User:Frecklefoot/Links
List of Links games
[edit]Access released numerous versions golf games throughout the years, some preceding their flagship Links series. And for their Links series, they released numerous course disks, giving users more courses to play on.
Access Software
[edit]| Name | Year | Type | Platforms | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaderboard Golf | 1984 | Game | Commodore 64 | |
| World Class Leader Board | 1987 | Game | DOS | |
| Links: The Challenge of Golf | 1990 | Game | Amiga | [1] |
| DOS | ||||
| Links: Championship Course: Pinehurst Country Club | 1991 | Course disk | DOS | Courses of the Pinehurst Resort |
| Links: Championship Course: Firestone Country Club | 1991 | Course disk | Amiga | Courses of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio |
| DOS | ||||
| Links: Championship Course: Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort | 1991 | Course disk | DOS | Courses of the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort |
| Links: Championship Course: Bay Hill Club & Lodge | 1991 | Course disk | DOS | Courses of the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Florida |
| Links: Championship Course: Bountiful Golf Course | 1991 | Course disk | Amiga | Fairways and greens of the Bountiful Golf Course |
| DOS |
- Links: Championship Course: Barton Creek (1991) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Mauna Kea (1992) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Troon North (1992) DOS
- Links 386 Pro (1992) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Banff Springs (1992) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: The Belfry (1992) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Innisbrook - Copperhead (1993) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Pebble Beach (1993) DOS
- Links Pro (1993) Macintosh
- Links: Championship Course: Bighorn (1994) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Castlepines (1994) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Prairie Dunes (1995) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Cog Hill (1995) DOS
- Links: Championship Course: Riviera (1995) DOS
- Links: Fantasy Course: Devils Island (1995) DOS
- Links LS 1997 (1996) DOS
- Links Championship Course: Pelican Hill (1996) DOS, Windows
- Links LS 1998 (1997) Microsoft Windows 95
- Links Championship Course: Valderrama (1997) Windows
- Links Championship Course: Oakland Hills (1997) Windows
- Links: Championship Course: Valhalla (1997) Windows
- Links LS 1999 (1998) Windows
- Links Championship Course: Congressional Country Club (1998) Windows
Microsoft Game Studios
[edit]- Golf (1994) Windows 3.1
- Golf 2.0 (1995) Windows 3.1/95
- Golf 3.0 (1996) Windows 95
- Golf 1998 Edition (1998) Windows 95
- Golf 1999 Edition (1999) Windows 95
- Golf 2001 Edition (2000)
- Links Extreme (1999) Windows[2]
- Links LS 2000 (2000) Windows
- Links LS 2000 10 Course Pack (2000) Windows
- Links Championship Edition (2001) Windows (Includes Links 2001, Links Expansion Pack 1, a Course Designer, a Course Converter and 4 new courses) [3]
- Links 2001 (2001) Windows Microsoft Game Studios
- Links Expansion Pack (2001) Windows
- Links 2003 (2002) Windows Microsoft Game Studios[4]
- Links 2003: Championship Courses (2002) Windows
- Links 2004 (2003) Xbox [5]
- Links 2003: Championship Edition (2003) Windows (Includes Links 2003 and Links 2003: Championship Courses)[6]
- Links Golf Courses Library (several versions)[7]
Note: Microsoft Golf 1.0-3.0 are just Access' Links 386 redesigned to run natively under Microsoft Windows. Golf 1998 Edition and 1999 Editions were produced by Friendly Software.[8] After Access Software was acquired by Microsoft in 1999, Microsoft produced Golf 2001, which was based on Links, and then discontinued the Golf series to continue with the Links series.
- ^ Links: The Challenge of Golf at MobyGames
- ^ Links Extreme comment at Games.net
- ^ Microsoft LPGA Press Release
- ^ Links 2003 comment at GameNationTV.com
- ^ Links 2004 review at ArmChairEmpire.com
- ^ Links 2003 Championship Edition Press Release
- ^ Links Golf Courses Library [dead link] at LangKong.com
- ^ http://www.friendlysoftware.com/Products.htm