Everybody's Golf (1997 video game) explained

Everybody's Golf
Developer:	Camelot Software Planning
Publisher:	Sony Computer Entertainment
Director:	Masashi Muramori
Producer:	Shugo Takahashi Yasuhide Kobayashi
Composer:	Motoi Sakuraba
Series:	Everybody's Golf
Platforms:	PlayStation
Genre:	Sports
Modes:	Single-player, multiplayer

Everybody's Golf, released in North America as Hot Shots Golf and in Japan as is a golf video game developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was the only game in the Everybody's Golf series developed by Camelot, who later developed the Mario Golf series.

Gameplay

Players can acquire additional golfers for use by defeating them in VS mode, with a total of ten golfers available.^[1]

Reception

The game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation called it "the type of golf game that's sure to liven up any PlayStation party and be enjoyed by gamers and golf fans alike." In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 30 out of 40. GamePro said, "Lacking name recognition or even normal-sized players, Hot Shots Golf may at first seem destined for the bin marked 'mediocre.' But this fun, challenging golf game has an engine that the pros would be proud of and all the makings of a legendary link-splitter."^[2]

Game Informer ranked it as the 87th best game made for their 100th issue in August 2001 despite past criticisms that it was not a golf simulator. They praised it for its balance between simplicity and complexity.^[3]

According to Famitsu, the game was Japan's sixth-best-selling game of 1997, with sales of 1.02 million units.^[4]

The game was a finalist by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences for "Console Sports Game of the Year" during the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which was ultimately given to 1080° Snowboarding.^[5] The game won the award for "Best Sports Game" at the 1998 OPM Editors' Awards,^[6] and was nominated for the "Best Multiplayer Game" award, which went to Devil Dice.^[7]

References

Notes and References

1. Hot Shots Golf . Electronic Gaming Monthly. 105 . . April 1998. 49.
2. Hot Shots Golf Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com . . . Scary Larry . 117 . June 1998 . 126 . 24 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050116184851/http://gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/218.shtml . 16 January 2005 . live.
3. Game Informer's Top 100 Games of All Time (Circa Issue 100) . https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071214/http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/11/16/game-informer-s-top-100-games-of-all-time-circa-issue-100.aspx . dead . November 19, 2009 . Game Informer . . Cork . Jeff . 16 November 2009 . 30 November 2013.
4. Web site: Japan's Top 10 of '97 [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"] ]. GameSpot . CBS Interactive . Ohbuchi . Yutaka . 5 February 1998 . 23 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20000301041540/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_02/05_japan/index.html . 1 March 2000 . live.
5. Web site: Second Interactive Achievement Awards: Console . . 24 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/19991011020746/http://www.interactive.org/iaa/finalists_console.html . 11 October 1999 . dead.
6. 1998 OPM Editors' Awards (Best Sports Game) . Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine . Ziff Davis . 2 . 5 . February 1999 . 94 . 24 November 2021.
7. 1998 OPM Editors' Awards (Best Multiplayer Game) . Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine . Ziff Davis . 2 . 5 . February 1999 . 98 . 24 November 2021.