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29 David Leadbetter’s Greens (1992) – Thought Train, The
This game isn’t about Mr Leadbetter’s diet or his gardening after all but is actually Microprose’s entry into the golf genre taking their typical sim-like approach. This is also the first of these games to have a proper intro with some great chill MT-32 music. We see some clueless golfer hit his tree shot straight into a tee – a few words of advice from Mr Leadbetter and it’s a hole in one. No one he was one of the world’s top coaches.
This is actually a well put together game with a full 3D course with camera options that follow the ball after it’s hit, or put a little pop up on the screen showing how near the hole it is. There are commentators that pop up as well but none of the speech we get from Access unfortunately.
The putting is strange on this one with you essentially having to hit the same point on the putting meter no matter how far away you are. It’s much harsher on getting the ball in the hole to compensate for what sounds like it should make life easier.
I like the look of this game actually. Definitely one to spend more time with if I didn’t have another 25 or so to try out.
