Sensible Golf

Sensible Golf
Developer	Sensible Software
Publisher	Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Designer	Jon Hare
Programmer	Jools Jameson
Artist	Stoo Cambridge
Composer	Allister Brimble (MS-DOS)
Platforms	Amiga, MS-DOS
Release	1995: Amiga 1996: MS-DOS
Genre	Sports
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Sensible Golf is a 2D golf game released by Sensible Software in 1995 for the Amiga. It uses the same pin-like characters as Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder . The theme tune was written by the lead game designer, Jon Hare, and a promotional video was directed by Carl Smyth from the group Madness and filmed in Regent's Park, London. The game received lackluster reviews and sold poorly.

A Mega Drive version was planned but never released. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Sensible Golf was awarded the company's lowest ever score by Amiga Power of 66% and marked a sharp decline in the fortune of Sensible Software. ^[3] It was to be their last commercial Amiga release, with only Sensible Train Spotting to follow.^{[ clarification needed ]}

In an interview carried out almost twenty years after its release, Jon Hare said of the game: "Sensible Golf is a disappointment to me; I'm not happy with it ... We were greedy. We diluted our quality. To be honest, I was focusing on Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll at that time, and it was such a massive game. Between that and Sensible World of Soccer, I didn't have time for Sensible Golf, and it just slid". ^[4]

References

1. "News: Sensible Sign Up With Virgin". Sega Magazine . No. 4. EMAP. April 1994. p. 11.
2. "The Word Is... - Power". Mega Power . No. 10. Paragon Publishing. May 1994. p. 7.
3. "Sensible Golf review". Amiga Power (95). August 1995.
4. Barton, Matt (2013). Honoring the Code: Conversations with Great Game Designers. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 123–124. ISBN   978-1-4665-6754-2.

External links

• Sensible Golf at MobyGames