Texas owners can now practise their golfing skills without even setting foot on a green.
You can choose whether you wish to play either nine or a full 18 holes. The rules are similar to the real thing, but it's not half as much fun on a computer.
The program loads as normal and the title screen then appears. This is quite impressive and blasts the author's name at you in fast-moving graphics. It's a shame, though, that he didn't take as much care over the game itself.
The graphics are awful. This computer is capable of much better things, but Parco has not taken advantage of all its features.
Once loaded, you are asked to enter the two players' names. Then the game begins. The entire playing area for the current hole is displayed on the screen. The tee is on one side and the hole is on the other.
The ball in play is supposed to be a different colour to the others, but I found these very hard to distinguish as they were so small.
The water and bunkers are plain square blobs of blue or yellow, although reasonable graphics are used for the trees.
The holes vary in difficulty. Some took me ten shots while others took just two. I never managed a hole in one, though.
I was disappointed with this game. This is not what I would buy an Extended Basic cartridge for.
16th August 1984