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World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach
Developer(s)Arc Developments
Publisher(s)U.S. Gold
  • JP: Soft Vision International
Platform(s)DOS, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, CD-i, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
ReleaseDOS, 3DO, CD-i
December 1994
PlayStation, Saturn
January 1996
  • JP: March 1996
Genre(s)Sports (Golf)
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach is a sports video game developed by Arc Developments and published by U.S. Gold. It based on the 1994 event set at Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico. Conceived as the most technologically-advanced and realistic golf simulation ever, the game was built using Silicon Graphics workstations exclusively for platforms utilizing the CD-ROM format. It was initially released on DOS, 3DO, and CD-i in 1994. A port titled World Cup Golf: Professional Edition was released on PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. Versions for the Sega CD and Amiga CD32 were cancelled. The game received a mixed reaction from critics.

Gameplay

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World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach is a game set in the golf course on the Dorado Beach of Puerto Rico.

Development and release

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World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach was produced by the British studio Arc Developments and published by U.S. Gold. Arc was previously responsible for Nick Faldo's Championship Golf in 1992.[1] Following the publisher's World Cup Soccer titles, U.S. Gold acquired the World Cup Golf license, basing the new game on the 1994 event set at Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico.[2] World Cup Golf was conceived as the most realistic and technologically-advanced golf simulation to date, restricting development only on platforms that utilized the CD-ROM format.[3] Producer Steve Hickman explained, "We have had to store an enormous amount of images and the non-CD based hardware currently available is just not far enough advanced. CD has allowed us to achieve this plus a lot more."[4]

Cover of the North American PlayStation Professional Edition.

Hickman said that the design team created a digital replica of the real course's topography using a recent survey and over one thousand photographs taken in a two day period.[2] Visuals were rendered and texture mapped using Silicon Graphics workstations running Wavefront animation software.[5][6][7][8] A number of stand-alone workstations dedicated to building a 3D model of each hole. Between 300 and 500 images were rendered around each hole to create "backdrops for the game itself," Hickman further explained.[2] Golfer sprites were digitized while each swing would feature a short, 60-frame full-motion video of the ball's flyby to the hole.[9]

The game was released for DOS, 3DO, and CD-i in December 1994. Versions for Sega CD and Amiga CD32 were also reported[4][6][7][3] but ultimately cancelled.[10] In addition, more courses were planned as separate disk releases, including Runaway Bay, Jamaica; Mission Hills, Thailand; and Mission Hills, China.[2] However, Hyatt Dorado remained the only location in the final build.[11] The game was later ported to PlayStation and Sega Saturn as World Cup Golf: Professional Edition, which was built off the original rendition with eight months of additional fine-tuning to its graphics and gameplay.[12] The Professional Edition was released in western regions in January 1996 and distributed in Japan in March of that year.[13][14]

Reception

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World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach and its subsequent Professional Edition received mixed reviews. Next Generation gave the 3DO version two stars out of five and stated, "Those people in search of a decent golf title should probably look for a game that's a little less demanding."[21] The magazine gave the Saturn version three stars out of five, and stated, "The only real drawback to the game is that there is only one course available for play. It seems almost a shame to create such enjoyable gameplay and then only offer one course on which to enjoy it."[22]

References

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  3. ^ a b Guttery, Miles (December 1994). "Previews: World Cup Golf". Amiga CD32 Gamer. No. 7. Seymour International Press. p. 13. ISSN 1353-484X.
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  21. ^ a b Next Generation staff (March 1995). "Finals: World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach". Next Generation. No. 3. Imagine Media. p. 90. ISSN 1078-9693.
  22. ^ a b Next Generation staff (May 1996). "Finals: World Cup Golf: Professional Edition". Next Generation. No. 17. Imagine Media. p. 92. ISSN 1078-9693.
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