Yet another golf game. That's how I think of VR Golf '97 (known as Actua Golf in parts of the world other than North America). As you could probably guess, I'm not the biggest fan of golf games. I don't play golf in real life either though I don't mind the occasional round of miniature golf. To be fair, I'm not a big fan of sports games in general and for a golf game, this isn't bad.
VR Golf '97 was released in late 1996 for both the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. It competed with PGA Tour 97 which was really the benchmark for golf games at the time. On the PlayStation, you were better off with PGA Tour 97 as it had more features and advantages in licensing. However, on the Saturn, the PGA Tour 97 port was not as good as it could have been and was very slow. VR Golf '97 was also choppier on the Saturn but still a much better experience. Mediocre ports like these no doubt helped kill the Saturn...
There was a sequel to VR Golf '97 but it was titled Fox Sports Golf '99 and released for the PlayStation and Windows. Ratings for it were not so great though and this would be the last game in the series. Far better golf games have come along since but if you want to give this one a try, you'll have to track down an original. The PlayStation version is a little better in that the graphics are a bit smoother and is also probably cheaper and easier to find.
VR Golf ’97 (PlayStation, Saturn)
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