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Microsoft Golf

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Microsoft Golf
Microsoft Golf cover
Developers
Access Software
Publishers
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows 3.x 1992
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Sports
Sports Golf
Art styles Realistic
Series Links
Microsoft Golf on MobyGames
Microsoft Golf on Wikipedia
World Class Leader Board 1988
Links: The Challenge of Golf 1990
Links 386 Pro 1992
Microsoft Golf 1992
Links Pro 1993
Microsoft Golf 2.0 1995
Links LS 1997 1996
Microsoft Golf 3.0 1996
Links LS: 1998 Edition 1997
Links LS 1999 1998
Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition 1998
Microsoft Golf 1999 Edition 1999
Links Extreme 1999
Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition 2000
Links LS 2000 2000
Links 2001 2001
Links 2003 2002
Links E6 2021

Warnings

The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Customisable interface that can be moved around freely.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Released on 3 floppies or 1 CD.
Windows 3.x

Version differences

The Multimedia Edition is the CD-ROM release and includes new video tutorials, course previews, and tips.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Championship Course Banff Springs
Windows 3.x
Championship Course Pinehurst
Windows 3.x

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\MSGOLF.INI[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\*.PIN[Note 1]

Video

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Native Windows cursor.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Game runs too fast on modern PCs

Gameplay appears to be tied directly to CPU clock speed as any machine that uses a CPU more powerful than an Intel i386 will cause the game run far too fast, making it impossible to swing correctly.[1] The only possible workaround is to install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox and then install the game.

Other information

API

Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

System requirements

Windows 3.x
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 386 SX
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 MB
Video card (GPU) 256-color VGA


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References