SimGolf

For the 2002 video game, see Sid Meier's SimGolf.

SimGolf
Developer(s)	Tavex[2]
Publisher(s)	Maxis
Designer(s)	Vladimir Vinetsky
Programmer(s)	Olexander Bilyk Oleg Mouraveinick Serg Butenko Vasyl Tsvirkunov
Artist(s)	Sharon Barr Shannon Galvin
Composer(s)	Jerry Martin
Series	Sim
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	November 15, 1996[1]
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

SimGolf is a sports video game created by Maxis in 1996. The game allows players to design their own golf courses and play them.[3]

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.[4]

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.) [5]

Reception

The game received a score of 2 out of 5 stars from Computer Games Strategy Plus.[6]

See also

• List of golf video games
• List of Maxis games

References

1. "Online Gaming Review". 1997-02-27. Archived from the original on 1997-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
2. "Reprint interview from 1997 about Tavex Studio, and they work on SimGolf". Mezha.Media (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-12-27.
3. Wolf, Mark J. P. (2021-05-24). Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming [3 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 813. ISBN 979-8-216-16182-0.
4. Forbes ASAP. Forbes. 1996. p. 95.
5. "Cover art or packaging material from SimGolf (1996)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
6. Smith, Peter (January 20, 1997). "SimGolf Review". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on October 7, 1997.

External links

• SimGolf at MobyGames
• Demo version at Internet Archive