Picture Perfect Golf
Picture Perfect Golf is a 1994 video game from Empire Interactive. It is one of three games developed by Lyriq International. The other two being Lyriq Crosswords and Discovering Endangered Wildlife.
Picture Perfect Golf
- Date
- 1994
- Genre
- golf video game
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Key facts
• Title — Picture Perfect Golf • Developer — Lyriq International • Publisher — Empire Interactive • Released — October 1994 • Genre — Golf • Platforms — Windows
Gameplay
Gameplay
Picture Perfect Golf offers photorealistic, first-person golfing, featuring actual photography of courses like Harbor Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Players interact using either a standard mouse or an optional infrared club—an innovation adapted from Japanese company GolfTek—that simulates a real-life swing. The infrared interface, sold separately, allows players to engage with the game using actual golf motions.
Development
Development
The game was developed by Lyriq International, a company founded in 1991 in Cheshire. It was showcased at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Reception
Bill Goodykoontz from Arizona Republic said in his review that "The Commentary is adequate, however, the swing mechanism is tough to master" in the end concluding "A fun, if challenging, game, and certainly different" Picture Perfect Golf generated almost $300,000 in revenue. Picture Perfect Golf was named one of the top 100 CD-ROMs by PC Magazine.
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- 1.Picture Perfect Golf. Electronic Entertainment. 53. 1995.
- 2.The Washington Post Edition of Lyriq Crosswords ships; includes over 100 world class, expert puzzles. Business Wire. April 28, 1995.
- 3.Greenman, Catherine. Lyriq goes wild with CD-ROM game title. HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network. January 16, 1995.
- 4.Picture Perfect Golf. Computer Gaming World. 191. January 1995.
- 5.Picture Perfect Golf. PC Joker. October 1995.
- 6.Picture Perfect Golf. PC Player. 90. July 1995.
- 7.Picture Perfect Golf Foto Modell. PC Games. 44. May 1995.
- 8.4X Golf. Secret Service. 31. September 1995.
- 9.Goodykoontz, Bill. Golf games get more realistic. Arizona Republic. 11,12. June 26, 1995.
- 10.Dick, Ira. Light bulbs go off for young Cheshire company. Hartford Courant. 43. May 1, 1995.
- 11.Ulanoff, Lance. The Top 100. PC Magazine.
- 12.Metz, Cade. Picture Perfect Golf. PC Magazine.
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