Great Golf

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Great Golf NTSC-J
Great Golf
System(s): Sega Master System, Mega-Tech
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP, EU), Sega of America (US)
Developer: Whiteboard
Peripherals supported: FM Sound Unit
Genre: Sports (golf)
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code UK 1989 £? ? JP 1987-10-10 ¥5,0005,000 G-1332 US 1987-11 5057 EU 1987-11 5057 UK 1987-11 £22.9522.95 5057 SE 19xx AU 1987 FGRE05SEC

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.

Gameplay

Driving and putting

Clubs

Course map

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

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Great Golf	Great Golf
English (US)	Great Golf	Great Golf
Japanese	マスターズゴルフ	Masters Golf

Production credits

• Kame, Sisio, Chin, Miki, Mut.F, Dandy, Ko., Tamo, Bo, Kei M

Source:

In-game high score ranking

• YM / SEGAYM

Source:

Internal ROM text

Magazine articles

Main article: Great Golf/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

File:SMS DE TVAdvert 1989.mp4

DE TV advert (1989)

File:SMS DE TVAdvert 1989.mp4

File:SMS QC TVAdvert.mp4

CA TV advert (Quebec)

File:SMS QC TVAdvert.mp4

Print advert in Pixel (GR) #66: "Máios 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 71 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) PAL 71 Console XS (UK) PAL 63 Computer & Video Games (UK) 75 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 71 Power Play (DE) 55 S: The Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 73 Sega Power (UK) PAL 50 Sega Pro (UK) 63 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 63 Tilt (FR) 75

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Great Golf

Master System, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Master System, US
Cover
Manual Poster

Master System, EU
Cover

Master System, EU (Sega®)
Cover
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Master System, EU ("No Limits")
Cover

Master System, SE (Brio)
Manual

Master System, AU (Hotline/NIAL stickers)
Cover
Cart

Master System, AU (Not for rental sticker)
Cover
Cart

Master System, AU (Classics)
Cover
Cart

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 98e4ae4a MD5 763580f2af57ea7baddf671fb51787da SHA-1 3c0b12cfb70f2515429b6e88e0753d69dbb907ab	128kB		Cartridge