Miniature Golf (1979 video game)
| Miniature Golf | |
|---|---|
 Cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Atari, Inc.[1] |
| Publisher(s) | Atari, Inc. |
| Designer(s) | Tom Reuterdahl[2][better source needed] |
| Platform(s) | Atari 2600 |
| Release | 1979 |
| Genre(s) | Golf |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, 2 players alternating |
Miniature Golf is a golf video game developed for the Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) by Tom Reuterdahl[citation needed] and published by Atari, Inc. in 1979.[1]
Gameplay[edit]
There are nine playable holes in Miniature Golf. The goal of each hole is to get the ball into the cup. Each time the player hits the ball, a stroke is added to their score. The number of strokes the player may take are unlimited. A par represents the number to strokes the player ideally must take to complete the hole.[3]
Release[edit]
Miniature Golf was released in 1979 and published by Atari, Inc.[1][4] For the Sears Tele-Games release of the game published by Sears, the game was re-titled Arcade Golf.[4][5]
The cover art of Miniature Golf was done by Cliff Spohn.[6] Spohn started working as a freelancer for Atari in 1977 through Palo Alto-based agency called Steven Jacobs Design.[7] Spohn recalled that he went out to a local miniature golf course and took photographs of everything around him to get images for the cover.[6]
Reception[edit]
From retrospective reviews, Brett Weiss in his book Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984 wrote that the game had unimaginatively laid out courses and that it had "some of the worst graphics in the history of video games", specifically noting the simple squares for objects and holes. [1]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Weiss 2007, p. 81.
- ^ Hague, James, The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers
- ^ "Miniature Golf Manual". atariage.com.
- ^ a b Digital Eclipse (December 5, 2023). Atari 50 (Nintendo Switch). Atari.
Miniature Golf: In an interpretation of the popular family pastime, players attempt to putt their golf ball around nine playfields populated with tricky boundaries and moving obstacles. Released in 1979, Miniature Golf ("Arcade Golf") in its Sears Tele-Games release) still enjoys a following for its accessible mechanics and enduring challenge.
- ^ Weiss 2007, p. 32.
- ^ a b Lapetino 2016, p. 102.
- ^ Lapetino 2016, p. 70.
Sources[edit]
- Lapetino, Tim (2016). Art of Atari. Dynamite Entertainment. ISBN 978-1-5241-0103-9.
- Weiss, Brett (2007). Classic Home Video Games 1972-1984. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3226-4.
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