Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Accolade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Microsmiths | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound driver: Accolade sound driver | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf is a golf game for the Sega Mega Drive. It is an entry in Accolade's Jack Nicklaus series of golf simulations.
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Gameplay
Each entry in Accolade's Jack Nicklaus series between 1988 and 1993 offered often minor iterations on the previous game, and are all decendants of Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf for home computers. Power Challenge Golf is the last in the lineage (1997's Jack Nicklaus 4 running on an entirely different and more powerful game engine), and stems primarily from the 1992 IBM PC release of Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition.
As a simulation with roots on home computers, Power Challenge Golf is a slow-paced, statistic-heavy interpretation of the sport, with no in-game music and limited sound effects.
History
Release
Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf was released right in the middle of the lawsuit between Sega and Accolade, and as such, initial US copies of the game were distributed without a license from Sega. After the lawsuit was dropped, US packaging would include a Sega Seal of Quality, but in the form of an added sticker. EU versions, released slightly later, would be distributed in redesigned packaging, complete with official Sega branding.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Jack Nicklaus' Power Challenge Golf/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #48: "July 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[6]
- Sega Visions (US) #14: "August/September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)[7]
also published in:
- Svet Kompjutera (YU) #130: "Jul/Avgust 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[8]
- Svet Kompjutera (YU) #132: "Septembar 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[9]
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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References
- ↑ GamePro, "April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 111
- ↑ GamePro, "August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 125
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 60
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 59
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 66
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 131
- ↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jul/Avgust 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Septembar 1995" (YU; 1995-xx-xx), page 32
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 143
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 238
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1993" (US; 1993-05-11), page 54
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 59
- ↑ Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 127
- ↑ GamePro, "August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 124
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ Mega Action, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 19
- ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 120
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 74
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 38
- ↑ Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 82
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 58
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 199
- ↑ Video Games, "8/93" (DE; 1993-07-28), page 88