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| languages={{LanguageList|en|fr|de|jp}} | | languages={{LanguageList|en|fr|de|jp}} | ||
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− | | sat_date_uk=1996-09-06{{magref|cvg|179|52}} | + | | sat_date_uk=1996-11{{magref|ctw|615|36}}<!--(Week 4), 1996-09-06{{magref|cvg|179|52}}--> |
| sat_code_uk=T-12302H-50 | | sat_code_uk=T-12302H-50 | ||
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===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||
− | The game would spawn two sequels, ''Actua Golf 2'' and ''Actua Golf 3'' respectively, though these would bypass the Saturn in favour of the [[ | + | The game would spawn two sequels, ''Actua Golf 2'' and ''Actua Golf 3'' respectively, though these would bypass the Saturn in favour of the [[PlayStation]]. |
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+ | ==Production credits== | ||
+ | {{multicol| | ||
+ | {{creditstable| | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|For VR Sports}} | ||
+ | *'''Director of Sports Development:''' Matthew W. Findley | ||
+ | *'''Producer:''' Chris Parker | ||
+ | *'''Line Producer:''' Jeff Barnhart | ||
+ | *'''Additional 2D Art:''' Dave Finley | ||
+ | *'''VR Sports Logo Rendering:''' Adam Rote | ||
+ | *'''Manual Text:''' Sean Cramer | ||
+ | *'''Manual Layout:''' Patrizia Scharli | ||
+ | *'''Director of Quality Assurance:''' Chad Allison | ||
+ | *'''Assistant Director of Quality Assurance:''' Colin Totman | ||
+ | *'''Lead Testers:''' Steve Baldoni, Derek Bullard | ||
+ | *'''Testers:''' Richard Barker, Michael Krueger, Shanna San Paolo, James Dunn, Sean Johnson | ||
+ | *'''Special Thanks to:''' Phil Adam, Stacy Bremmer, Paul Suckman, John Soller and Jim Boone. | ||
+ | {{creditsheader|For Gremlin Interactive}} | ||
+ | *'''Producer/Design:''' Peter Cook | ||
+ | *'''Programmer:''' Duncan Hopkins | ||
+ | *'''Front End Programmer:''' James Graves | ||
+ | *'''3D Artist:''' Andy Campbell | ||
+ | *'''Motion Capture Programmer:''' Ben Wilson | ||
+ | *'''Music and SFX:''' Neil Biggin | ||
+ | *'''Commentary Script:''' Peter Cook, Neil Biggin, Neal Cheatham | ||
+ | *'''Intro Sequence:''' Oliver Murray, Wayne Laybourn, and Jim Tebbut | ||
+ | *'''Localization:''' Sarah Bennett | ||
+ | *'''Captured Golfer:''' Neal Cheetham | ||
+ | *'''Quality Assurance Manager:''' Carl Cavers | ||
+ | *'''Lend Playtester:''' Carl 'Baggins' Bilby | ||
+ | *'''Testers:''' Jonathon 'Doc' Savage, Lee Brian Campbell (aka The Ginger Prince), Sim 'Beer Hunter' Furniss, Julia 'Are you being served?" Sturman, Nicola "Wurzel" Grice, Stephen 'The Equalizer' Woodward, and Philip 'Highlander' Wilson. | ||
+ | | source=US manual | ||
+ | | pdf=Vrgolf sat us manual.pdf | ||
+ | | pdfpage=17 | ||
+ | | console=SAT | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | }} | ||
==Magazine articles== | ==Magazine articles== | ||
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| back=ActuaGolf Saturn JP Box Back.jpg | | back=ActuaGolf Saturn JP Box Back.jpg | ||
| disc=ActuaGolf Saturn JP Disc.jpg | | disc=ActuaGolf Saturn JP Disc.jpg | ||
+ | | manual=ActuaGolf sat JP manual.pdf | ||
| square=yes | | square=yes | ||
}}{{Scanbox | }}{{Scanbox | ||
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==Technical information== | ==Technical information== | ||
+ | {{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}} | ||
===ROM dump status=== | ===ROM dump status=== | ||
{{romtable| | {{romtable| |
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System(s): Sega Saturn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Interplay (US), Gremlin Interactive (Europe), Naxat Soft (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Gremlin Interactive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peripherals supported: 6Player | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Sports[1][2] (golf) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Actua Golf (アクチャーゴルフ), known in the United States as VR Golf '97, is Sega Saturn golf game developed by Gremlin Interactive. An entry in the company's Actua Sports series, it was first published in Europe by Gremlin Interactive themselves in September 1996, was later published in the United States by Interplay in December 1996, and was localized and brought to Japan by Naxat Soft in April 1997.
Contents
History
Development
Actua Golf's roots date back to 1995, where it was originally announced (in North America at least) as VR Golf '96 for release in February 1996
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[6]. It is thought to have been delayed for the best part of a year, becoming VR Golf '97 in the process.
Legacy
The game would spawn two sequels, Actua Golf 2 and Actua Golf 3 respectively, though these would bypass the Saturn in favour of the PlayStation.
Production credits
- Director of Sports Development: Matthew W. Findley
- Producer: Chris Parker
- Line Producer: Jeff Barnhart
- Additional 2D Art: Dave Finley
- VR Sports Logo Rendering: Adam Rote
- Manual Text: Sean Cramer
- Manual Layout: Patrizia Scharli
- Director of Quality Assurance: Chad Allison
- Assistant Director of Quality Assurance: Colin Totman
- Lead Testers: Steve Baldoni, Derek Bullard
- Testers: Richard Barker, Michael Krueger, Shanna San Paolo, James Dunn, Sean Johnson
- Special Thanks to: Phil Adam, Stacy Bremmer, Paul Suckman, John Soller and Jim Boone.
- Producer/Design: Peter Cook
- Programmer: Duncan Hopkins
- Front End Programmer: James Graves
- 3D Artist: Andy Campbell
- Motion Capture Programmer: Ben Wilson
- Music and SFX: Neil Biggin
- Commentary Script: Peter Cook, Neil Biggin, Neal Cheatham
- Intro Sequence: Oliver Murray, Wayne Laybourn, and Jim Tebbut
- Localization: Sarah Bennett
- Captured Golfer: Neal Cheetham
- Quality Assurance Manager: Carl Cavers
- Lend Playtester: Carl 'Baggins' Bilby
- Testers: Jonathon 'Doc' Savage, Lee Brian Campbell (aka The Ginger Prince), Sim 'Beer Hunter' Furniss, Julia 'Are you being served?" Sturman, Nicola "Wurzel" Grice, Stephen 'The Equalizer' Woodward, and Philip 'Highlander' Wilson.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Actua Golf/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #11: "September 1996" (1996-08-20)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[8]
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also published in:
- Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #12: "October 1996" (1996-09-18)A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading?[9]
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Physical scans
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Technical information
- Main article: Actua Golf/Technical information.
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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565,623,072 | CD-ROM (EU) | T-12302H-50 V1.500 | ||||||||||
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301,933,296 | 1996-10-24 | CD-ROM (JP) | T-18710G V1.100 | |||||||||
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487,861,248 | CD-ROM (US) | T-12518H V1.100 |
References
- ↑ File:ActuaGolf Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
- ↑ http://sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-01-01 11:35)
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 36
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 79
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 81
- ↑ File:Vrgolf sat us manual.pdf, page 17
- ↑ ', "September 1996" (; 1996-08-11), page 11
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 25
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 55
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 35
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 127
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 79
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1997-01-24)
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 1
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 94
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 62
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 111
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 49
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 68
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 180
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 16
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 38
- ↑ ', "October 1996" (; 1996-09-09), page 8
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