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Links LS 2000 is the newest edition of the all-time best-selling golf simulation game. More than 17 years of passion and precision have evolved into Links LS 2000. The realism of the ball's flight and its interaction with the meticulously rendered terrain separates Links LS 2000 from all other PC golf games. A round of golf at Banff Springs in Links 2003. Not really the best of rounds, was 2 over par for a while. Download Links 2003 Courses! All of our individual golf courses are also compatible with Links 2001 and Links CE Mac golf games. Downloads Updates, free golf courses, player animations and more. Community Online tournaments, ladders, forums and other community sites. Help Get help for your golf game or the Links Country Club web site. If you own previous versions of Links, say Links LS 1998 or Links LS 2000, the courses that were bundled with those games can still be used with Links 2001 and Links 2003. The Course Converter takes Links LS courses and converts them for use with Links 2001 and Links 2003. Current search - LATEST 25 RELEASED COURSES Course data and download links are available by clicking on the course name. Links LS 2000 comes on three CDs. The first two CDs contain the files necessary for basic game play. The third CD is a multimedia CD—it contains ten movies covering the golf courses, Fuzzy Zoeller, the Wolf Challenge, and some other related subjects.

LINKS LS 2000 CHAT AND DEMO RELEASE ON GAMERANGER. Perth, Western Australia -- November 20, 2000 -- Scott Kevill today announced that at 6pm PST / 9pm EST, Tuesday November 21, GameRanger will host a chat with the developers and publishers of Links LS 2000 to launch the demo for the Mac.

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Links is the name of a series of golfsimulationcomputer games, first developed by Access Software, and then later by Microsoft Game Studios after Microsoft acquired Access Software. The line of golf games was a flagship brand for Access, and was continued from 1990 to 2003. Several versions of the game and expansion packs (containing new courses[1] and golfers[2] mainly) were created for the Mac and PC over the years. A version for the Xbox named Links 2004 was released in November 2003. In 1991, Links won Computer Gaming World's 1991 Action Game of the Year award.[3]

In 2004, Microsoft sold the Salt Lake City studio to Take-Two Interactive, where it was renamed Indie Built. Indie Built was shut down in 2006.

Many members of the development team now work for TruGolf, a golf simulator company based out of Centerville, Utah.[4]

  • 1List of Links games

List of Links games[edit]

Access Software[edit]

  • Leaderboard Golf (1984) Commodore 64
  • World Class Leader Board (1987) DOS
  • Links: The Challenge of Golf (1990) Amiga, DOS[5]
  • Links: Championship Course: Pinehurst Country Club (1991) DOS
  • Links: Championship Course: Firestone Country Club (1991) Amiga, DOS
  • Links: Championship Course: Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort (1991) DOS
  • Links: Championship Course: Bay Hill Club & Lodge (1991) DOS
  • Links: Championship Course: Bountiful Golf Course (1991) Amiga, 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
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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[6]
  • 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) [7]
  • Links 2001 (2001) Windows Microsoft Game Studios
  • Links Expansion Pack (2001) Windows
  • Links 2003 (2002) Windows Microsoft Game Studios[8]
  • Links 2003: Championship Courses (2002) Windows
  • Links 2004 (2003) Xbox[9]
  • Links 2003: Championship Edition (2003) Windows (Includes Links 2003 and Links 2003: Championship Courses)[10]
  • Links Golf Courses Library (several versions)[11]

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.[12] 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.

Reception[edit]

Computer Gaming World in 1996 ranked the 1990 version of Links fifth on the magazine's list of the most innovative computer games, stating that the game 'may have inspired more 'business machine upgrades' than any other game'.[13] In 1996 Next Generation ranked it 69th on their 'Top 100 Games of All Time', contending that 'many prefer EA's PGA series, but Links takes the title by a hair's breadth. With real life courses, and enough stats, sliders, and options to choke a horse, Links re-creates everything but the swing (which is still accomplished with a 'three click' power bar).'[14]

During 1999, Links 2000 sold 104,225 copies and earned $4.6 million in the United States.[15]Links 2001 rose to 240,000 copies and $8.2 million in the United States by August 2006, which made it the 84th-best-selling computer game released between January 2000 and August 2006 in the region. Combined sales of all Links games released in the 2000s reached 720,000 copies in the United States by August 2006.[16]

In the United States, Links Championship Edition sold over 100,000 copies by August 2006.[16]

Links LS 2003 was a nominee for PC Gamer US's '2002 Best Sports Game' award, which ultimately went to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003. The magazine's Dan Morris called LS 2003 'a terrific game'.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^Devil's island course expansion on GameSpot
  2. ^Davis Love III golfer expansion from TheComputerShow.com
  3. ^Staff (November 1991). 'Computer Gaming World's 1991 Games of the Year Awards'. Computer Gaming World. Golden Empire Publications, Inc (88): 38–40, 58.
  4. ^'Golf Simulators - Indoor Virtual Golf & Software - TruGolf'. TruGolf.
  5. ^Links: The Challenge of Golf at MobyGames
  6. ^Links Extreme comment at Games.net
  7. ^Microsoft LPGA Press ReleaseArchived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^Links 2003 comment at GameNationTV.com
  9. ^Links 2004 review at ArmChairEmpire.com
  10. ^Links 2003 Championship Edition Press ReleaseArchived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^Links Golf Courses Library at LangKong.com Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ProductsArchived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^'The 15 Most Innovative Computer Games'. Computer Gaming World. November 1996. p. 102. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  14. ^'Top 100 Games of All Time'. Next Generation. No. 21. Imagine Media. September 1996. p. 47.
  15. ^Rosano, Paul (February 13, 2000). 'The Best Don't Always Sell'. Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018.
  16. ^ abEdge Staff (August 25, 2006). 'The Top 100 PC Games of the 21st Century'. Edge. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012.
  17. ^Morris, Dan (March 2003). 'The Ninth Annual PC Gamer Awards'. PC Gamer US. 10 (3): 48–50, 54, 58, 60, 66, 68, 70.

External links[edit]

  • Links series at MobyGames
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