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Microsoft Golf

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Microsoft Golf
Microsoft Golf cover
Developers
Access Software
Publishers
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows 3.x 1994

Warnings

The Windows 3.x release of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
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Key points

Customisable interface that can be moved around freely.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows 3.x

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\MSGOLF.INI[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\*.PIN[Note 1]

Video settings

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
8 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Runs too fast on modern PCs

On any modern machine, the game runs much faster than it should. The only possible workaround is to install Windows 3.1 in DOSBox and then install the game.

Other information

API

Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

System requirements

Windows 3.x
MinimumRecommended
Operating system (OS) 3.195
Processor (CPU) Intel 386 SX
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 5 MB100 MB
Video card (GPU) 256-color VGA

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References