), page 85
  37. Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 174
  38. ST Action, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 62
  39. ST Format, "March 1991" (UK; 1991-02-14), page 64
  40. Tilt, "Décembre 1991" (FR; 1991-1x-xx), page 67