Pebble Beach Golf Links

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a game by T&E Soft
Genres: Sports, Simulation
Platforms: Sega GenesisGenesis, 3DO
Editor Rating: 6.5/10, based on 6 reviews
User Rating: 4.7/10 - 3 votes
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See also: Sport Games, Golf Games
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Pebble Beach Golf Links

With Pebble Beach Golf Links for the Genesis, Sega Sports continues to chip away at EA Sports' hold on high-quality sports games. Impressive graphics, smooth game play, and a detailed interface carve a top position on the leaderboard for Pebble Beach.

Fore!

The game presents an exact replica of the world-famous coastal California course. Up to four players can join in five types of game play, including Skins, a sudden-death hole-by-hole challenge, and a Tournament against 48 pros.

ProTips:

  • Always go for the bird's- eye view on your first shot. Many holes have sharp angles and tall trees that block your regular view.
  • Use the compass at the bottom of the screen and your foot placement to compensate for strong winds.
  • Call upon your caddy for straight advice in tight situations.
  • Placing your right foot forward will cause a left curve on your drive, and vice versa.

One of the main attractions is the player interface. Well-placed interactive windows inform you of your stance, strength of swing, and wind. Each unobtrusive window is easy to read -- and these windows are crucial as you try to make your best shot.

What a View!

Pebble Beach's fantastic graphics deserve special mention. In addition to faithfully replicating the real golf course, the players and the environment are well-rendered, with great attention to detail. While most golf games offer a couple of set angles from which to view the course, Pebble Beach gives you 360-degree views, both from where you are standing and from the hole. You can also elevate the view to six different angles, ranging from a ground-level look to an aerial overview.

Tee Time

Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of the most comprehensive golf games available. Golfers of all skill levels will want to take this game out for a couple rounds. See ya in the clubhouse!

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Genesis

System requirements:

  • PC compatible
  • Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP
  • Game modes: Single game mode

Player controls:

  • Up, Down, Left, Right - Arrow keys
  • Start - Enter (Pause, Menu select, Skip intro, Inventory)
  • "A" Gamepad button - Ctrl (usually Jump or Change weapon)
  • "B" button - Space (Jump, Fire, Menu select)
  • "C" button - Left Shift (Item select)

Use the F12 key to toggle mouse capture / release when using the mouse as a controller.

3DO

System requirements:

  • PC compatible
  • Operating systems: Windows 10/Windows 8/Windows 7/2000/Vista/WinXP

Game Reviews

If you can afford a Panasonic BDO Multiplayer, you can afford to play 18 holes at the world-famous Pebble Beach golf course (which is Japanese-owned, anyway). But, if you just prefer the Multiplayer, here's the 18.

T&E Soft, which created Pebble Beach and Waialae True Golf Classics for the Super Famicom, developed this game. Like that famous twosome, this CD delivers the actual 18 holes at Pebble. You can play a four-day tournament in a foursome made up from 80 pros. You play via a three-button-press power meter. The golfers, the caddies, and the beautiful fly-bys (which move at an impressive 28 frames per second) are real-life images.

People say:

7.0

Golf is a strange title. If you just look at it, the subject turns most players off. Give this one a little time, and it'll grow on you. The graphics in Pebble Beach are nice, and the many options make for a realistic cart. My only problem is going up against the computer opponents who seem to have mastered the game. If you want a good game of golf, this one will whet your appetite. It's good, but you must get into it.

6.0

Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of the few Genesis golf games I've seen all year that boast some pretty impressive qualities. It has enough options to give any golf buff a run for their money. Unfortunately, the novice player can really get lost in all the technical stuff. Anyway, it provides a solid game of golf, but it plays kind of slow and the animation isn't the smoothest. A solid title with a few shortcomings.

7.0

It just seems that the majority of the golf games out there are commonly linked with the same features: club selection, stance, wind direction, and strength. When all are put together, it makes for a slow, boring game. The scrolling is slow The cut scenes are slow. The enter pace is slow Players with short attention spans like me don't have the patience for this. Granted, it's a good simulation, but only for golf afficionados.

5.0

A lot of Japanese businessmen are getting into the world of golf, but I've never seen the attraction. Games like this are slow-paced and really don't have the impact to keep my attention. As a fighting game fan the subtleties of golf are hard to get used to. This cart has simplo graphics and basic choices ol club, stance, of the sport may like it, but it doesn't have the high-end graphics of the PC links games.

  • Machine: Genesis
  • Manufacturer: Sega of America/by T&E Soft

Sega Sports' latest trip to the golf course, Pebble Beach Golf Classic, looks graphically similar to PGA European Tour, but the likeness ends there. While there's a wide variety of options such as Skins Match and tournament play from which to choose, you can play on only one course, Pebble Beach in California.

The game keeps a record of each round then shows you extensive stats that let you see how you're progressing.

But for a game in which accuracy can mean the difference between a short putt and spot in the bottom of a lake, Pebble Beach's control just doesn't deliver. With so many different indicators and diagrams to analyze and adjust, you might begin to think you're piloting a jet airplane rather than hitting a little white ball.

Each club has a maximum distance, and a power meter lets you drive the ball up to 100 percent of that distance. This works fine when you're going for big yardage, but when you get close to the pin, your shortest club is a sand wedge that maxes out at 90 yards. So when you're only about ten yards from the hole, you've got to eyeball the meter and try to decide what percentage equals those ten yards.

The meter's circular shape doesn't help matters - it's more difficult to use than a straight bar meter, so often when you think you've nailed the distance, the ball goes further or falls shorter than you expected - a lesson in abject frustration.

If you're looking for a round of golf and don't care whether or not your game sets high-score records, give Pebble Beach a try. But those of you who hate golf because you end up chasing a little white ball all over the course certainly won't want to do the same in a video game.

  • Manufacturer: Sega
  • Machine: Genesis
  • Theme: Sports
  • Release: 1994

People say:

7

Golf is a strange title. If you just look at it, the subject turns most players off. Give this one a little time, and it'll grow on you. The graphics in Pebble Beach are nice, and the many options make for a realistic cart. My only problem is going up against the computer opponents who seem to have mastered the game. If you want a good game of golf, this one will whet your appetite. It's good, but you must get into it.

7

Pebble Beach Golf Links is one of the few Genesis golf games. I've seen all year that boast some pretty impressive qualities. It has enough options to give any golf buff a run for their money. Unfortunately, the novice player can really get lost in all the technical stuff. Anyway, it provides a solid game of golf, but it plays kind of slow and the animation isn't the smoothest. A solid title with a few shortcomings.

6

It just seems that the majority of the golf games out there are commonly linked with the same features: club selection, stance, wind direction, and strength. When all are put together, it makes for a slow, boring game. The scrolling is slow. The cut scenes are slow. The enter pace is slow. Players with short attention spans like me don't have the patience for this. Granted, it's a good simulation, but only for golf aficionados.

5

A lot of Japanese businessmen are getting into the world of golf, but I've never seen the attraction. Games like this are slow-paced and really don't have the impact to keep my attention. As a fighting game fan the subtleties of golf are hard to get used to. This cart has simple graphics and basic choices of club, stance, etc. Fans of the sport may like it, but it doesn't have the high-end graphics of the PC links games.

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