True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club

True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club[lower-alpha 1] is a golfing game developed and published by T&E Soft. It was released in 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and PC-9800 Series.

True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
North American box art (Super NES version)
Developer(s)T&E Soft
Publisher(s)T&E Soft
SeriesTrue Golf
Platform(s)SNES
Satellaview
NEC PC9801
Sega Mega Drive
3DO
ReleaseSNES
Mega Drive
3DO
Satellaview
  • JP: October 26, 1997
Genre(s)Traditional golf simulation
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer (up to four players)

Setting

The game is based on the prestigious Waialae Country Club in Hawaii.

Release

It was a launch game for the Super NES in North America in 1991. It was released in Japan for the Mega Drive in 1994. It is part of T&E Soft's True Golf series. Later in the series, set on the same course, is Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics for the Nintendo 64.

Gameplay

Players can choose a golfer, assign him a caddie, pick a set of golf clubs, and adjust the game stats to personal preference.

Reception

In the United States, it became the top-selling 3DO game in November 1994.[2] Next Generation reviewed the 3DO version, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Waialae is all the more enjoyable for enabling you to sport eighteen holes without having to wear stupid pants and talk merger deals."[3]

It was reviewed in SuperGamePower in December 1994,[4] and in Games World: The Magazine in February 1995.[5]

Notes
  1. Known in Japan as New 3D Golf Simulation: Waialae no Kiseki (Japanese: ワイアラエの奇蹟)

References
  1. "Release dates". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
  2. "EGM's Hot Top Tens" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. January 1995. p. 52.
  3. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 2. Imagine Media. February 1995. p. 91.
  4. "SuperGamePower - Ano 01 No. 009 (1994-12)(Nova Cultural)(BR)(pt)". December 1994.
  5. "Waialae Country Club". Games World. No. 8. UK: Paragon Publishing. February 1995. Retrieved August 30, 2022 – via retrocdn.
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