BEST COMPUTER GOLF GAME?
Jay
What is the best computer Golf game out there today?
Jack Nicklaus is okay, but I think I prefer the playing attributes of
my old Links386 better.
I swear, there are some shots in JN that are just not possible to make
regardless of how many Mulligan's use to re-try.
For example, a moderately long putt in many instances simply does not
have enough "power" to reach the hole, and after a dozen or so Mulligan's
it becomes obvious that the only way to sink it, is to use some sort of
wacky 5 iron-chip shot combination on the green.
What's up with that?
At least in Links386, there is virtually no limit to the range of the putter,
as long as you hit it hard enough.
I can't recall if there were any greens longer that 150 feet, but in most cases
the putt never came up short due to lack of brute potential momentum!
Anyway, what's the best golf game right now?
Links
Microsoft
Jack Nicklaus 6
Are there others?
I'd like to be able to design my own courses, and play over a network.
Any recommendations?
Thanks.
--Jay
Michael Harvey
platform.It offers some really nice courses TPC Scottsdale,Sawgrass, Pebble
Beach to name a few and you can play others via internet,modem, or network!
Michael
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John Pineda
time a new game comes out, I try to compare it. I have tried up to (i
stopped comparing about 2 yrs ago) Jack Nicklaus 4, MS Golf (until 98
version), Pro 18 World Tour Golf (Psygnosis), EA's PGA 1999 and no doubt,
Links LS is the best in terms of graphics, playability, physics, online
participation, tournaments, swing method (2 click and powerstroke which is
like a mouse golf swing and yes clubhead speed is considered :) ) and course
quality (over 30 PGA tour and 2 fantasy courses). The only downside was
up to LS 2000, the only PGA players to be included were Arnold Palmer, Davis
Love III, and Fuzzy Zoeller. For LS2001, Sergio Garcia and Annika are being
added as well as the Arnold Palmer Course Designer.
Cheers,
John " Firehead" Pineda
http://www.geocities.com/Augusta/3120/
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Jay
When you say "Arnold Palmer Course Designer" do you mean "able to design
your own courses"?
"That" would be the icing on the cake!
Sounds good to me.
Thanks.
-Jay
T-BIRD750
vijya-games. All I can say is that I wouldn't even CONSIDER anything
other than the 'PGA Championship Golf' series from Sierra. If you want
I'll tell you why, but I won't in this post because if I were to
elaborate too much then you would never see it being mixed in with all
the other posts calling me a spammer from Sierra or something. Oh, and
yes you can create your own courses.
buh-bye
George Costanza
version of JN6. Shortly after the game was released, Activision issued
a software patch that solved the putting distance problem and a few
other things. Have you installed it? It's available at
http://coursedepot.gagames.com/gbcpatch.exe
I think if you have version 1.0.1, the patch is already included. I'm
not sure what the upper limit is for putts with the patch, but I think
it's at least 100 feet.
My favorite is Jack Nicklaus 6, great graphics and over 600 courses
that can be downloaded for free. PGA 2000 is good too. It has a nice
mouse swing that doesn't depend on timing clicks on a meter. I've
never played Links since Links 386, so I can't comment on that one.
The screen captures I've seen from Links 2001 look interesting,
especially since they are going to include a course designer and there
should be more courses available for it without buying them from
Microsoft.
George
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Jeff Hoppe
Thanks
Jeff
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so I can chose from 15 courses to play. I love the gamre except for a few
minor game-play issues that I find in most golf games. For example, it says
you are 150 yards out and the computer selects a 5 iron for you. It says you
can hit your 5 iron 180 so you drop down to a 7 iron, hit it full power, and
come up 15 yards short.... It also takes a long time to get good at putting.
Too much like real life.....
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You can download for JNx and EA's TW99/TW2000 as well. Although TW2000 is
easily *THE WORST* golf game to hit the market in a LONNNGGG time.
jj.
You seem to really know your stuff.
I still only have JN5, maybe I'll try the patch on it, and see if I can't
get it to explode or something. (I can always reinstall it regardless).
Maybe if you're not busy sometime, I'd like to invite you online for a game.
Is JN5 compatible with JN6 over the internet I wonder?
T-BIRD750
> http://www.coursedepot.com/
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> easily *THE WORST* golf game to hit the market in a LONNNGGG time.
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http://copyrightclub.durcomworks.net
they have quite a few. Minnesota Golf Club being my favorite
Wayne Gliddon
both had some nice features I'd like to see in LINKS, they both seemed a
little computerish by comparison. With LINKS I almost feel like I'm really
there.
It's too bad all the courses weren't interchangeable so you could build a
bigger library.
I'm looking forward to trying the new course designer with 2001.
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Bogey
George Costanza
repost it.
There is a software patch for JN5 and supposedly you can get it at
ftp://ftp.infogrames.net/patches/jack51up.exe .
I couldn't find any text info describing it, but the site does seem to
be connected to Accolade in some way. It's worth checking out.
As playing a round or two with you. I'd like that, but I've never had
much luck when I tried to play online. My computer doesn't seem to be
up to the task. Since we have different versions of the game, I doubt
if it work any way. Thanks for asking though.
George
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>Wow George!
Jay
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>Hey, what the hell does Nicklaus 6 retail for, anyway? Danke schoen.
It was probably $30 - $45 dollars when it first came out?
That seems to be the going rate for many new releases.
As George so graciously pointed out, you can now get it at "unbeatabledeals.com" for $5.
***
You know, Maxis is selling The original Sim City for $0.99 cents now!
Can you believe that?
I paid 35 bucks for that thing when it first came out, still have the receipt
from Babbages.
Oh no, now I'm getting all "Fa-klempt" <sp> again...
sniff sniff
:-)
jj
Okay. I think you mentioned the patch for JN6 before, so your re-post about JN5 (which is what I
have) will suit me just fine. I’ll give it a try.
Also, as for playing on-line, I went ahead and installed it on a friend of mine’s PC, so she and
I can test it out, in a day or so, and see how well it works. Someone at a JN site suggested that
anyone attempting to play online should turn-off all extra graphics and sound effects before
playing, to minimize system resources, and thus allow the game to run more smoothly. He said that
even under the best conditions it was still a bit "laggy".
I’m also in the midst of designing a couple of new courses. I used to be quite adept at the
original JNG&CD kit, but I have a bit of catching up to do, before I feel comfortable with the
new software.
I’ll probably also go ahead and get JN6 while I’m at it.
So far I like what I see. The graphics are a bit trickier to import, but the outcome is definatly
a noticeable improvement. I‘ll check back in couple of days, and maybe have a surprise "course"
or two for you.
Thanks again and take care,
J.