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}}}}{{sub-stub}}'''''PGA Tour Golf II''''' is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] fitness golf game developed and published by [[HeartBeat Corporation]]. A port of the 1992 [[Polygames]] title ''[[PGA Tour Golf II]]'' specifically designed to utilize the fitness sensor-integrated Mega Drive peripheral [[HeartBeat Catalyst]]{{magref|sv|15|110}}, it was released exclusively in the United States in 1995 in an extremely-limited run, and is one of the single-rarest commercially-available [[Sega Genesis]] games in existence.
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{{OtherPage|desc=the original version of the game|page=PGA Tour Golf II}}{{stub}}'''''PGA Tour Golf II''''' is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] fitness golf game developed and published by [[HeartBeat Corporation]]. A port of the 1992 [[Polygames]] title ''[[PGA Tour Golf II]]'' specifically designed to utilize the [[wikipedia:Activity tracker|fitness sensor]]-integrated Mega Drive peripheral [[HeartBeat Catalyst]]{{magref|sv|15|110}}, it was released exclusively in the United States in 1995 in an extremely-limited run, and is one of the single-rarest commercially-available [[Sega Genesis]] games in existence.
 
 
==Hardware==
 
  
 
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During a Portland Retro Gaming Expo sometime in the mid-2010s, a private collector in possession of ''PGA Tour Golf II'' (the YouTube user [https://www.youtube.com/c/donny4182 Vidja Gamer]) met with game historian and preservationist [[wikipedia:Frank Cifaldi|Frank Cifaldi]] to finally dump the game's ROM.{{ref|1=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9rEl_xtXy8}}
  
 
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*'''Conversion and additional programming:''' [[Rick Koenig]]
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PGA Tour Golf II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: HeartBeat Corporation[1]
Developer:
Licensor: Electronic Arts[3], PGA Tour[3], Tournament Players Club[3], Polar Technology[3][4]
Developer(s) of original games: Polygames
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Rob Hubbard
Peripherals supported: HeartBeat Catalyst[1]
Genre: Sports (golf)

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
For the original version of the game, see PGA Tour Golf II.

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PGA Tour Golf II is a Sega Mega Drive fitness golf game developed and published by HeartBeat Corporation. A port of the 1992 Polygames title PGA Tour Golf II specifically designed to utilize the fitness sensor-integrated Mega Drive peripheral HeartBeat Catalyst[1], it was released exclusively in the United States in 1995 in an extremely-limited run, and is one of the single-rarest commercially-available Sega Genesis games in existence.

History

Legacy

During a Portland Retro Gaming Expo sometime in the mid-2010s, a private collector in possession of PGA Tour Golf II (the YouTube user Vidja Gamer) met with game historian and preservationist Frank Cifaldi to finally dump the game's ROM.[5]

Production credits

Uncredited

Source:
Developer resumes[2]


Magazine articles

Main article: PGA Tour Golf II (Catalyst)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: PGA Tour Golf II (Catalyst)/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive (US)
PGATourGolfIIcatalyst MD US cover.png
Cover
PGATourGolfIICatalyst MD US cart.png
Cart
PGATourGolfIICatalyst MD US pcb.png
PCB
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Manual

Technical information

Main article: PGA Tour Golf II (Catalyst)/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
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CRC32 3eff8b37
MD5 c0f0040844938b88b4ab5f318f6f5610
SHA-1 c9c18b389a9afc5f30ab5d457f8f72e1966ff1e6
1MB 1991-02 Cartridge (US)

External links

References


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