Mini-Putt (video game)

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Mini-Putt
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Developer(s) Artech Digital Entertainment
A-Wave (Famicom)
Publisher(s) Accolade
A-Wave (Famicom)
Platform(s) Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Family Computer, ZX Spectrum, Apple IIGS
Release1987

Mini-Putt is a simulation of miniature golf developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and released by Accolade for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Family Computer (Famicom) and ZX Spectrum in 1987, and Apple IIGS in 1988. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the Famicom port was planned to be published by JVC Musical Industries in North America with a release in 1992, but it ultimately did not materialize. [1]

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Gameplay

Mini-Putt is a miniature golf game featuring a variety of courses including traps and ricochets, and unusual gradations on the greens. [2]

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #131 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Toxic Tommy (February 1992). "Mini-Putt". GamePro . No. 31. IDG Communications. p. 34. ISSN   1042-8658.
  2. 1 2 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (March 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (131): 78–86.
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