Neo Turf Masters (1996) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Neo Turf Masters

Neo Turf Masters is a golf video game by Nazca for the Neo Geo, released in 1996. This is also one of the first two titles by Nazca, the other being the popular Metal Slug before & between being acquired by…

90 5 January 1996

What Neo Turf Masters is

Neo Turf Masters is an arcade game developed by Nazca Corporation and released in 1996. It was published by SNK. It is available on Wii, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Android, Arcade, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Neo Geo MVS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NEO TURF MASTERS is an arcade classic that touched an entire generation. Competing as one of six international golfers on different courses worldwide, players choose their club, analyze the wind direction, and find the best path to finishing each hole in as few shots as possible.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Neo Turf Masters holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored 20 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Neo Turf Masters launched on 5 January 1996, within three weeks of Suikoden, Guardian Heroes, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Suikoden, Guardian Heroes, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.

Cheats and codes

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