FORE! Let's Tee Off and Rank All 7 NES Golf Games!

[@MerelyAFan]

Weirdly enough, the Japanese exclusive Captain Rainbow game later clarified that the mustache guy in NES Golf is actually some Mario look-alike named Ossan (which was Mario's internal name at one point. An odd retcon, but Mario's first sports game being NES Open does get that series on a much better opening note than Golf.

[@SquarePegs]

My favorite thing I've learned this week, no lie. Thank you for sharing this! I'm gonna pin this comment, because this is awesome knowledge to share! :)

[@warehousedave7937]

There's something special about retro golf games. It's a genre that has aged so well, and among real life sports, Golf simply translates naturally into video game form.

[@GameCubeGalaxy]

Very clever idea for a video after seeing your subscriber count! I didn’t even know there were 7 golf games for the NES! I do have some memories playing the OG “black box” Golf back in the day, and it’s just, meh lol. Golf Grand Slam looks REALLY good! Great video as always man!

[@SquarePegs]

I could only think of three or four, I was surprised there was seven! Thank you for watching, my friend!

[@KidsFunland111]

I still play nes❤..First played on famiclone in 1998 when I was 11 or 12 years old.

[@alvarochaves1999]

You forgot the Japanese exclusive titles like Golf Club: Birdie Rush.

[@SquarePegs]

You're 100% right. The Famicom golf games weren't something I was setting out to cover this video. Since it was sort of timely for hitting all 4's on the subscriber count at the time, I was going for something quick and fun. :) Thank you for watching!

[@GrandpaHerman1]

I logged a lot of hours on challenge Pebble Beach when I was a kid. I still know that music by heart

[@codyseevers6405]

Been playing the black box golf after picking it up a few weeks back trying to find a 60 to 72 pin converter (sadly there wasn't one) for $4 I honestly enjoyed it which was weird cuz I don't normally enjoy sport titles. That's what brought me here I wanted to find more golf titles. Thanks for the upload and giving me some insite.

[@SquarePegs]

Thanks for watching, Cody!

[@jamessnedeker4799]

I spent a summer in the mid-00s playing and loving NES black box Golf on one of those bootleg 5200 in one consoles. There was a small graphical tile swap with the letters (N became T and vice versa) so it was always enjoyable to see 'Waner hazard' or 'Butker' when the ball didn't go where you wanted.

[@higherstandard710]

Did you do “John Elways QB” on Nintendo? When you used “Bo Jackson”? The one running back. He could run all over everyone. Maybe it was a TE. Lol another classic from this era

[@higherstandard710]

My dad never and I mean never plays a video game. But I got him into Nintendo GOLF game. He would get way into it! Walking up to the tv to show where to stop and where he thinks it should be haha.

[@xtlm]

Golf Grand Slam is the NES golf game I grew up with. Heck, I even got my dad to play it sometimes lol. Glad to see it getting some respect!!

[@higherstandard710]

No golf gets a A cause it started it out and most use lots of its strategy today just better!! Imo lol great vid.

[@NS-fc9rs]

nice review. Which one would you recommend to play with buds over beers? I have always found golf games to not be intuitive on the NES. I remember having NES Golf as a kid, and did like how simple it was.

[@SquarePegs]

NES Open Tournament Golf, without a doubt.

[@travistalbot1456]

Great video! I have black box golf but now I know other golf games to look out for

[@SquarePegs]

Awesome! I hope you enjoy what you try out! :D

[@houstronx]

I never really wanted to play any golf games other than WiiSports but, now I must expand my horizons. Thanks for another great video Jay!

[@SquarePegs]

The Top 3 are absolutely worth checking out, my friend. Hope all is well, Blair! :)

[@rogerfunk7315]

I use to own the last game 🎯

[@rogerfunk7315]

I get in the trees

[@samuelallen2831]

Let it be known that since this video, your subs have almost tripled. Keep it up!

[@travisolson9413]

Played the heck out of Jack Nicklaus golf back in the day. No idea why. I didn't play golf, nor did I know who Jack was. I guess I was bored.

[@SquarePegs]

That was me with PGA European Tour on the Genesis. Not only did I not golf, I'm not European.

[@RonManGaming]

Great video! I'll definitely check out the games you ranked the highest. Subbed.

[@weekendroady2060]

Golf Grand Slam is a seriously scarce game on the NES and extremely undervalued.

[@reagandow850]

I love the simple golf games from back in the 8 bit days. These are so much fun. I’d much rather play these and 16 but golf games then the new games.

[@dave4shmups]

Great video! I really like Chip Shots Golf on the Intellivision. If you have an Intellivision, or Intellivision Lives for the Nintendo DS, definitely check it out.

[@hfield07]

you nailed the best golf game on nes. clicked only to see if it won haha. love playing that game.

[@SquarePegs]

Legit disappointed that I'd never played it before this video. It's SO GOOD.

[@FrailandBedazzled]

NES Golf is an amazing game especially considering that it's an 8 bit game...I still play it today

[@RetroRivals]

Sadly I don’t think I played any golf games on the NES. We played pebble beach golf links on the Genesis a lot though but there’s atleast a few to check out on this list. I’m definitely interested in the grand slam one and the Mario on ofcourse

[@SquarePegs]

Those are the two I'd definitely suggest - and Lee Trevino, shockingly. The others are fine, but you're missing absolutely nothing by not playing them. :P Thank you both, as always, for watching and for being awesome people.

[@robertanderson2898]

I could've sworn there were more than 7 NES Golf games...... Wow. I still have NES Open. Got rid of Lee Trevino and Golf.

[@tilasole3252]

7:26 they King's Quested it 🤣

[@Dale_Higgins]

Lee Trevino fighting golf is number one. I don't need to watch to know that

[@SquarePegs]

You should watch. Jose. 'Cause you're wrong. ;)

[@Dale_Higgins]

@@SquarePegs I watched. I'm still right lol. You were close though!

[@JV12382]

Fun! Now do the modern PC golf games, then SNES golf games, then the Arcade1up Golden Tee in that order. Thanks!

[@fredrodnick2881]

Seems like there was always something they had to mess up in those days and the strange thing was ,it could have all been avoided if they just paid more attention to what they were doing. In nes open for example, they cursor was way too fast, even on the slow setting causing you to curve the shot. Yes I know it's hook or slice but I don't know which is which). In tiger woods no matter how gently you put, the ball rolls for 45 ft. This has to be harder than real golf or else no one would play it in real life. Other games have such weird controls that if you don't have the Manuel, you may not be able to play them and in some cases go beyond the title screen. Believe it or not, the game titled 'golf' for the original game boy played pretty good. So why did they go backwards from there? Also the Greg Norman golf asked if you wanted to overwrite the game. I was not computer savvy, and this drove me nuts wondering if I clicked on it what would happen. Of course I was frustrated not being able to save progress. Another thing was the audience was also young children as well who probably didn't know what overwrite meant either. Couldn't they just ask," do you want to save your progress?"

[@SquarePegs]

You are 100% preaching to the choir here - I agree with everything you said.

[@irkjustice5600]

I kinda liked Bandai Golf, but that music drives me nuts.

[@EnjoySackLunch]

You’re in the parking lot. Would you like to play again?

[@WavesNGames]

Going to buy the F tier games right now!

[@SquarePegs]

DO IT AND REPORT BACK

[@troysmith159]

The graphics in Greg Norman are hideous. It looks like a Colecovision game

[@SquarePegs]

Troy, that's not fair. Colecovision doesn't deserve that comparison.

[@CLINTSTER77COX]

Golf without club distance is more like real golf . You must learn your clubs 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@SquarePegs]

I worked on golf games, I understand the need to learn your clubs. But the overall simplicity of the 8-bit golf games do not lend themselves to the intricacies of simulated golf.

[@CLINTSTER77COX]

@@SquarePegs cool

[@jwilder2251]

Lot of revisionist history here. As a kid renting these games in the 80s and early 90s, we weren’t comparing against stuff that came later. I agree that Greg Norman is awful and Grand Slam is great, but the OGs (Mario, Lee, Jack) deserve more respect. Games weren’t expected to have training wheels back then

[@SquarePegs]

Not revisionist history at all, my friend. These are all looked at and rated based on the day it was recorded. I can't rate something based upon perception from when they were originally released - especially when in cases like these games, I hadn't played 95% of them. And Jack Nicklaus is horrific, man. That game is absolutely awful.

[@someoneelse1534]

Some of the rankings seemed rather incongruous to the review comments

[@SquarePegs]

Such as? I watched this again the other day and thought it was pretty fair.

[@someoneelse1534]

@@SquarePegs I don't mean to complain, I really enjoyed the video! I was just a little surprised to see Golf ranking with the other D tier games. Maybe It's just personal opinion but I always thought it's was a decent game for the time.

[@SquarePegs]

@@someoneelse1534 Ah, gotcha! And I certainly didn't take that as a complaint, I was more curious than anything to see if it was an improvement point for future videos. :) And it was! I need to do a better job of explaining my rationale and weighing if the rankings I apply line up to one another - so honestly, thank you for that! :) And I appreciate you watching!

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

I don't think your score for NES Golf was fair. It should've been compared to what was available up to that point in time and it was WAY better than what you would've found on the Intellivsion or Colecovision...to say nothing of how WEIRD Atari 2600's golf game looked! Though I will concede that it's a "gets the job done" but not much else. I think a better score would be around C+ to B- range.

[@SquarePegs]

I'm glad you think that highly of it! Honestly, it's never been a game that's connected with me. I appreciate it for what it is, but it's never been something I've enjoyed. :)

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@@SquarePegs Think that highly of it? I didn't give it an A!!

[@SquarePegs]

Well, more highly than I do at least. ;) Thanks for watching John! I appreciate it. :)