Leaderboard
Encyclopedia
Leaderboard is a series of golf
simulation video games that was developed by Bruce
and Roger Carver, and published by Access Software.
. It was well received, being rated as 97% overall by Zzap 64 magazine and being prized with their "Gold Award". It was also highly rated by other magazines, with Your Sinclair
rating it 9 out of 10, Sinclair User
giving it five stars, and Crash
rating it 80%.
Leaderboard Tournament, released the same year, was a series of expansion disks each containing four new courses.
The second game in the series was Leaderboard Executive, which was released in 1987 and contained new landscape and course features, such as trees and bunkers
. Despite these additions, the game was less well received than its predecessor, being given an overall rating of 72% by Zzap 64 magazine.
World Class Leaderboard was the last game in the series and included four courses; Cypress Creek
, Doral Country Club, St Andrews
, and the fictional Gauntlet Country Club. Three course expansion disks were later released. Special features included in this final version included a course overview (overhead view), the punch shot, a printable score card, and a course editor which allowed changes to be made to the existing courses. It was considered a vast improvement on Executive, being given a 94% overall rating by Zzap 64 magazine, and 9 out of 10 by Your Sinclair.
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 games that was developed by Bruce
Bruce Carver
Bruce E. Carver was a co-founder of video game developer Access Software in 1982...
and Roger Carver, and published by Access Software.
Summary
Leaderboard, the first game in the series, was released in 1986 and included four different water-based coursesGolf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
. It was well received, being rated as 97% overall by Zzap 64 magazine and being prized with their "Gold Award". It was also highly rated by other magazines, with Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair
Your Sinclair or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum.-History:...
rating it 9 out of 10, Sinclair User
Sinclair User
Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
giving it five stars, and Crash
CRASH (magazine)
Crash was a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published from 1984 to 1991 by Newsfield Publications Ltd until their liquidation, and then until 1992 by Europress.-Development:...
rating it 80%.
Leaderboard Tournament, released the same year, was a series of expansion disks each containing four new courses.
The second game in the series was Leaderboard Executive, which was released in 1987 and contained new landscape and course features, such as trees and bunkers
Bunker (golf)
A hazard is an area of a golf course in the sport of golf which provides a difficult obstacle. which may be of three types: water hazards such as lakes and rivers; man-made hazards such as bunkers; and natural hazards such as dense vegetation. Special rules apply to playing balls that fall in a...
. Despite these additions, the game was less well received than its predecessor, being given an overall rating of 72% by Zzap 64 magazine.
World Class Leaderboard was the last game in the series and included four courses; Cypress Creek
Champions Golf Club
The Champions Golf Club is a golf club located in Houston, Texas. The club was founded in 1957 by Jack Burke, Jr. and Jimmy Demaret. In 1959 the Cypress Creek Course was opened for play, designed by Ralph Plummer. This course has hosted tournaments such as the 1967 Ryder Cup, the 1969 U.S. Open,...
, Doral Country Club, St Andrews
Old Course at St Andrews
The Old Course at St Andrews is the oldest golf course in the world. The Old Course is a public course over common land in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland and is held in trust by The St Andrews Links Trust under an act of Parliament...
, and the fictional Gauntlet Country Club. Three course expansion disks were later released. Special features included in this final version included a course overview (overhead view), the punch shot, a printable score card, and a course editor which allowed changes to be made to the existing courses. It was considered a vast improvement on Executive, being given a 94% overall rating by Zzap 64 magazine, and 9 out of 10 by Your Sinclair.
External links
- Leaderboard at C64 Wiki
- Leaderboard Golf at GameBase 64
- Leaderboard Golf at Lemon 64