NES Open Tournament Golf (1991) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

NES Open Tournament Golf

NES Open Tournament Golf is an NES game featuring Mario characters. As the name of the game implies, it is a golf game and was one of the first golfing games in the Mario series. You can play a round of golf…

20 September 1991

What NES Open Tournament Golf is

NES Open Tournament Golf is an arcade game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1991. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Wii, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

NES Open Tournament Golf is an NES game featuring Mario characters. As the name of the game implies, it is a golf game and was one of the first golfing games in the Mario series. You can play a round of golf on one of three different courses. One or two players can play in the U.S., Japan, or the U.K. and choose a stroke or match play game. Gameplay is from two point of views, starting with an overhead view allowing you to set up the shot and choose a club, then switching to a 3-D point of view. Hitting the ball uses the common power meter where tapping the button starts the meter, tap the button a second time to select the amount of power in the shot, then tap the button a third time to…

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Mario series

NES Open Tournament Golf is the 90th of 668 entries we hold in the Mario series. It arrived 9 months after Mario's Egg Catch Game. The next entry was Mario the Juggler in 1991.

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