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Line 1: {{italic title\|''Golf'' (Nintendo Entertainment System)}} {{~~Game-~~game infobox▼ ~~{{Super Mario Wiki\|Golf}}~~ ▲{{Game-infobox \|title=Golf \|image=[[File:Golf NES box art.jpg\|250px]] Line 16 ⟶ 15: '''''Golf''''' is a [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] game that is based on the {{wp\|Golf\|sport of the same name}}. It was first released for the [[Famicom]] in [[1984]] and would later be released overseas as a [[launch title]] for the Nintendo Entertainment System, in [[1985]] in North America and [[1986]] in Europe and Australia. ''Golf'' is the second video game that [[Satoru Iwata]] programmed for Nintendo while working at [[HAL Laboratory]], after ''[[Pinball (~~video~~ game)\|Pinball]]''.<ref name=shmup>[http://shmuplations.com/iwata/ Satoru Iwata – 1999 Developer Interview originally featured in Used Games magazine, translated by shmuplations.com]</ref> A copy of the original game was embedded in [[Nintendo Switch]] firmware. Activating it required the internal system clock to be set to July 11 - Satoru Iwata's {{wp\|death anniversary}} - and performing his iconic "{{wp\|List of Nintendo Direct presentations\|directly to you}}" hand gesture with both Joy-Con controllers on the HOME menu. If successful, a voice clip of Iwata from a Japanese 2012 presentation would confirm the input, and an emulation of ''Golf'' with added motion control support would promptly boot up. This version of ''Golf'' was overwritten as of the [[Nintendo Switch updates\|4.0.0 update]], making it unplayable.<ref>"[https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/27/16822340/nintendo-switch-golf-game-hidden-removed Switch’s hidden Iwata tribute removed in latest update]". Polygon. Published December 27, 2017.</ref> ==Gameplay== Line 26 ⟶ 25: ==Alternate versions and re-releases== 1984 - The game was released for the [[VS. System]], also known as '''''Stroke & Match Golf'''''. Two versions of this game exist: '''''VS. Golf''''' features the same male character as the NES version, but '''''VS. Ladies Golf''''' features a female player. 1986 - The game was ~~re-released~~reissued for the [[~~Famicom~~Family Computer Disk System]], also as a launch title. 1989 - Re-released for the [[Game Boy]], also with the title ''[[Golf (Game Boy)\|Golf]]''. 2001 - ''Golf'' is one of the playable Nintendo Entertainment System games in the [[Nintendo 64]] game, ''[[Doubutsu no Mori]]'' and its [[Nintendo GameCube]] port, ''[[Animal Crossing (~~video~~ game)\|Animal Crossing]]''. 2003 - Re-released for the [[Game Boy Advance]]'s [[e-Reader]] peripheral as ''[[Golf-e]]''. 2019 - The [[Nintendo ~~Playchoice~~PlayChoice-10]] version was later included ~~onto~~as a part of the [[Arcade Archives]]. ==References in later games== Line 61 ⟶ 60: ==Gallery== {{main-gallery}} <gallery> Golf PC88 Box Art.jpg\|PC-8801 box art. Line 69: ==Trivia== Nintendo planned to release an 18-hole golfing game as a launch title for the [[Family Computer]], but software companies declined the project and believed that it could not be done with such limited memory at the time. [[Satoru Iwata]], who was a [[HAL Laboratory]] employee at the time, was eager to prove this technical achievement and program the game himself, which required him to create a custom data compression routine.<ref name=shmup/> The golfer has been identified as [[Mario]] in supplemental material, albeit not wearing his traditional shirt and overalls.<ref>''[[~~mariowiki:Mario Mania\|~~Mario Mania]]'', page 9.</ref> However, the game ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'' would instead identify the golfer as Ossan, which is the internal name that Mario had during the development of ''[[Donkey Kong (~~video~~ game)\|Donkey Kong]]''.<ref>http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/mario25th/1/3</ref> It is the first time Mario has been associated with golf, years prior to the introduction of the ''[[Mario Golf]]'' series. Similar to ''[[Ice Climber]]'', the red-colored character on the North American box art is actually the second player. Line 75: <references/> [[Category:Golf (Nintendo Entertainment System)\|]] [[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]] [[Category:~~Famicom~~Family Computer Disk System games]] [[Category:Virtual Console games (Nintendo 3DS, NES)]] [[Category:Virtual Console games (Wii U, NES)]]