Greg Norman's Golf Power
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Greg Norman's Golf Power is a golf
-simulation video game
developed by Gremlin Interactive
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
, and published by Virgin Interactive
in 1992.
Other than bearing the name and likeness of Australian professional golfer
Greg Norman
, the game is distinguished from most other golf simulations by providing a hole-design mode. The pre-designed levels takes place in exotic locales like the U.S.A., Japan, England, Scotland, Germany, Spain, France, Australia, and Hawaii. Stroke play
and match play
are both permitted as playing options.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
-simulation video game
Simulation video game
A simulation video game describes a diverse super-category of computer and video games, generally designed to closely simulate aspects of a real or fictional reality.-Sub-genres:-Construction and management simulation:...
developed by Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Interactive
Gremlin Interactive was a British software house based in Sheffield and working mostly in the home computer market.- History :...
for the Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
, and published by Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive
Virgin Interactive was a British video game publisher. It was formed as Virgin Games Ltd. in 1981. The company became much larger after purchasing the budget label, Mastertronic in 1987. It was part of the Virgin Group...
in 1992.
Summary
This video game was the last golf title published for the Nintendo Entertainment System.Other than bearing the name and likeness of Australian professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
Greg Norman
Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AO is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's Number 1 ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s...
, the game is distinguished from most other golf simulations by providing a hole-design mode. The pre-designed levels takes place in exotic locales like the U.S.A., Japan, England, Scotland, Germany, Spain, France, Australia, and Hawaii. Stroke play
Stroke play
Stroke play, also known as medal play, is a scoring system in the sport of golf. It involves counting the total number of strokes taken on each hole during a given round, or series of rounds...
and match play
Match play
Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...
are both permitted as playing options.
See also
- Level designLevel designLevel design, environment design or game mapping is a discipline of game development involving creation of video game levels—locales, stages, or missions. This is commonly done using level editor, a game development software designed for building levels; however some games feature built-in...
- List of golf video games
- List of Nintendo Entertainment System games