A history of Computer Golf?
Does anyone know if there is any book - or books, or even websites that chronicle the history of Golf on computers and also consoles too?
I was thinking I would like to write one, but not if it already exists!
I started played golf on electronic devices probably in the the mid-80s with Microprose Golf on Atari ST. Then:
Everybody's Golf Playstation 1
Virtua Golf also PS1
Then the Tiger Woods Games.
Everybody's Golf World Tour Playstation 3
More recently - 2K19/2K21/2K23 and of course the one this site is dedicated to. I never played The Golf Club or The Golf Club 2 which I believe preceded 2K19, I am not sure why.
I also have Everybody's Golf VR - on PS4 - it is an amazing thing, but such a faff to setup!
I've also played ones on Nintendo DS and PSP and around the late 80's - early 90's my friends and I loved an arcade golf machine in our local pub (it had a top-down view) can anyone help me with the name of that? I think it might have had a trackball like missile command, but I am not totally sure.
Can anyone fill in the gaps! There will be many, especially in the 2003-2005 period when my kids were born and nappies needed changing! (For example I have never played any Mario Golf games, but I know some people say that behind the Mario character is a pretty solid golf simulation).
I will appreciate any inputs - thank you. I would be especially interested in any hidden gems or indeed golf games that were absolute disasters!
P.S. I am in England - I assume there will be international variations on how computer golf has evolved...
Oh I forgot to mention Nintendo Wii golf (the best was probably on Wii Sports resort around 2009 - with the enhanced controllers) but actually, for some reason, I preferred Frisbee Golf on that machine around the same courses!