SimGolf
{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{For|the 2002 video game|Sid Meier's SimGolf}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = SimGolf
|image = SimGolf Coverart.jpg
|publisher = Maxis
|designer = Vladimir Vinetsky
|programmer = Olexander Bilyk
Oleg Mouraveinick
Serg Butenko
Vasyl Tsvirkunov
|artist = Sharon Barr
Shannon Galvin
|composer = Jerry Martin
|engine =
|series = Sim
|released = November 15, 1996{{Cite web |date=1997-02-27 |title=Online Gaming Review |url=http://www.ogr.com/news/news1196.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970227065708/http://www.ogr.com/news/news1196.html |archive-date=1997-02-27 }}
|genre = Sports
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms = Windows
}}
SimGolf is a sports video game created by Maxis in 1996. The game allows players to design their own golf courses and play them.{{Cite book |last=Wolf |first=Mark J. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRnOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT813 |title=Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming [3 volumes] |date=2021-05-24 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-16182-0 |page=813 |language=en}}
Gameplay
The player can design their own golf course, being able to lower and raising the terrain, and can add trees, traps, lakes and other natural hazards.
Players can play on the golf course they have designed or play the two existing courses designed by American golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBa8AAAAIAAJ |title=Forbes ASAP. |date=1996 |publisher=Forbes |page=95 |language=en}}
The MouseSwing interface lets the player use their mouse to hit the ball, and leaves the driving, chipping and putting to the player. (The traditional "power bar" option is also available.) {{Cite web |title=Cover art or packaging material from SimGolf (1996) |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/1246/simgolf/cover/group-77957/cover-211271/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=MobyGames |language=en}}
Reception
The game received a score of 2 out of 5 stars from Peter Smith of Computer Games Strategy Plus, with criticism going toward the graphics and physics.{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971007223312/http://www.cdmag.com/sports_vault/simgolf_review/page1.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com/sports_vault/simgolf_review/page1.html | title=SimGolf Review | author=Smith, Peter | date=January 20, 1997 | work=Computer Games Strategy Plus | archivedate=October 7, 1997 | url-status=dead }} Barry Brenesal of Gamecenter rated it 8 out of 10, offering praise for the graphics and audio.{{cite web |last=Brenesal |first=Barry |title=SimGolf |url=http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-508,00.html |website=Gamecenter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211021700/http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-508,00.html |archive-date=December 11, 2000 |date=February 6, 1997}} Nick Smith of AllGame rated it 4 out of 5 stars, praising the course designer and MouseSwing.{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Nick |title=SimGolf Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12076&tab=review |website=AllGame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116052523/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12076&tab=review |archive-date=November 16, 2014}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/simgolf}}
- [https://archive.org/details/SimGolf1996 Demo version] at Internet Archive
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games scored by Jerry Martin
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