Editing Golf (1985)

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{{GameInfobox
|caption= North American box art of the NES version.
|developer = Nintendo
|publisher = Nintendo
|designer = 
|engine = 
|jp_rel = {{release|1984|May|1|JP|Family Computer}}<br>{{Release|1986|February|21|JP|Family Computer Disk System}}<br>{{Release|1989|November|28|JP|Game Boy}}
|na_rel = {{release|1985|October|18|NA|Nintendo Entertainment System}}<br>{{Release|1990|March||NA|Game Boy}}
|eu_rel = {{Release|1986|November|15|EU|Nintendo Entertainment System}}<br>{{Release|1990|||EU|Game Boy}}
|genre = Sports, Golf
|features = Single-player,Multi-player
|ratings =
|platforms = Nintendo Entertainment System, Family Computer, NEC PC-8801, Game Boy, Family Computer Disk System, e-Reader, GameCube, Sharp X1, PlayChoice-10
|media = 192-[[kilobit]] cartridge
|requirements =
|input = NES controller
}}

'''''Golf''''' is a [[sports]]-simulation [[video game]] released in 1985 for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It was originally released in Japan in 1984 for the Nintendo Family Computer. The golfer is a mustached man who resembles [[Mario (Nintendo)|Mario]].

The player one character wears a white shirt and shoes with blue pants and uses a white ball, while the player two character wears a red shirt and shoes with black pants and uses a red ball.

Unnamed in the original game, in the Japanese Nintendo [[Wii]] release ''[[Captain Rainbow]]'' the golfer is referred to as ''ossan'', a flippant term meaning a grown man.

==Gameplay==
The user must first decide whether to play single [[stroke play]] or the two player selections of doubles stroke play or [[match play]]. The user is then placed at the tee of the first hole of eighteen.

It was the first golf game to feature a power/accuracy bar for swinging the club.{{fact|date=January 2008}} The power bar method has been used in most golf games since.

==Ports==
*Ported to the [[Family Computer Disk System]] in 1986 (Japan only).
*Available for the Classic NES [[e-Reader]] series on [[Game Boy Advance]].
*Available as a fully playable collectible in ''[[Animal Crossing]]''.
*[[Hudson Soft]] released a port of the game for the Japan-only [[NEC PC-8801]] in 1985.
*In the Game Boy version, unlike the NES version, there are some background music and two countries to choose from: Japan and U.S.A..  Also, the style of the player characters are [[chibi]].  All courses are different compared to the ones in the NES version.
*The nine holes of Wii Sports Golf are 3-dimensional versions of holes in NES Golf.
==References==
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==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/golf|name=''Golf''}}
*[http://www.nindb.net/game/golf.html ''Golf''] at [http://www.nindb.net NinDB]

[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]