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In <1992May13....@cs.brown.edu> j...@cs.brown.edu (James Durkin) writes:

>Since I've yet to see a substantive post, I'll go ahead and try to be the
>first.

>Even though I've never played a round of golf in my life I went ahead and
>purchased Links.  So far (2+ months since purchase) I've thoroughly enjoyed
>the game.  Even goofing around on the practice tee is fun.  If I had a little
>more money budgeted for it I'd probably buy a couple of more course disks (I
>took the registration offer and purchased Bountiful for $9.95).

Bountiful is one of the better courses.  I also have Firestone, Bay Hill,
and Pinehurst.  Pinehurst is the only one that really doesn't offer much in
the way of scenery.  Good course, though.

>Anyway, to the point.  There is one (apparent) feature to the the game that I
>don't like.  It seems to add a "momentum" factor to players under certain
>circumstances.  After making a good putt for a birdie, I notice that that
>particular player seems much more likely to sink long putts, chip in from the
>rough, etc..  This could be a completely subjective impression on my part
>(one presses and does dumb things when behind, but plays intelligently and
>under control when things are "going well"), but I kind of doubt it.  Having
>one out of three or four players in a round consistently sink 30-60 foot
>putts is a bit much.  The "phenomena" seems to end after 4-6 holes or so.

>Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me?  In general, is the concept
>of "momentum" thought of as an appropriate feature by game designers?

I doubt it.  They would have nothing to gain by adding such a "feature".
Usually when things are going wrong for me they get worse because I start
getting frustrated.

>While on the subject of Links, does anyone have good info on the 386 version?
>I saw the add and upgrade offer in the current issue of Computer Gaming
>World.  Since the offer expires in August, I would assume the game would be
>out before then.  Given the track record of game publishers though I probably
>should ask whether that's this year or next.

A while back I heard of something called Links Gold that was supposed to be
out this year.  Maybe this is what you're talking about.

>:.: James Durkin (j...@cs.brown.edu)

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