What's the best golf game on Genesis, Sega CD, & 32X? A look at 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Episode 25 - Have you ever wondered what the best golf is sim on the trifecta (the Sega Genesis, CD, and 32X) is? Oh... you haven't? Well, buckle up anyway because I've looked at every golf sim I could find across all three systems to bring you the definitive answer. Along the way, we will also take a more detailed look at Golf Magazine presents 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples on the 32x along with a whole host of other golf games.
Original hardware is always used when capturing console footage.
::::: Hardware Breakdown ::::
The following hardware was used to capture footage for this episode
Sega Genesis Model 1
Sega CD Model 1
Sega 32X
Windows 95
Video was Captured using:
RBG and YPbPr via the Framemeister though the Elgato HD 60
PC Game footage is screen captured from a live feed.
Retro Impressions
-Jenovi
I remember renting this game with a friend back when it was new. He was into golf, and I could care less. However, when I saw the digitized-characters, I was blown away. We both were. We didn’t think that video game graphics would ever get any better. In the end I ended up liking the game so much that I ended up buying a copy a few years later.
It’s pretty cool that most of the people on the team that was behind the construction of this title went on to make some really great titles as their careers advanced. Thanks for dropping that knowledge as always!
Thanks for the comment Paul, I always look forward to you chiming in. Did you rent PGA or Fred Couples? 32X games for rent... I would have been in heaven had that been an option where I live. I'm in the same boat as you having been blown away at these games when they were new. Graphics aside Wimbledon Championship Tennis was the game coving a sport I could care less about that I absolutely loved to play.
Jenovi There was a great video rental place in the 90’s that rented everything. That’s how I got to really test out a game before I bought it. I can almost remember the smell of that place. Great memories trying to make my decision while my dad would quickly loose his patience. Ahhh the good old days!
I had to watch this again because it’s so well written. I am not a fan of golf but not only do you make me want to play some of these games but I’m just fascinated by everything I learned from
Watching this. I can’t wait to dig through all of your other videos. So glad I found you a while back. I’ve mentioned this before but you have done so much for our community and we are really lucky to have you making these videos to preserve the legacy of some of these amazing games. Thank you Jenovi.
Thank you for the very kind message. 100% made my day.
I loved this game as a kid, many hours spent playing this title with my brother and friends
As someone who doesn't care about golf or sports games in general, I found this really interesting. My friend owned all of these and I remember those FMV fly throughs. They looked horrible then but somehow nostalgia makes them a pleasure to watch now. Great job as usual man.
Thanks man. Sports game comparisons are really fun due to fairly set rules and game play every developer is trying to replicate in their own way. It’s fascinating to see the different approaches to essentially the same problem.
I learned a lot about golfing on Sega from this video. I have never played any of these games. Now I'll have to check them out.
Playing a couple of these games for this video was a lesson in patients. The better ones however were kind of addictive and relaxing to play.
I don’t play golf in real life but PGA 3 is fun! Not as fun as Mario golf but more realistic.
I'm surprised US Gold never released any of their Leaderboard series on the 16-bit systems, as they were regarded as the defacto golf series for well over a decade (with World Class Leaderboard being the pinnacle)
I know they did a Master System release, bizarre they never went any further.
I'm embarrassed to say, this is the first I've heard of Leader Boad Golf. I remember picking up magazines in the early 90's discussing how links golf might be the game of the year. I had never played or seen anything golf related but miniature golf, but if this was the best game to release that year, I had to own it. Ahhh not too many hours invested I'm afraid. I still have the game though. It came on two floppies.
I absolutely loved Pebble Beach Golf Links for Genesis
Well, seeing someone beside myself who enjoys these games is a rare occurrence indeed.
@@Jenovi Huge fan of any great sports game from the 8 or 16-bit eras
Liked that it was a comprehensive review instead of being used as cannon fodder to ridicule about just because it's golf as I always see on other channels. Even Digital Foundry did that in their 32X episode - it was kinda funny, yeah - but it didn't really fit in with their goal they achieve otherwise - comprehensive technical analysies. Would have been more useful if they said if it's a good or bad game, regarding the bad reputation many 32X games have. But now I know that - for what it is - it's worth a play.
And I think I still have that PGA Tour III copy for my Mega Drive which I once got together with Bubsy (got rid of that turd though since)... The flea market seller just had those two games and PGA was basically free. Unfortunately it's missing the manual.
That's high praise Nox. I appreciate it, but my head is swelling just a bit. Digital Foundry is great, but in glossing over the 32X library, they really missed the mark when discussing some games. It's still a great episode overall though. I plan on tackling the remaining non Arcady 32X sports games in this same fashion. For me, it's the only way that makes sense.
I don't think I'll ever understand people that put down certain genres without accounting for the quality of the individual games. All the hate for video pinball, tennis and other genres is baffling to me. Not being a fan of the sport I can still aknowledge how playing these while sipping a cold beer after might be a great way of relaxing and having fun after a tough day.
PGA III it's a good golf game and a so great game in general, I've passed hours of fun with that game. 36 great holes starring Fred Couples for the 32X I never played it, I should be try it.
This was actually exactly what I was looking for. Great video! Now I wonder how these stack up to the other systems of the 90s, such as the snes.
I really love the "Golf" game for nes though, it's great in its simplicity.
It would be quite interesting to see. I'm not sure how the Sports scene for games such as Golf were represented on Nintendo systems.
My second 32X purchase (along w/ Virtua Racing). Played the hell out of this game, and loved it.
This is actually a really good of video game golf.
36 Great Holes is a better name than 36 Random Holes, for sure.
:D
I know it wasn’t covered in this video, but I still love Pebble Beach Golf Links on the Saturn. Still crank out a round every few weeks.
Pebble Beach Golf Links for the Genesis was a great game
Excellent review 🎉
I heard the game was suppose to be a 32X CD game which would explain the omitted music.
Not exactly. It was made for the 32X with an enhanced version in development for the 32X-CD (like earth work jim). It’s believed it was done or close to it when cancelled.
SEGA Trifecta!!!
The load times on Links were bad, but TBH they weren't much worse than waiting for the view to render on the original PC version, which typically took a while unless you cranked down the graphics settings or had an insanely fast system. The load times would've been at least marginally more interesting if the Sega CD version had drawn the view in real time like the PC original, where you got to see it gradually build up as a series of individual layers. My guess is the Sega CD port worked in a fundamentally different way that made this impossible.
Of course, the reason so many people were willing to tolerate that slow render speed on the PC version is because Links was a graphical showcase, to the extent that it was often used as demo material for display units in stores. Reducing everything to 64 colors for the Sega CD did it no favors, and the heavily dithered graphics used for the rough remind me at times of somebody going nuts with the Clone brush in Photoshop. The discrepancy gets even bigger when you consider that the Sega CD version shipped two years after PC gamers got Links 386 Pro, which added SVGA support with 256 colors at 640x480.
Also, the funniest example of a golf game getting rebranded during the trip from Japan to the U.S. was Toho's Super Famicom game Serizawa Nobuo no Birdie Try, which got localized as "Mecharobot Golf" and swapped out Serizawa Nobuo for a terrifying android golfer.
Neat video! I'm not much of a golf fan but this was definitely interesting to watch. (And nice to see the 32X come in first at something.) :D
Also, got a kick out of the shout-outs to Wrestling With Gaming & Historic Nerd.
Ha! Glad someone caught that. Glad to hear you enjoyed it even though you're not a golf fan. It was a fun video to make.
Pebble Beach and PGA Tour 3 on the Mega Drive are my favourites. Shortly followed by PGA European Tour and PGA 2.
Solid picks.
Just what I was looking for. During the 90's I knew two brothers who only played PGA 3 , they were experts. I was playing whirlwind snooker at the time and now I'm playing PGA 3. Fred couples looks great. What about Links 2003? Does anyone know if it runs on windows 10?
Great review!
This video title:exists
Pebble Beach golf links:
“Am I a joke to you?!”
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Pebble Beach Golf Links was the golf game I had as a kid. Its presentation is pretty standard, but its music is still great. I would love to hear more comparisons between other sports genres for the Mega Drive console trio.
I think it's highly likely I'll do something soon.
Great video! I’ve only played a few golf video games, like the NES Golf and Arnold Palmer on the Genesis. Probably spent more time on Arnold Palmer Golf than I should have. :P Haha. My grandfather and my older brother played golf a lot when I was younger. So I guess that was why I played the video games. Again, great video. :)
this pga 3 is a great game , im going out now to buy a sega at gamestop and get back to the 90s
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Enjoyed it...
I nearly didn't watch because it's golf but a Jenovi vid is a Jenovi vid 😂
I put this out because I’m work though the entire 32x library. I’m still surprised people watch and enjoy it.
Neo turf masters
Would have been incredible on the 32X.
Got this on the 32x
Thoughts on Dynamic Country Club?
Links...Let's go! Player one!
Everytime I hear this music. I think of one of my favourite RUclipsrs back in the early 2000's who had a mad collection of MegaDrive stuff. But he sold it all to start out as a farmer and took his channel of youtube . This was the intro music on his channel.
They deleted it? Crazy.
Yup. One week new video next week I'm leaving. Next week channel gone. Sad.... But hey. It was his content I suppose.
Now give Neo Turf Masters a try. The best golf game ever made.
I've played the Neo Geo golf game that no one talks about, but I've never played Turf Masters. It's a goal of mine.... I actually have it for my MVS so no excuses right? I'll get right on it.
Yup, I still play this on my MVS weekly at least. Its a masterpiece.
If they dont put music at least they should put many birds tweeting not just total silence, maybe an option in the menu!!
No Battle Golfer Yui?
I covered this game myself a few years ago. It is a very good golf game. It may not be a system seller for the 32X, but it is still one of the best games I covered in my video golf marathon. www.defunctgames.com/review/1230/golf-magazine-36-great-holes-starring-fred-couples
I see you also enjoyed Star Trek 32X. 😁 Appreciate you stopping by.
Why didnt you include Sega Saturn. Pebble beach golf links rules.
Looking at Golf and the Saturn would require its own video. Soooo many good games.
I am Fred Couples
#SmallRUclipsrArmy
Hang on: Michael Jackson is an athlete? Don’t think so!
4:42 "Jew Player".
Looks boring AF