Actua Golf

n/a

PAL
NTSC-J
NTSC-U

Actua Golf

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

Official in-game languages:

English

Français

Deutsch

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-04-04^[2]	¥5,8005,800	T-18710G
US	1996-12-20^[3]		T-12518H
EU	1996-09-06		T-12302H-50
DE	1996-09-06		T-12302H-50
UK	1996-11^[4]	£44.9944.99^[5]	T-12302H-50
PL	199x

Non-Sega versions
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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.

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^[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

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.

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^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Actua Golf/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #89: "December 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #178: "September 1996" (1996-08-11)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #11: "September 1996" (1996-08-20)^[8]

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #179: "October 1996" (1996-09-09)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #12: "October 1996" (1996-09-18)^[9]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

89

^[11]

CD Consoles (FR)

PAL

60

^[12]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

75

^[5]

Digitiser (UK)

PAL

80

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[15]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

92

^[16]

Player One (FR)

91

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

84

^[18]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

75

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

90

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[21]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[22]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

90

^[23]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

90

^[24]

	77
Based on 15 reviews

Actua Golf

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU (newer)

Saturn, TR
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Actua Golf/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

565,623,072

CD-ROM (EU)

T-12302H-50 V1.500

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

301,933,296

1996-10-24

CD-ROM (JP)

T-18710G V1.100

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

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)
↑ Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-11-25), page 36
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-09), page 79
↑ GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 81
↑ File:Vrgolf sat us manual.pdf, page 17
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 11
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 25
↑ GamesMaster, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 55
↑ 576 KByte, "Január 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 35
↑ CD Consoles, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 127
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1997-01-24)
↑ Famitsu, "1997-04-11" (JP; 1997-03-28), page 1
↑ GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 94
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 62
↑ Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 111
↑ Sega Power, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-09-26), page 49
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "3/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 79
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 68
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-11 (1997-04-11)" (JP; 1997-03-28), page 180
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 38
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 8

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[4] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1996-11-25), page 36

[:File:CVG_UK_180.pdf_p79-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-09), page 79

[:File:GamePro_US_080.pdf_p81-6] GamePro, "March 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 81

[:File:Vrgolf_sat_us_manual.pdf_p17-7] File:Vrgolf sat us manual.pdf, page 17

[:File:SSM_UK_11.pdf_p11-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-08-20), page 11

[:File:SSM_UK_12.pdf_p25-9] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 25

[10] GamesMaster, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-10-24), page 55

[:File:576KB_HU_1997-01.pdf_p35-11] 576 KByte, "Január 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_24.pdf_p127-12] CD Consoles, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 127

[digitiser1997-01-24-13] Digitiser (UK) (1997-01-24)

[14] Famitsu, "1997-04-11" (JP; 1997-03-28), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_102.pdf_p94-15] GamePro, "March 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 94

[:File:MeanMachinesSega49UK.pdf_p62-16] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-04), page 62

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_071.pdf_p111-17] Player One, "Janvier 1997" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 111

[:File:SegaPower_UK_85.pdf_p49-18] Sega Power, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-09-26), page 49

[19] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "3/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:SSM_UK_12.pdf_p68-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "October 1996" (UK; 1996-09-18), page 68

[:File:SSM_JP_19970411_1997-11.pdf_p180-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-11 (1997-04-11)" (JP; 1997-03-28), page 180

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p16-22] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_01.pdf_p38-23] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 38

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p8-24] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 8

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Actua Golf

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Contents

History

Development

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References