PGA Tour Golf

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PGA Tour Golf is a golf video game and the first in the PGA Tour game series. It was developed by Sterling Silver Software and released in 1990 for MS-DOS. It was initially published by Electronic Arts, which subsequently released versions of the game for Sega Genesis and Amiga in 1991, followed by a version for the SNES in 1992. By 1994, Tengen had published versions for Sega's Master System and Game Gear consoles. PGA Tour Golf received generally positive reviews for its realism, sound, and camera. Several critics considered the computer versions to be the best golf game available at the time of its release. It was followed by PGA Tour Golf II.

From Wikipedia's article PGA Tour Golf, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

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Controls

This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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PGA Tour GolfDOS

4.5 Great job!

Critics 85 · 10 reviews

What the reviews talk about

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What the critics said

  • The One praises PGA Tour Golf's sound effects and attention to detail, furthermore stating that "PGA Tour Golf is the best golf game currently available."

    — The One, 1991

  • The editors wrote, "It may be old, but games as good as this deserve a look-in even ten years down the line".

    — PC Gamer, 1994

  • The One called the 1994 version a "superb" re-release that was "well overdue," and attributed the game's initial success to it being a "true" golf simulator.

    — The One, 1994

  • Sandra Foley of Amiga Computing stated that Electronic Arts "managed to come closer than any other to simulating actual golf."

    — Amiga Computing (Sandra Foley)· about another version

  • Amiga User International praised the replay modes and considered the game superior to Leader Board, but criticized Hubbard's musical score as a "grating series of fanfares".

    — Amiga User International, 1991· about another version

  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment praised the realism of the Genesis version and considered it an impressive conversion of the computer version, while calling it a "thoroughly entertaining, challenging and complex golf simulation."

    — VideoGames & Computer Entertainment· about another version

  • Tony Dillon of CU Amiga stated that the game revolutionized computer golf upon its initial release, and that "while many of its contemporaries are far more sophisticated and even more playable, none have ever been as original."

    — CU Amiga (Tony Dillon)· about another version

  • In 1997, Martin Davies of CU Amiga called the game an "essential buy for all golf and sports fans," praising the variety, easy gameplay, and lasting appeal.

    — CU Amiga, 1997 (Martin Davies)· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's PGA Tour Golf article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • ACE 1990 905/1000 (DOS)
  • AllGame 3.5/5 (Genesis) (other versions)
  • Computer and Video Games 1991 91/100 (Genesis/Amiga) ;
  • Amiga Action 1991 85% (Amiga); 91%
  • Amiga Computing 1991 75% (Amiga); 75%
  • Amiga Format 1991 90% (Amiga); 93% (1995) ; 80% (1996)
  • Amiga Power 1991 88% (Amiga); 80%
  • Amiga User International 1991 94% (Amiga) (other versions)
  • CU Amiga 1991 93% (Amiga); 47% (1995) ; 93% (1997)
  • The Games Machine 1990 84% (DOS)
  • Game Players 1994 60% (Game Gear) (other versions)
  • .info 1991 4.5/5 (Amiga) (other versions)
  • Mean Machines 1991 91% (Genesis) ; 88% (Master System) (other versions)
  • N-Force 1992 80% (SNES) (other versions)
  • The One 1990 92% (DOS/Amiga); 91%
  • Raze 1991 87% (Genesis) ; 81% (Amiga) (other versions)
  • Super Play 1993 60% (SNES) (other versions)
  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 1991 7/10 (Genesis) (other versions)
  • Zero 1990 92/100 (Amiga/DOS) ;
  • IGN

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 78/100 · 189 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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