GOLF VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION [1978 - 2023] 

Thanks for the video but you forgot some BIG golf games whose omissions really hurt your video. - Jack Nicklaus Signature Edition (1992) was the best golf game for its time and had a tremendous course editor. - Front Page Sports Golf (1997) was the first game to have a mouse-swing. - The PGA games of the late 90s were true competitors to Links. - GolfTopia (2020) is the highest-rated golf game on Steam and a rebirth of Sid Meier's Golf.

Imo Tiger Woods PGA tour 2005 for PS2 was the best golf game ever

Missed the Links franchise for PC from 1990-2003. Best golf games by far of the 90s.

So many great games thank you once again for all the generations of sports games keep the greatness growing

My favorite golf games were, Outlaw Golf 2, and Links 2004. I currently have The Golf Club, Everybody's Golf, and PGA 2K23 on PS4 and Walkabout Mini Golf on PS5. Also, Nintendo Switch Sports and Mario Golf Super Rush on Switch.

Golf games (outside of the Atari 2600 version) have always looked heads and tails better than any other game going back to the NES. I remember being a small child and playing "NICK FALDO'S OPEN" on the C64 and being fascinated by the whole caddy club exchange on the bottom of the screen. The PS1 games were already starting to look, sound and play almost identical to what we have today. Really shows the creativity the early designers had and how to squeeze the most out of a few MBs of code Another great vid. I love what you do

Apart from 'linguistics,' which I took an interest in for the first time ever in 1990, in the 11th grade of high school -- the only other 'hobby' that I've had is video gaming -- which hobby I've had from the early 80s to the present date. I like a 'quasi-wide' variety of genre of PC games -- though the genres of PC games that I have spent the most time on, BY FAR, are golfing simulators, commercial and fighter aircraft simulators, vehicular racing simulators (esp. cars such as Formula 1, Rally Racing, and many others), and first person shooters -- to only a small extent RTS (real time strategy), and role-playing. My favorite first person shooters of all time are Doom, Heretic, and Halflife 1 and 2. I have played golfing simulators since the mid 80s ("Mean 18") to the present. I have always innately been very good and these games -far better than most others, I'm sure, who have also played them. Ironically, if not MORONICALLY, apart from 'mini golf,' which I played twice in my life only and was very good at -- I have never even picked up or used a golf club in my life; I hence have no actual real life golfing experience. If the 'swing mechanics' of a golf swing didn't seem so 'unnatural' and complex to me -- I'm sure that my innate understanding of golf and my uber "Bruce Lee-esque" scientific mind of about all things I take an interest in -- would allow me to be an awesome golfer in real life. But I'm almost certain -without ever having picked up a golf club other than the putter- that I could never master a golf swing and make good contact with the ball -either drive, approach shot, etc.... Nor have I ever had any money in my life -- hence any money to buy a set of clubs and attempt to take up the game of golf...

Played quite a bit from the 'big two' for console golf series, Mario Golf (for Nintendo) and Everybody's/Hotshots Golf (for Playstation, until the latest installment, "Easy Come, Easy Golf", which came on Switch). Also did some PangYa, a few of the NES and PC ones, and also Golf With Your Friends.

WGT golf on the iPad is still the only golf game worth playing.

Zany golf on the apple computer was amazing!

Been a h7ge "HOT shots " fan since the very first on PS. And the Tiger Woods golf series was great too

My favourite: PGA Tour Golf II for the Mac.

I remember Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf on the NES!

Forgot all about Lee Trevino Fighting Golf. A lot of memories with my brother. Very entertaining game!

Happy National Mini Golf Day ⛳🏌️‍♂️🏴‍☠️🏛️🗼🗽 from VGE 🎮 🕹️

Me and my brother and sister played outlaw golf 2 all the time I was soooo looking 4 that game thanks.

Golf is originated from a game played on the eastern coast of Scotland, in an area close to the royal capital of Edinburgh in the 15th century!

I used to play wicked 18 on my SNES so much when I was a kid.

Who would've thought that Mecarobot Golf from 1993 was the first to really introduce the following-the-ball camera that is basically standard now.

I loved Sim Golf! Wish it was still available

Missing Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge!

Today, I offer you a video that traces the evolution of golf games since 1978. Have you played these games? What is the best golf game in your opinion? Feel free to list in the comments any games I may have forgotten. Thanks

Lori (The Loud House) is possibly a golf player. Lori: "OMG, I hate running. This is why I golf."

u for got about Cyber Tiger......one of the best

Links was the first true golf sim.

21:39 That is definitely NOT _Wii Sports Resort_ (maybe it was on the Wii, but it's the wrong game.) Was kinda hoping you would wait until the golf update for _Nintendo Switch Sports_ came out, or maybe _Sports Story_ (which still has golf,) but this is fine for now.

You should have included the original Leaderboard. As far as I know, that was the first "realistic" 3D golf game. It certainly blew me away when I first saw it on the C64. 7:55 - Your ROM image is FUBAR.

The 2004 Tiger Woods was so good back in the day!

16:12 wtf?? 😂😂😂

It always peaks around 2012-2016, then falls off

ファミコンのゴルフは当時としてはかなりクオリティ高いな。

And S&Box have Pool and Golf too. :)

Lots of games I never heard of but I have/had some that were not shown. Front Page Sports Golf, PGA Championship Golf 1999, PGA 2000, Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Challenge and Custom Golf come to mind. In my opinion the most realistic golf game I have played is Perfect Golf. Unfortunately it was bought by Trackman and the two principals now create the courses for the TM simulator. I rank TW08 as the best of the TW series and the last one on PC. I understand that the upcoming EA PGA Tour Golf game scheduled to be released in the spring of 2023 will have a PC version. I also noticed that the hoary old 3 click, 2 click whether it was a half circle or bar goes way back to 1994.

CyberTiger Fox Sports Golf '99 Front Page Sports: Golf Hole in one golf

27:59 the best one

Kirby's Dream Course

Skins Game- Arcade from Midway games 2000

Tiger Woods 14 is my personal favourite. It has all four majors, an amazing legend roster and lots of options to customise the difficulty so you can make the game as arcadey or realistic as you like.

Ryu Ga Gotoku games had nice Golf minigames as well !

"On the GWEEN!!"

The only thing you might be missing is "Microsoft Golf"

Easy Come Easy Golf

First to have seamless and smooth rendering And detailed hit ground message First ro have that layout First to have all that Mario golf is a direct copy

How about we do snowboarding games next?

Dreamcast is impressive

No mention of the immortal "Putting Challenge, with Lee Carvalho"?

NINTENDO 64 1994????? 7:14

Kirby's Dream Course on the SNES, would have been nice to see here.

22:57 Correction - Actually, that version is Go Vacation Mini Golf by Namco Bandi on the Nintendo Switch in 2018... how do I know. That's my Mii and my video. Thanks for including me. I have some more games to sample on my channel you missed in this list if you ever revise this (I see you are getting hassled in the comments for missing some big titles). It's hard to know them all. Solid effort.

the 1998 Everybodys Golf game sure looks and sounds like Hot Shots Golf to me...just sayin...

Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics- N64 exclusive 1998

I’m surprised Taito’s “Birdie King” isn’t on this list.

Something happened after 2013 where all sports games went absolutely awful.

How are you going to make this and not include the Links LS 98 thru 2004 Series? And Golden Tee deserves a mention as they've been playing tournaments in bars for over 20 years on that game.

Waialae Country Club wasn''t from 1994. The N64 didn't even exist until 1996.

FOOOOOOORE!!!!! ⛳

Links LS 98 is the biggest leap in golf games of all time, and it's not on your list 😄

When you include mini golf games in this list, you have to add mini putt from accolade in this list

ABC sports in 1991 was way ahead of it's time.

8:27, where the hell are you getting these dates....The Saturn came out in 1992?? I really doubt that claim.

Some of these have very interesting image-generating 3D engines

Wasn't "Everybody's Golf" actually called "Hot Shots Golf"?

Can u do snooker games next please

19:27 Wait what?! 🤣🤣 Kratos?!

Beavis and Butt-Head: Bunghole in One (PC exclusive)

Can you do skateboarding games next? 🛹

You hold golf club with 2 hands. 0:55 *1984* (4 decades ago). I got golfing ad watching this. Don't hit too hard when you are close. 5:54 *1992* (3 decades ago). You need to make the ball fly up and also aim and calculate the speed. 14:15 *2002* (2 decades ago). Seems like the wind or something makes the ball go left. 23:14 *2012* (1 decade ago). Swedish people struggle with the wind or something when they play golf. 30:19 *2020* (0 decades ago).

"World Tour Golf" from 1985 is missing. It had a powerful course editor for its time. And neglecting both Links 386 Pro and Links 2003 is outright blasphemy.

Hey you forgot Kinect Sports: Season Two

Swingerz Golf (GCN exclusive) Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am Avatar Golf Crazy mini golf Cursed to Golf

A hole in one 🕳️⛳

WGT started in 2008 🙂

What about Rugrats: Studio Tour 🎬(1999)- THQ Mary-Kate and Ashley: Crush Course 👱‍♀️👱‍♀️(2001)- Club Acclaim PS1 exclusive

Can you do the Tiger Woods evolution?

What no Ninja Golf for 7800? lol

No Golden Tee?

You literally missed the MOST important golf game of all-time. lol Links 2003. Why? Cos it's the one with the most mods and with the most active community, and is still being played today, AND is considered by most as the best golf game ever made.

Did I miss Links 386 or wasn‘t it there?

What?? No Ninja Golf on Atari 7800??

Golf is a sport that plays with the club and a ball ⛳!

i wonder how he found footages of the games, put your thoughts in replies

Links 386 1992 ??? :(

Pangya 2005 is the best 👍👍👍 But the golf clash for smartphone is perfect for now 😍😍😍

11:45 MS Links. Oh my! Thousands of hours probably. Looked ‘like photos’ at the time, then you look at PGA2k23 and we’ve not even seen EA Sports 2023 golf game yet, other than a trailer which showed it had Augusta and St Andrews, so I’m hoping that’s gonna a good career mode, but it’s EA, they’ll focus on which mode earns them the most micro-transactions. I guess at least it’s good to have a choice between 2k and EA, not many other sports licences are shared. Also they’ll drip-feed course packs as paid DLC, when they could’ve just as easily add everything all at once in the base game. EA seem like they poison everyone they touch. They’ve kindly taken Project Cars 2 off me recently as well, digitally, after buying Codemasters. And I know it’ll be in the T&Cs, we all scroll past em, next next next. Robdogs, all of them: Gambling For Kids/Teenagers. Anyone who made it to here, thanks for reading. TL;DR EA are evil and so are 2K. Everyone knows this but that’s apparently fine 🤬

Leader board is good

evolution fighting (no boxer, no wrestling) games, beatm up games, car games, please, excellent video, excellent chanel, Thank You

16:12 Wth 🤮🤮🤮

7:16, you know that the N64 didnt come out for over 2 years from when you claim this was released. Really, do you even prooftype your work?? I wish I had a N64 in 1994, would have avoided me purchasing a Genesis, 32X, and CD at that time.

your insurance has to be nutz,.... i hope it has the v6.... because at youre age the will chare partly on what it "could do"

Sony's as with tennis are objectively the best and most groundbreaking and most popular However i wanna know eho created the genre

Even the insignificant stiff rendering ones were pioneers Just not Nintendo who just copy

Outlaw golf 9 more holes of Xmas. WHAT

What about Lee Carvalos putting challenge?

Sony's is objectively the only accurate and best one The first one to swing wasn't Nintendo's And Nintendo's is an accurate and direct copy of an earlier one minus few alterations.

... Puppeteer-Puppeteer smooth movemenets and gaining-losong head and gaining uniwue abilities by head

Chou Sony ahead of Nintendo

Crash crash Astro baby robotism (flying with power from under,rolling with huge punch)/severe abnormal cuteness/countless peers and friends that are army like and contribute to game level design,interactions and gameplay and game design all in all/controller-hardqare master usage and pioneering Sonic running Mario nothing special in particular except maybe having multiple franchises Spyro-dragon Ratchet-genius weaponry/pioneering dual protagonists/futuristic immersive cartoon reality Sly cooper-/stealth platformer Jak and daxter-first ever inseparable significant story and gameplay wise duo/starters of action platformer genre/starters of badass mascots cartoon ...