1987 · Artech Digital Entertainment · Golf · Sports

Mini-Putt

Nintendo console exclusive

Mini Putt is a miniature golf game that offers 4 courses, Deluxe, Classic, Traditional and Challenge. Up to 4 players can either play a game or practice any hole on any course. Each course offers its own difficulty level. Deluxe and Challenge have difficult hills and course layouts.

Released: 1987
Platforms: Apple IIGS Commodore C64/128/MAX Game Boy MS-DOS NES ZX Spectrum
Genres: Golf Sports
Developers: Artech Digital Entertainment
Publishers: Accolade
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Non-fiction
Age ratings: CLASS_IND L
Languages: English

About

Mini-Putt is a simulation of miniature golf developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and released by Accolade for the Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Family Computer (Famicom) and ZX Spectrum in 1987, and Apple IIGS in 1988. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System based on the Famicom port was planned to be published by JVC Musical Industries in North America with a release in 1992, but it ultimately did not materialize.

Keywords

mini golf

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Mini-Putt is a miniature golf game featuring a variety of courses including traps and ricochets, and unusual gradations on the greens.

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #131 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
Platform	Released	Regions
MS-DOS	31 December 1987	North America
Commodore C64/128/MAX	31 December 1987	North America
ZX Spectrum	31 December 1988	Europe
NES	15 February 1991	Japan
Game Boy	26 April 1991	Japan