What is Goofy Golf Deluxe?

Essentially an updated version of a popular Squeegee shareware tide, Goofy Golf Deluxe is a computer simulation of that great American pastime — miniature golf. Up to four players control their own golfers and take turns putting the ball into the cup with as few shots as possible. Goofy Golf Deluxe includes three 18-hole courses, which each take about 20 minutes to play if you’re not hopelessly uncoordinated.

The courses include some great, classic putt-putt obstacles, from fire-breathing dragons to rotating windmill blades. What’s more, the remarkable cartoon-style claymation graphics allow for some really creative elements you could never experience on a real mini golf course, such as blasting your ball from a cannon!

Young and old can play this game, but it does take some pretty good hand-eye coordination. The bird’s-eye perspective makes it very easy to aim and shoot, though we would have appreciated having the option to gauge vertical depth from the players’ point of view. Also missing is any sort of control for the amount of power behind your putts.

While it’s a lot of fun the first few times through. Goofy Golf’s gameplay soon becomes repetitive, since there simply isn’t that much variety in the holes and courses. As if aware of this shortcoming, Squeegee includes a course editor that lets you create your own holes and courses. Goofy Golf Deluxe delivers what it promises: a simple putt-putt simulation that doesn’t break any new ground.

Zoller, Buz. (December 1999). Goofy Golf Deluxe. MacAddict. (pg. 75).

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Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 8.0 up to Mac OS 9.2

Compatibility notes

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver