Links 386 Pro
Developers | |
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Access Software | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1992 |
⤏ Go to series page | |
World Class Leader Board | 1988 |
Links: The Challenge of Golf | 1990 |
Links 386 Pro | 1992 |
Microsoft Golf | 1992 |
Links Pro | 1993 |
Microsoft Golf 2.0 | 1995 |
Links LS 1997 | 1996 |
Microsoft Golf 3.0 | 1996 |
Links LS: 1998 Edition | 1997 |
Links LS 1999 | 1998 |
Microsoft Golf 1998 Edition | 1998 |
Microsoft Golf 1999 Edition | 1999 |
Links Extreme | 1999 |
Microsoft Golf 2001 Edition | 2000 |
Links LS 2000 | 2000 |
Links 2001 | 2001 |
Links 2003 | 2002 |
Links E6 | 2021 |
Key points
- The base game comes with the Harbour Town and Banff Springs courses.
- An updated version was released on CD-ROM as Links 386 CD in 1995.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail |
Essential improvements
Hang when running Performance Test
The CD-ROM release has an option to run a Performance Test. If you run this under DOSBox you may experience that the game hangs. The hang can be prevented by changing the DOSBox CPU core emulation mode from the default 'core=auto' (which equals Dynamic) to either the slower "core=normal" or "core=full" mode.
When running the DOSBox-X fork, the hang can alternatively be prevented by setting "use dynamic core with paging on=false".
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\ |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | SVGA, SVGA (VESA) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 4.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 386SX | Intel 386 33MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 MB | 8 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 13 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | SVGA |