Shot97 | Links Golf - Amiga HAM - Gaming Memories And Review @Shot97 | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
During a time when most golf games were as flat as could be, Links brought realistic elevation changes which other games couldn't compete with for years. On the Amiga it showed what the system was capable of, even in the 256 color VGA era, by being one of the few full HAM graphics games, showing all 4,096 colors on screen at once. It did this during the actual gameplay, and it's a stunner. It can be a bit slow to load in those views, but it's worth the wait, and a must experience for true Amiga fans.
We'll talk about the game, read from the manual and box, show off many magazine reviews from back in the day, including this games action game of the year award, and 5th most innovative computer game of all time placement. We'll also show comparisons with the DOS original. The game is being shown off actual Amiga hardware in this games intended NTSC mode with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
My written review for Links: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2020/10/links-golf-in-depth-written-review-of.html
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
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00:00 - Cinderella Boy
00:13 - Introduction
00:51 - HAM 4096 color graphics
01:28 - Making of Links from Manual / Bountiful first hole
02:48 - Rocky Mountains / Realism
03:45 - Amiga graphics modes
06:20 - Comparison with Sega CD / Comparison with World Class Leaderboard
07:35 - Comparison with PGA Tour Golf
08:35 - Pretty, but also realistic gameplay
09:46 - Selecting your clubs
12:11 - New products from Amazing Computing
13:00 - Amiga World Review / Starting back 9 / Babylon 5
14:24 - Beautiful elevation changes
14:49 - Required a hard drive (sort of) / Looking at the box
15:58 - Other holes of the course are rendered around you / Freedom
17:11 - Discussing loading times
18:10 - Data Disks from Amiga World (Extra courses)
18:49 - Ads and review from Computer Gaming World
20:42 - Final hole at Bountiful
21:40 - Could a 1985 PC run this?
22:42 - Sound on the Amiga
23:18 - Amiga HAM VS VGA DOS comparison
24:55 - Starting Firestone Country Club course
26:45 - Readers top 100 games from CGW / U..S. Amiga Sales chart
27:35 - CGW Action Game of the Year
28:40 - Thoughts on this being an "action game"
29:30 - Thoughts on Firestone
31:14 - Solitaire journey
32:42 - 15 most innovative computer games of all time, CGW
33:22 - Comparison with Links 386 DOS SVGA
34:20 - Amiga Format review
36:40 - My best shot
37:28 - Starting Torrey Pines course / Budget review from Amiga Format
38:25 - Does it really need a hard drive?
39:28 - Swing mechanics / Pacific Ocean
41:28 - Amiga Power Review
43:36 - Final hole Torrey Pines
44:05 - Amiga Action / Amiga Computing / CVG Reviews
45:05 - Final thoughts
46:23 - NSlate
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Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories And Review Season 6 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMwS9kcZ7UTmZ5M1mZc7jHKS
Gaming Memories And Review Season 5 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMy2CSCGAyOqyK5_Znr4J3go
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 1-4 Playlists: youtube.com/user/MrShot97/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=9
#LinksGolf #AmigaGolfGames #AmigaHAM
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 6x6 - Links: The Challenge of Golf, Commodore Amiga
During a time when most golf games were as flat as could be, Links brought realistic elevation changes which other games couldn't compete with for years. On the Amiga it showed what the system was capable of, even in the 256 color VGA era, by being one of the few full HAM graphics games, showing all 4,096 colors on screen at once. It did this during the actual gameplay, and it's a stunner. It can be a bit slow to load in those views, but it's worth the wait, and a must experience for true Amiga fans.
We'll talk about the game, read from the manual and box, show off many magazine reviews from back in the day, including this games action game of the year award, and 5th most innovative computer game of all time placement. We'll also show comparisons with the DOS original. The game is being shown off actual Amiga hardware in this games intended NTSC mode with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
My written review for Links: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2020/10/links-golf-in-depth-written-review-of.html
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
-------------------------
00:00 - Cinderella Boy
00:13 - Introduction
00:51 - HAM 4096 color graphics
01:28 - Making of Links from Manual / Bountiful first hole
02:48 - Rocky Mountains / Realism
03:45 - Amiga graphics modes
06:20 - Comparison with Sega CD / Comparison with World Class Leaderboard
07:35 - Comparison with PGA Tour Golf
08:35 - Pretty, but also realistic gameplay
09:46 - Selecting your clubs
12:11 - New products from Amazing Computing
13:00 - Amiga World Review / Starting back 9 / Babylon 5
14:24 - Beautiful elevation changes
14:49 - Required a hard drive (sort of) / Looking at the box
15:58 - Other holes of the course are rendered around you / Freedom
17:11 - Discussing loading times
18:10 - Data Disks from Amiga World (Extra courses)
18:49 - Ads and review from Computer Gaming World
20:42 - Final hole at Bountiful
21:40 - Could a 1985 PC run this?
22:42 - Sound on the Amiga
23:18 - Amiga HAM VS VGA DOS comparison
24:55 - Starting Firestone Country Club course
26:45 - Readers top 100 games from CGW / U..S. Amiga Sales chart
27:35 - CGW Action Game of the Year
28:40 - Thoughts on this being an "action game"
29:30 - Thoughts on Firestone
31:14 - Solitaire journey
32:42 - 15 most innovative computer games of all time, CGW
33:22 - Comparison with Links 386 DOS SVGA
34:20 - Amiga Format review
36:40 - My best shot
37:28 - Starting Torrey Pines course / Budget review from Amiga Format
38:25 - Does it really need a hard drive?
39:28 - Swing mechanics / Pacific Ocean
41:28 - Amiga Power Review
43:36 - Final hole Torrey Pines
44:05 - Amiga Action / Amiga Computing / CVG Reviews
45:05 - Final thoughts
46:23 - NSlate
-------------------------
Written reviews: Shot97Retro.blogspot.com
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/Shot97Retro
All videos/writings in alphabetical order: goo.gl/9VRs9g
Gaming Memories And Review Season 6 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMwS9kcZ7UTmZ5M1mZc7jHKS
Gaming Memories And Review Season 5 Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMy2CSCGAyOqyK5_Znr4J3go
Gaming Memories And Review Seasons 1-4 Playlists: youtube.com/user/MrShot97/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=9
#LinksGolf #AmigaGolfGames #AmigaHAM
Gaming Memories And Review - Ep. 6x6 - Links: The Challenge of Golf, Commodore Amiga
