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Winning Shot

A golf sim from Data East for the PC Engine. It later received a rerelease on the Wii Shop in Japan. Winning Shot is a golf game for the PC Engine/Turbogfrafx-16 and was the very first game based on the sport…

3 March 1989

Winning Shot is a sport developed by Data East, released 3 March 1989 on Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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What Winning Shot is

Winning Shot is a sport game developed by Data East and released in 1989. It is available on Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A golf sim from Data East for the PC Engine. It later received a rerelease on the Wii Shop in Japan. Winning Shot is a golf game for the PC Engine/Turbogfrafx-16 and was the very first game based on the sport to be released for the system. Up to four human players can play, though because of the nature of golf, each player takes alternating turns depending on their distance from the hole. The game has many similar features to golf games of this era - the player can select which club to use, whether or not to hit the ball at a slight angle to adjust its trajectory and which direction to hit the ball towards, before hitting the requisite power gauge at the right point to send the ball flying…
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How it plays

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

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When did Winning Shot come out?
Winning Shot was released on 3 March 1989 for Wii and TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.

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