Great Golf
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System(s): Sega Master System, Mega-Tech | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Whiteboard[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: FM Sound Unit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports[2] (golf) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Great Golf, known as Masters Golf (マスターズゴルフ) in Japan, is a sports game developed by Whiteboard and published by Sega for the Sega Master System and Mega-Tech arcade system. The game makes use of the FM Sound Unit for enhanced music on the Japanese Sega Mark III (the Japanese Master System has the FM unit built in).
Another golf game, also named Great Golf, was released in Japan a year earlier for the Master System. This game differed from the international Great Golf in that it had no FM sound and used an isometric viewpoint. When the second game was released in Japan, it was renamed Masters Golf to avoid confusion.
Contents
Gameplay
The game is a basic golf game using a three-dimensional perspective and played on a single course with 18 holes. It can be played by up to four players taking turns. Before each round, players choose 14 clubs from 17 possible choices, with the putter being mandatory. During gameplay, a sidebar shows the hole, the total distance to the cup, the par for the hole, and the wind direction and intensity, as well as a map of the hole.
Before each shot, the player can check the wind direction (by dropping a handful of grass and seeing which way it blows) or the slope of the green (which is shown in an inset) by pressing , or the player can start the shot by pressing . The player first chooses a club with or . Pressing chooses a selection, and pressing goes back. After choosing a club, the player can adjust the stance using the D-Pad. Leading with the left foot hooks the shot (curves the ball to the left), while leading with the right foot slices the shot (curves the ball to the right). Then the player aims the shot with or . Finally, the player must stop the power meter, which fills up and down, to hit the ball. The power of the shot is determined by how much of the power meter is filled when it is stopped.
When putting, the player only needs to aim the shot and use the power meter to determine how hard the ball is hit. The putter is selected automatically when on the green.
Modes
The game has two modes:
- Stroke Play: A one- to four-player mode using stroke play rules where players compete to finish a round of 18 holes in the fewest overall strokes. Players one and three are depicted by male golfers and share the first control pad, and players two and four are depicted by female golfers and share the second control pad. There are no computer players.
- Match Play: A two-player mode where players compete to win the most holes in the fewest strokes rather than the entire round in the fewest strokes. This mode can only be played by two players, using separate control pads.
In either mode, the players tee off in order for the first hole, then the players tee off in order of descending score for subsequent holes. After the tee shots, the player who is furthest from the hole takes the next shot. If the players tie after all 18 holes have been completed, additional holes are played, starting with the first hole, until the tie is broken.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Great Golf | Great Golf |
English (US) | Great Golf | Great Golf |
Japanese | マスターズゴルフ | Masters Golf |
Production credits
Magazine articles
- Main article: Great Golf/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
Master System version
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Master System, JP |
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Master System, US |
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Master System, EU (Sega®) |
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Master System, SE (Brio) |
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Mega-Tech version
Technical information
ROM dump status
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128kB | Cartridge |
References
- ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Santos
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/segamark3/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-21 03:44)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 14
- ↑ File:SMSGameCatalog2EU.pdf, page 2
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 166
- ↑ https://sega.jp/fb/album/05_fz/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)
- ↑ File:Great Golf 1987 SMS, Standings.png
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 99
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 57
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 141
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 104
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 133
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 16
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 57
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 43
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 71
- ↑ ', "Máios 1990" (; 1990-xx-xx), page 100
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