PGA Tour Golf 486

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PGA Tour Golf 486
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Developer(s) Hitmen Productions
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Platform(s) DOS, 3DO
Release1994

PGA Tour Golf 486 is a video game developed by American studio Hitmen Productions and published by Electronic Arts for DOS.

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Gameplay

PGA Tour Golf 486 features digitized backgrounds and animations, PGA tour statistics for players, and four ways of playing. [1]

Reception

"PGA Tour Golf 486" received mixed reviews upon its release. **Next Generation** reviewed the game, giving it two stars out of five, and commented that "the near continual access delays from both the CD-ROM and unnecessary user prompts, along with a frustrating targeting system, will keep all but the most die-hard golfers from ever being entertained." [3]

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