Sensible Golf

Sensible Golf
Sensible Golf
Developer(s)	Sensible Software
Publisher(s)	Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Designer(s)	Jon Hare
Programmer(s)	Jools Jameson
Artist(s)	Stoo Cambridge
Composer(s)	Allister Brimble (MS-DOS)
Platform(s)	Amiga, MS-DOS
Release	1995: Amiga; 1996: MS-DOS
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Sensible Golf is a 2D golf game released by Sensible Software in 1995 for the Amiga. It uses the same pin-like characters as Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder. The theme tune was written by the lead game designer, Jon Hare, and a promotional video was directed by Carl Smyth from the group Madness and filmed in Regent's Park, London. The game received lackluster reviews and sold poorly.

A Mega Drive version was planned but never released.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Sensible Golf was awarded the company's lowest ever score by Amiga Power of 66% and marked a sharp decline in the fortune of Sensible Software.^[3] It was to be their last commercial Amiga release, with only Sensible Train Spotting to follow.^{[clarification needed]}

In an interview carried out almost twenty years after its release, Jon Hare said of the game: "Sensible Golf is a disappointment to me; I'm not happy with it ... We were greedy. We diluted our quality. To be honest, I was focusing on Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll at that time, and it was such a massive game. Between that and Sensible World of Soccer, I didn't have time for Sensible Golf, and it just slid".^[4]

References

^ "News: Sensible Sign Up With Virgin". Sega Magazine. No. 4. EMAP. April 1994. p. 11.
^ "The Word Is... - Power". Mega Power. No. 10. Paragon Publishing. May 1994. p. 7.
^ "Sensible Golf review". Amiga Power (95). August 1995.
^ Barton, Matt (2013). Honoring the Code: Conversations with Great Game Designers. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-1-4665-6754-2.

External links

Sensible Golf at MobyGames

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[SMuk4-1] "News: Sensible Sign Up With Virgin". Sega Magazine. No. 4. EMAP. April 1994. p. 11.

[MP10-2] "The Word Is... - Power". Mega Power. No. 10. Paragon Publishing. May 1994. p. 7.

[AP-3] "Sensible Golf review". Amiga Power (95). August 1995.

[htc-4] Barton, Matt (2013). Honoring the Code: Conversations with Great Game Designers. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 123–124. ISBN 978-1-4665-6754-2.

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v t e Sensible Software
Shoot 'em ups	Twister Parallax Wizball Shoot-'Em-Up Construction Kit Cannon Fodder Cannon Fodder 2
Sports	MicroProse Soccer International 3D Tennis Sensible Soccer Sensible World of Soccer World Championship Soccer 2 Sensible Golf
Other games	Mega-Lo-Mania Wizkid: The Story of Wizball II Sensible Train Spotting