<s>
Actua	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
(	O
VR	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
'	I-Application
97	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Interactive	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actua	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
features	O
two	O
fictional	O
golf	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actua	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Europe	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
July	O
1996	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
release	O
that	O
October	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
consoles	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
VR	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
'	I-Application
97	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
VR	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
'	I-Application
97	I-Application
was	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
late	O
1997	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
reviewer	O
"	O
Air	O
Hendrix	O
"	O
considered	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
a	O
close	O
competitor	O
to	O
PGA	B-Application
Tour	I-Application
97	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
,	O
Air	O
Hendrix	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
has	O
what	O
PGA	O
'	O
97	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
:	O
fast	O
,	O
clean	O
action	O
and	O
spectacular	O
course	O
graphics.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
review	O
concluded	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
has	O
plenty	O
of	O
room	O
to	O
improve	O
,	O
it	O
ranks	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
this	O
year	O
's	O
Saturn	B-Device
leaderboards.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
stated	O
that	O
golf	O
games	O
"	O
have	O
never	O
been	O
a	O
success	O
for	O
console	O
systems	O
"	O
but	O
that	O
VR	B-Application
Golf	I-Application
'	I-Application
97	I-Application
"	O
beats	O
the	O
odds	O
and	O
successfully	O
combines	O
PC	O
features	O
and	O
console	O
gameplay.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
couple	O
of	O
reviewers	O
for	O
GameFan	O
considered	O
it	O
among	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
available	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
reviewers	O
for	O
Mean	O
Machines	O
Sega	O
considered	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
golf	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Kitts	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
nothing	O
remotely	O
'	O
VR	O
,	O
'	O
as	O
in	O
virtual	O
reality	O
,	O
about	O
VR	O
Golf	O
'	O
97.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Kitts	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
capabilities	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
fails	O
miserably	O
in	O
the	O
graphics	O
department.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Air	O
Hendrix	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
bit	O
choppier	O
"	O
than	O
its	O
PlayStation	B-Device
counterpart	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
smoothly	O
moving	O
players	O
look	O
far	O
too	O
elongated	O
,	O
which	O
detracts	O
from	O
the	O
realism.	O
"	O
</s>
