Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design

The computer version was praised for its graphics and course designer, although reviewers criticized the long reanimation times in each version of the game. It was followed by Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition (1992).

• Title — Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design • Developer — Sculptured Software • Publisher — Accolade (computer versions) Tradewest (Super NES) Action Sixteen (1994 Amiga re-release) • Series — Jack Nicklaus • Platforms — Amiga, MS-DOS, Super NES • Released — June 1990 (computer versions) (Super NES) • Genre — Sports • Modes — Single-player

The game includes the real-life Muirfield Village and the fictional game-only course "The Bear's Track," both designed by Nicklaus. Unlike its predecessor, the game also includes a golf course designer, allowing the player to create a customized course. Three vacant plots exist for the player to create custom courses, and the two existing courses can also be edited. In designing courses, the player can choose between three types: mountainside, parkside, and seaside. The course designer features various options, including hills, valleys, trees, and lakes. The player can also create custom backgrounds for the courses. Several add-on disks, released for the game and its predecessor, can be used to add additional golf courses. Courses created with Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design can be imported into the subsequent game, Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition. Game modes include skins and stroke, and the player can choose to rewind a poor golf shot and try it again. The golfer is viewed from a third-person perspective, and each hole starts with an overhead angle above the course which allows the player to view the distance to the hole. The game informs the player of the distance to the hole, and offers a selection of golf clubs. A power bar along the left side of the screen controls the shot. Jack Nicklaus appears in the game to give advice to the player before each hole, and the game provides an option to view each shot through a reverse-angle replay. The Super NES version features the same courses and a course designer. It also includes a password feature, and a replay option with various angles.

Jack Nicklaus' Unlimited Golf & Course Design was released in the United States in June 1990, for the Amiga and MS-DOS. Jack Nicklaus was involved in the game's design. The game was accompanied by a 224-page guide book, The Official Guide to Jack Nicklaus Computer Golf, which gives advice on course design. The book was published by Compute Publications and written by Mark Harrison, with a foreword by Nicklaus. The Super NES version, titled Jack Nicklaus Golf, was released in the United States in May 1992. It was published by Tradewest, along with an unrelated Game Boy version also titled Jack Nicklaus Golf. The Amiga version received a budget re-release in 1994, published by Action Sixteen.