0 to Z of Playstation 1 Games - Actua Golf

        

Actua Golf also known as VR Golf 97 in North America is a sports game focussing on Golf the game was developed by Gremlin Interactive and published by Gremlin Interactive the PAL version,  Naxat Soft in Japan and VR Sports in North America, the game was released in October 1996 in Europe and North America with an April 1997 release in Japan, the game was also released on PC and Sega Saturn.

Actua Golf is a 3D golf game that allows the player to play the ball from any lie on the course from fairway, bunker or rough, the game also has a feature called fast course set up which means the wait between shots is almost non existent, the player has full choice of club selection and shot direction when taking shots the player is also able to play amateur and professional tours as well as play with up three friends. the game also features the commentating talents of Peter Aliss.

Golf game no story present

Reviews for this very early Playstation 1 title are hard to come by so we head to GameFAQs for their user reviews with a total of 8 user reviews and an average user rating of 3.13/5 with a majority of users rating the game 3/5 with rating high of 4/5, a total of 57% of seven users rated the games difficulty just right while 43% rated the game as tough, the average playtime from three users is 4 hours.

This is the part of 0 to Z where is visit five online retailers and see what the availability of the title is, and what price you would be looking at if you wanted to pick this title up, the sites that I will be using for this are Amazon.com,  eStarland.com, retrogames.co.uk and Gamedude.com I know the last one is very location specific but from a podcast I listen to and  I have heard they have a huge stock of older games, I will also be including Ebay.com as well

So lets get down to business with Gamedude, if you are looking to trade in your copy of Actua Golf (VR Golf 97) in North America then Gamedude will give you just 25 cents for your copy, if you are in the market for a copy then you can pick up one from Gamedude for $2.

Retrogames.co.uk have a used complete copy of the game in excellent condition available this will set you back £5 which converts to $6.64 in the US, in the Euro region it will set you back €5.47 and in Uruguay it will cost you 186.48 Uruguayan Peso’s, be aware though this copy of the game is for UK and European consoles only.

Moving on to eStarland.com sadly they don’t carry a copy of the game used or new so we will move quickly on to Amazon, where the game can be picked up very cheaply with a very good quality copy from the UK version of Amazon for 95p with £2.03 for shipping so £2.98 in total which converts to 111.1 Uruguayan Peso’s, in the Euro region it will cost you €3.26 while in the US is will set you back $3.85.

At the time of writing there are no new copies of the game on sale, a used like new copy of the game is on sale, this copy has been professionally cleaned this copy will set you back £27.88 and comes with free delivery, for the most part though the most you will be paying is around the £6 to £7 mark.

Ebay.com has several copies of the game on sale, just the disc will cost you a maximum of £3 while more complete versions of the game won’t set you back more than £10, a couple of the copies on sale are the Japanese versions of the game which are priced at £3.99 and $8, there is also a Actua Golf collection on sale this is all three Actua Golf games in very good condition for £10.99 or $14.26.

Written by

P J Gibbon