MACHINE

SEGA.

PRICE

£22.95.

REVIEWER

PAUL GLANCEY.

You lucky, lucky, Sega owning golf fans! No longer need you worry about looking a prat, strutting around the municipal golf course in a pair of silly trousers. Great Golf features just about everything the Sunday golfer could want from a computer simulation of rhe sport, all portrayed in a 3D format, similar to the popular Leaderboard games.

Up to four players can participate in a stroke or match play game, each choosing their own clubs from a set of fourteen, then after a plan of the course is displayed, you're plonked at the tee on the first hole.

At the left of the screen is a plan of the hole, showing the fairway, the green and any trees, water hazards and sand traps between you and the cup. To the right of this is the 3D view from behind your golfer, which is swiftly redrawn at every stroke. This is a very impressive piece of graphics programming which creates a very pleasing view down the course towards the hole.

Judging from the distance to the cup, you then select your club, your golfer's stance (effectively choosing a hook or slice shot), point him in the right direction and swing, using a rising bar to select the strength of shot. Unfortunately, the bar moves a little quickly moking short shots rather difficult to control.

Sound is used nicely, with some decent swoosh and plop effects, the odd jingle, and a few pieces of speech.

The little extras all add up to make a pretty good gome of golf, certainly one which should please the armchoir Ballesteroses out there. Gamers whose interests lie closer to the mainstream should consider whether this sort of game is going to hold their interest long enough to warrant £23 expenditure.

SEGA

GRAPHICS

83%

SOUND

69%

VALUE

70%

:PLAYABILITY;76%

OVERALL

75%

Rating

75

Reviewer

CVG magazine

Region

UK

Scans

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