Golf

Golf is a 1980 golf video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. and the Atari 2600. The game allows one or two players to play nine holes of golf, featuring various obstacles. Golf was the first game developed by Michael Lorenzen for Atari. On his first day of work, Lorenzen was instructed to observe a competitor's version of a golf video game and duplicate it for Atari. Lorenzen's Golf features similarities to Computer Golf for the Magnavox Odyssey 2, such as the viewpoint appearing closer to the cup. Lorenzen recalled the development of the game to be stressful, noting that he worked continuously to make the game fit into a two kilobyte ROM cartridge.