Reply To: Pix’s Golfing Grand Tour
22 Links: The Challenge of Golf (1990) – Access Software, Inc.
I wasn’t actually aware that there was a Links before Links 386. It plays much like the game I’m familiar with except without SVGA. The VGA graphics include the sort of digitized photos I associate with Access at this time and the realsound music (presumably stolen) title tune. The swish you get when hitting the ball is a whole lot more satisfying than the blips in everyone else’s games so far.
We’re missing the tv-like presentation from PGA Golf. What we get instead are very detailed graphics (which take a bit longer to draw) and a fully 3D course even on the approach which is a first. I love the grid feature you can turn on for the greens to see more easily where all the slopes are. Fully mouse driven and technically impressive for 1990. I’m wondering if we’ll actually see any real innovation in the genre from here on out.
