Major Title

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Major Title is an arcade-style golf simulation. The game is presented in a mixed perspective. The pre-shot perspective is a standard third-person view from just behind the golfer, but once the ball is hit, the view switches to a top-down perspective to track the ball in flight. The game takes a simplified approach to hitting the ball. Instead of setting the power and controlling the shot, the only function of the vertically oriented swing meter is to choose the vertical angle of the shot, which, in turn, sets the amount of backspin/topspin applied to the ball. The strength of each swing is selected prior to the shot by setting a power gauge to one of 16 levels. Draw and fade can be applied to the ball by changing the players stance. The game specifies the maximum distance for the putter in yards, but measures distance on the greens in meters.

Players can choose to play as one of four golfers (power hitter, all-round player, technician, and magician). Each of these golfers possess a unique skill set that influences the player's ability to make certain types of shots. The game provides the usual array of game modes: tournament, match play, stroke play, and a skins game. The control system is simple, but still involved enough to provide a decent level of control for a fourth generation video game console sports simulation game. The key mappings are as follows: D-pad- (Up & Down) Navigate menus, (Left & Right) alter value on sub menus (Club, Direction, Stance, Power).

L and R shoulder buttons switch between the in-game sub menus, as does the (A) button. (B) button is used to take the shot and must be timed to be as close to the centre section of the power bar as possible.

{{Video game reviews

|GR = (SNES) 83%{{cite web|url=https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588662-the-irem-skins-game/index.html|title=The Irem Skins Game for Super Nintendo|work=GameRankings|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=2019|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209015657/https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588662-the-irem-skins-game/index.html|archive-date=2019-12-09|url-status=live}}

|Allgame = (SNES) {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Marriott|first=Scott Alan|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=145&tab=review|title=The Irem Skins Game (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) - Review|work=AllGame|publisher=All Media Network|date=1998|access-date=2020-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116142221/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=145&tab=review|archive-date=2014-11-16|url-status=live}}

|rev1 = Consoles +

|rev1Score = (SNES) 89%{{cite magazine|last1=Defrance|first1=Laurent|last2=Barbe|first2=Robert|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=51&num=7218&album=oui|title=Super Famicom Review - The Irem Skins Game|magazine=Consoles +|issue=15|publisher=M.E.R.7|date=December 1992|pages=88–90|lang=fr}}

|rev2 = Game Zone

|rev2Score = (AC) {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=David|url=https://archive.org/stream/game-zone-04#page/74/mode/1up|title=Kill Zone - Major Title|magazine=Game Zone|volume=1|issue=4|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=February 1992|page=74}}

|rev3 = Joypad

|rev3Score = (SNES) 83%{{cite magazine|last1=Morisse|first1=Jean-François|last2=Demoly|first2=Jean-Marc|url=https://www.abandonware-magazines.org/affiche_mag.php?mag=84&num=4080&album=oui|title=Super Nintendo: Maitenant Golf Rime Avec Dollars - The Irem Skins Game|magazine=Joypad|issue=14|publisher=Yellow Media|date=November 1992|pages=132–133|lang=fr}}

|rev4 = Joystick

|rev4Score = (SNES) 85%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero033/Joystick%20033%20-%20Page%20192%20%281992-12%29.jpg|title=Console News - Super Nintendo: The Irem Skins Game|magazine=Joystick|issue=33|publisher=Sipress|date=December 1992|page=192|lang=fr}}

|rev5 = N-Force

|rev5Score = (SNES) 86%{{cite magazine|last1=Rice|first1=Chris|last2=Rowley|first2=Carl|url=https://archive.org/stream/N-Force_No_7_1993-01_Europress_Impact_GB#page/n39/mode/1up|title=Reviewed! - SNES: The Irem Skins Game|magazine=N-Force|issue=7|publisher=Europress Impact|date=January 1993|pages=40–41}}

|rev6 = Nintendo Magazine System

|rev6Score = (SNES) 61/100{{cite magazine|last=de Martin|first=Rod|url=https://archive.org/stream/Nintendo_Magazine_System_11_1994-02_Trielle_AU#page/n33/mode/2up|title=Review - Super Nintendo: Major Title|magazine=Nintendo Magazine System|issue=11|publisher=Trielle Corporation|date=February 1994|pages=34–35}}

|rev7 = Play Time

|rev7Score = (SNES) 54%{{cite magazine|last=Reischmann|first=Robert|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/a9/PlayTime_DE_1993-03.pdf|title=Super NES Review: Marios Magic - The Irem Skins Game|magazine=Play Time|issue=20|publisher=Computec|format=PDF|date=February 1993|page=90|lang=de}}

|rev8 = Super Play

|rev8Score = (SNES) 83%{{cite magazine|last=Davies|first=Jonathan|url=https://archive.org/stream/Superplay_Issue_03_1993-01_Future_Publishing_GB#page/n69/mode/2up|title=Import Review - The Irem Skins Game|magazine=Super Play|issue=3|publisher=Future Publishing|date=January 1993|pages=70–71}}

|rev9 = Total!

|rev9Score = (SNES) 2-{{cite magazine|last=Amann|first=Hans-Joachim|url=https://www.ninretro.de/img/scans/snes/Major_Title_TO_1-94.jpg|title=SNES - Test: Major Title|magazine=Total!|issue=8|publisher=X-Plain-Verlag|date=January 1994|pages=38–39|lang=de}}

|rev10 = Video Games

|rev10Score = (SNES) 58%{{cite magazine|last=Barysch|first=Jan|url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=7773|title=Rom Check - Super Nintendo: Feinarbeit - Major Title Golf|magazine=Video Games|issue=25|publisher=Future-Verlag|date=December 1993|page=98|lang=de}}

|rev11 = Your Sinclair

|rev11Score = (Arcade) 82°/100°{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=David|url=https://archive.org/stream/your-sinclair-61/YourSinclair_61_Jan_1991#page/n90/mode/1up|title=Slots Of Fun: Major Title - Irem|magazine=Your Sinclair|issue=61|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=January 1991|page=91}}

|rev12 = Zero

|rev12Score = (Arcade) {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Wilson|first=David|url=https://archive.org/stream/zero-magazine-15#page/n81/mode/1up|title=Dosh Eaters: Major Title (Irem/50p a go) - Slotties Chart|magazine=Zero|issue=15|publisher=Dennis Publishing|date=January 1991|page=82}}

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In Japan, Game Machine listed Major Title on their April 15, 1990 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=378|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 April 1990|page=25|lang=ja}} In the July 1990 issue of Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine, the game was ranked on the number sixteen spot in popularity.{{cite magazine|last=Yamashita|first=Nobuyuki|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1990-07#page/n234/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information - Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - Hot 20|magazine=Micom BASIC Magazine|issue=97|publisher=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|date=July 1990|page=237|lang=ja}} The arcade original has been met with positive reception from reviewers since its initial release.{{cite magazine|last1=Gaksch|first1=Martin|last2=Forster|first2=Winfried|url=https://archive.org/stream/Power.Play.N31.1990.10-kultpower#page/n145/mode/1up|title=Power Tests / Automatenspiele: Simulations Siesta - Major Title|magazine=Power Play|issue=30|publisher=Future Verlag|date=October 1990|page=146|lang=de}}

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• [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8603 Major Title] at Killer List of Videogames

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