Pebble Beach Golf Links (Mega Drive)

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Pebble Beach Golf Links (Mega Drive)
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Release Date RRP Code

New 3D Golf Simulation: Pebble Beach no Hatou (ペブルビーチの波涛) is a 1992 golf game for the NEC PC-98 by T&E Soft in their New 3D Golf Simulation series which takes place at the Pebble Beach Golf Links golf course in California. T&E Soft ported the game to the Sega Mega Drive in 1993 along with three other New 3D Golf Simulation games; however, unlike those three ports, this one did receive an international release under T&E's equivalent True Golf Classics label as Pebble Beach Golf Links.

It was later brought to the Sega Saturn; in Japan this version was called Pebble Beach Golf Links: Stadler ni Chousen (PEBBLE BEACH GOLF LINKS ～スタドラーに挑戦～). Despite being on a newer system, the game does not take particular advantage of the Saturn's features and continues to use the same rendering style as the entries on previous-generation machines. It does add an overhauled UI, more fluid player animations, and videos of professional golfer Craig Stadler (hence the Japanese name) giving suggestions before each hole.

As with computer games of the time, this game has user accounts stored in cartridge SRAM, with room for 10 players. After registering yourself as a player in the "Create Data" option at the main menu, you can choose to start one of several different match types. Each swing occurs as followed:

  1. Use Left and Right to change direction. Up and Down zoom out/in to see more. C confirms each step.
  2. Select a club with the D-pad.
  3. Select a stance with the D-pad.
  4. Hit C to begin the meter that chooses swing power, then C again to choose where on the ball the club hits, then C to finally swing.

A shows the hole. B opens up a menu with various options.

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №47, p148
50 №31, p54
Sega Mega Drive
 70
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
70
[2]
Console Mania (IT) NTSC-U
91
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
[4]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
58
[5]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
66
[6]
Game Players (US)
50
[7]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[8]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
72
[9]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
70
[10]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
70
[11]
Hyper (AU)
75
[12]
Joypad (FR)
76
[13]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
83
[14]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
80
[15]
Player One (FR)
90
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
50
[17]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
85
[18]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
80
[19]
Todo Sega (ES)
84
[20]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
80
[21]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[22]
Sega Mega Drive
 73
Based on
22 reviews

Pebble Beach Golf Links (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
Mega Drive, EU
PebbleBeachGolfLinks MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, JP
PebbleBeachGolfLinks MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, BR

Saturn Version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
44 №6, p114/115/116/117
72 №46, p47
60 №1, p146
88 №31, p60/61/62/63
79 №21, p60/61
67 №45, p68/69
67 №49, p52
Sega Saturn
 68
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Sega Saturn
 N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Pebble Beach Golf Links (Mega Drive)

Saturn, US
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Cover
Pebblebeach sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
Saturn, JP
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Cover
  1. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 173
  2. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-08), page 26
  3. ↑ Console Mania, "Aprile 1994" (IT; 1994-0x-xx), page 75
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 40
  5. ↑ Famitsu, "1993-10-15" (JP; 1993-10-01), page 1
  6. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 85
  7. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 62
  8. ↑ GamePro, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 114
  9. ↑ Game Informer, "May/June 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 22
  10. ↑ Hippon Super, "November 1993" (JP; 1993-10-02), page 42
  11. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 142
  12. ↑ Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 45
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 56
  14. ↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 64
  15. ↑ Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 59
  16. ↑ Player One, "Novembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 148
  17. ↑ Sega Pro, "Easter 1994" (UK; 1994-03-24), page 54
  18. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  19. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "February 4th 1994" (UK; 1994-01-22), page 10
  20. ↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 72
  21. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 133
  22. ↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 85
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