Reply To: Pix’s Golfing Grand Tour
7. Championship Golf (1986) – Interplay
These games are definitely starting to look better. This effort from Interplay has all sorts of options for aerial views of the course, properly sloping terrain shown with a grid and also supports composite so we have some better colours at last.
The control system is unbelievably complex though. You have to mash any key to build power while swinging the club, but you can also press the b key three times during the up and down swing to build “body” power. On top of that you can press the c key once up and then the moment you hit the ball to cock your wrists. Instead of timing to hook you can move your feet before you take the shot. I needed a slower speed for DOSBox to have any chance with this – probably better on hardware of the time. Curious to see other ideas for how to make a golf game like this anyway – I can see why EA’s model won over.
