Finally, the CD gives you Jack's digitized voice and two more musical soundtracks. Also on the CD version is an additional game option, match play, supplementing the "skins" and stroke play options found on the cartridge. On the CD version of Turbo Golf, this famous course is joined by Japan's Saint Creek, Scotland's Royal Troon, Colorado's Castle Pines, and Chicago's Kemper Lakes. Some of the colors seem a bit strange, too.Īs mentioned above, the cartridge version of Turbo Golf has only one golf course: the Australian Golf Club, where the Australian Open takes place each year. It's possible that the computer game screens were transferred directly to the TurboGrafx, maybe losing something in the translation. There isn't a flat piece of real estate on the whole golf course, it seems, and you'll find yourself endlessly trying to master the ground's irregularities.ĭespite this great detail (or perhaps because of it), the graphics are a little fuzzy. Even the crevices in the ground are quickly apparent.
Not only can you see every tree, every cart path, and every obstacle, but you can also tell at a glance if you're standing at the top of a hill looking down or at the bottom looking up.
The level of detail in Turbo Golf is superb. As a result, Turbo Golf is a very strong simulation. It's too bad that both of these features were carried over to the TurboGrafx version, but fortunately Accolade has preserved all of the good features as well. Equally faithful is the putting game, which in all versions is extremely difficult to master. Even the version for the Amiga - a computer that draws screens very quickly - has this defect. The TurboGrafx version of Jack Nicklaus Golf is so faithful to the original computer version that it even shares some of the same problems -such as the annoyingly slow screen drawing. Both versions are extremely welcome, especially since the only other golf game for the TurboGrafx (Power Golf) is rather limited in comparison. Both versions look the same and play identically, but the CD version has five golf courses instead of one and adds a few other features as well. It's available as a two-megabit game cartridge or as a compact disc. Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf is Accolade's first TurboGrafx game. Like some other computer software companies, however, Accolade sees potential in the NEC TurboGrafx-16 - and especially in the optional TurboGrafx-CD player. At first, Accolade's designers concentrated on producing Jack Nicklaus games for PC compatibles, the Amiga, and other popular personal computers. For a couple of years now, Accolade has owned the rights to produce computer games bearing the name of golfing great Jack Nicklaus.
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