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{{Short description|1996 video game}}
{{For|the 2002 video game|Sid Meier's SimGolf}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = SimGolf
|image = SimGolf Coverart.jpg
|developer = Tavex<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reprint interview from 1997 about Tavex Studio, and they work on SimGolf |url=https://mezha.media/articles/zrobleno-v-ukraini-tavex-1997/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=Mezha.Media|language=uk}}</ref>
|publisher = [[Maxis]] 
|designer = Vladimir Vinetsky
|programmer = Olexander Bilyk<br>Oleg Mouraveinick<br>Serg Butenko<br>Vasyl Tsvirkunov
|artist = Sharon Barr<br>Shannon Galvin
|composer = [[Jerry Martin (composer)|Jerry Martin]]
|engine = 
|series = ''[[List of Sim video games|Sim]]''
|released = November 15, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-02-27 |title=Online Gaming Review |url=http://www.ogr.com/news/news1196.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970227065708/http://www.ogr.com/news/news1196.html |archive-date=1997-02-27 }}</ref>
|genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|platforms = [[Windows]]
}}

'''''SimGolf''''' is a [[sports video game]] created by [[Maxis]] in 1996. The game allows players to design their own [[golf course]]s and play them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Wolf |first=Mark J. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRnOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT813 |title=Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming [3 volumes] |date=2021-05-24 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-16182-0 |page=813 |language=en}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==
The player can design their own golf course, being able to lower and raising the terrain, and can add trees, traps, lakes and other natural hazards.

Players can play on the golf course they have designed or play the two existing courses designed by American [[golf course architect]] [[Robert Trent Jones Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBa8AAAAIAAJ |title=Forbes ASAP. |date=1996 |publisher=Forbes |page=95 |language=en}}</ref>

The MouseSwing interface lets the player use their mouse to hit the ball, and leaves the driving, chipping and putting to the player. (The traditional "power bar" option is also available.) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Cover art or packaging material from SimGolf (1996) |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/1246/simgolf/cover/group-77957/cover-211271/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=MobyGames |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
The game received a score of 2 out of 5 stars from Peter Smith of ''[[Computer Games Strategy Plus]]'', with criticism going toward the graphics and physics.<ref name=cgsp>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19971007223312/http://www.cdmag.com/sports_vault/simgolf_review/page1.html | url=http://www.cdmag.com/sports_vault/simgolf_review/page1.html | title=''SimGolf'' Review | author=Smith, Peter | date=January 20, 1997 | work=[[Computer Games Strategy Plus]] | archivedate=October 7, 1997 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Barry Brenesal of [[Gamecenter]] rated it 8 out of 10, offering praise for the graphics and audio.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brenesal |first=Barry |title=SimGolf |url=http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-508,00.html |website=Gamecenter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001211021700/http://gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-508,00.html |archive-date=December 11, 2000 |date=February 6, 1997}}</ref> Nick Smith of [[AllGame]] rated it 4 out of 5 stars, praising the course designer and MouseSwing.<ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Nick |title=SimGolf Review |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12076&tab=review |website=AllGame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141116052523/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=12076&tab=review |archive-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[List of golf video games]]
*[[List of Maxis games]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{moby game|id=/simgolf}}
*[https://archive.org/details/SimGolf1996 Demo version] at [[Internet Archive]]

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[[Category:1996 video games]]
[[Category:Golf video games]]
[[Category:Maxis Sim games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Jerry Martin]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Windows-only games]]


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