Ultra Golf, known in Europe as Konami Golf and in Japan as Konamic Golf (コナミックゴルフ), is a golf video game developed by Konami for the Game Boy system. It was released by Konami on November 1, 1991 in Japan, later being released in North America in March 1992, and in the PAL region in 1994.
| Ultra Golf | |
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami (JP, EU) Ultra Games (NA) |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy |
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| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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The game features two courses and a tournament mode, in which a player must win on the first course to play tournaments on the second course. It also has a practice mode which allows the player to play both courses regardless of the tournament status.
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- ^ a b Skews, Richard (March 1994). "Konami can proudly shout "fore!" after creating a fine golf game on the Nintendo handheld" (PDF). Computer and Video Games (148): 82. ISSN 0261-3697. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
This is an essential purchase that ranks up there with Tetris as a game that you'll come back to again and again.
- ^ a b "Konami Golf". Total! (in German) (27). March 1994. ISSN 0944-534X.
Die für Game-Boy-Verhältnisse detaillierte Golf-Umsetzung überzeugt durch eine ansehnliche Grafik und gelungene Spielbarkeit. (The golf implementation, which is detailed for Game Boy standards, impresses with its attractive graphics and good playability.)
- ^ a b Schneider, Ulf (May 1994). "Ultra Golf". Play Time (in German). Computec. ISSN 0946-6320. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
Doch gerade dieses unkomplizierte Spieldesign macht Ultra Golf zu einem portablen Spaßmacher erster Güte. (But it is precisely this uncomplicated game design that makes Ultra Golf a first-class portable fun-maker.)