True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links

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True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links
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Japanese Super Famicom cover art
Developer(s) T&E Soft
Publisher(s) Super NES:
T&E Soft
Sega Genesis:
Sega
Composer(s) Yumi Kinoshita
SeriesTrue Golf
Platform(s) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
NEC PC-9801
Sega Genesis
ReleaseSuper NES:
Sega Genesis:
Genre(s) Traditional golf simulation
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (up to four players)

True Golf Classics: Pebble Beach Golf Links [lower-alpha 1] is a traditional golf simulation video game that was originally released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It was eventually released in 1993 to the Sega Genesis and the NEC PC-9801. It is part of T&E Soft's True Golf series.

Contents

The game takes place at the prestigious Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. [6]

Gameplay

The golfing engine is very complex and it takes many button pushes on the game pad in order to deliver a single stroke. [6] There is match play, stroke play, and a tournament mode. [6] Anywhere from one to four players can play at once.

Notes

  1. Known in Japan as New 3D Golf Simulation: Peburubīchi no hatō (Japanese: New 3D Golf Simulation: ペブルビーチの波濤, lit. New 3D Golf Simulation: Storm Wave of Pebble Beach) [5]

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