<s>
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Greatest	I-Device
18	I-Device
Holes	I-Device
of	I-Device
Major	I-Device
Championship	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
is	O
a	O
golf-simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Accolade	O
beginning	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Apple	O
II	O
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
(	O
C64	O
)	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
(	O
NES	O
)	O
,	O
PC-88	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
1990	O
and	O
1991	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
HuCard	B-Device
cartridge	O
and	O
CD-ROM	O
formats	O
for	O
the	O
U.S	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
and	O
its	O
foreign	O
counterpart	O
,	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
titled	O
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
,	O
while	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
titled	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
World	O
Golf	B-Application
Tour	O
for	O
the	O
CD-ROM	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
Golf	B-Application
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
golf	B-Application
games	O
named	O
after	O
golfer	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Jack	B-Application
Nicklaus	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Unlimited	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
&	I-Application
Course	I-Application
Design	I-Application
(	O
1990	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
 '	O
favorite	O
18	O
golf	B-Application
holes	O
,	O
all	O
put	O
together	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
course	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
holes	O
from	O
Augusta	O
National	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
,	O
Muirfield	O
,	O
Pebble	B-Application
Beach	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
Links	I-Application
,	O
Royal	O
Lytham	O
&	O
St	O
Annes	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
,	O
and	O
Old	O
Course	O
at	O
St	O
Andrews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
includes	O
Muirfield	O
Village	O
as	O
a	O
course	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
compete	O
against	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
eight	O
different	O
CPU	B-Application
players	I-Application
that	O
includes	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
,	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
,	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
courses	O
were	O
previously	O
featured	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
early	O
add-on	O
disks	O
:	O
The	O
Australian	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
,	O
Royal	O
Troon	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
,	O
Kemper	O
Lakes	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
,	O
and	O
St.	O
Creek	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HuCard	B-Device
cartridge	O
version	O
of	O
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
includes	O
only	O
one	O
course	O
,	O
The	O
Australian	O
Golf	B-Application
Club	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
eight	O
golfer	O
rivals	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accolade	O
began	O
publishing	O
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Greatest	I-Device
18	I-Device
Holes	I-Device
of	I-Device
Major	I-Device
Championship	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
1989	O
,	O
versions	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
PC	O
,	O
while	O
other	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
were	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
that	O
autumn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
1990	O
,	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
had	O
been	O
published	O
by	O
Accolade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
PC-88	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
U.S.	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
,	O
in	O
HuCard	B-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
'	O
s	O
foreign	O
counterpart	O
,	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
CD-ROM	O
format	O
,	O
the	O
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
 '	O
World	O
Golf	B-Application
Tour	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
HuCard	B-Device
format	O
retained	O
the	O
original	O
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Greatest	I-Device
18	I-Device
Holes	I-Device
of	I-Device
Major	I-Device
Championship	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Turbo	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
and	O
its	O
foreign	O
counterparts	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
,	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
Golf	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
in	O
May	O
1992	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Tradewest	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
an	B-Application
unrelated	I-Application
game	I-Application
with	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
title	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
criticized	O
the	O
computer	O
version	O
for	O
including	O
an	O
off-disc	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
scheme	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
deemed	O
as	O
difficult	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
critics	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
the	O
Leader	B-Application
Board	I-Application
golfing	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
praise	O
was	O
given	O
for	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
versions.Amstrad	O
Action	O
called	O
the	O
CPC	O
version	O
,	O
"	O
Beyond	O
a	O
shadow	O
of	O
a	O
doubt	O
the	O
best	O
golf	B-Application
sim	O
ever	O
on	O
a	O
CPC.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
also	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
"	O
only	O
immediately	O
appeal	O
"	O
to	O
golf	B-Application
fans	O
and	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
played	O
computer	O
golf	B-Application
games	O
,	O
while	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
These	O
limitations	O
will	O
unfairly	O
cripple	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
popularity	O
–	O
a	O
crime	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
's	O
an	O
entertaining	O
and	O
well-programmed	O
sports	O
sim.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amiga-64	O
praised	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
's	O
gameplay	O
but	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
minimal	O
sounds	O
,	O
the	O
putting	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
agonisingly	O
slow	O
"	O
computer	O
golfer	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
digitized	O
image	O
of	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
that	O
appears	O
in	O
between	O
holes	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Malcom	O
subsequently	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
;	O
he	O
praised	O
the	O
gameplay	O
but	O
felt	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
"	O
not	O
what	O
they	O
could	O
,	O
and	O
should	O
,	O
be.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Wade	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
praised	O
the	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tony	O
Hetherington	O
of	O
Your	O
Amiga	B-Device
criticized	O
bad	O
putting	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Action	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
recommended	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
considered	O
Leader	B-Application
Board	I-Application
to	O
be	O
superior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
User	O
International	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
not	O
already	O
purchased	O
Mean	B-Device
18	I-Device
,	O
a	O
similar	O
golf	B-Application
game	O
also	O
by	O
Accolade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Muse	O
of	O
inCider	O
praised	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
version	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
new	O
standard	O
in	O
computer	O
golf	B-Application
games	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
sports	O
game	O
,	O
period.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Dashe	O
of	O
Macworld	O
praised	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
for	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
realistic	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
variety	O
of	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Siggins	O
reviewed	O
Jack	B-Device
Nicklaus	I-Device
 '	I-Device
Greatest	I-Device
18	I-Device
Holes	I-Device
of	I-Device
Major	I-Device
Championship	I-Device
Golf	I-Device
for	O
Games	O
International	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
4	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
badly	O
let	O
down	O
by	O
one	O
feature	O
:	O
the	O
painfully	O
slow	O
screen	O
updates.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Siggins	O
reviewed	O
Jack	O
Nicklaus	O
Golf	B-Application
–	O
Additional	O
Courses	O
Vol	O
II	O
for	O
Games	O
International	O
magazine	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
good	O
to	O
see	O
Accolade	O
supporting	O
the	O
program	O
with	O
these	O
high	O
quality	O
course	O
disks	O
but	O
their	O
assumption	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
that	O
there	O
is	O
nothing	O
wrong	O
with	O
the	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
I	O
find	O
hard	O
to	O
understand	O
and	O
would	O
suggest	O
,	O
unless	O
you	O
are	O
n't	O
bothered	O
by	O
round	O
of	O
computer	O
golf	B-Application
taking	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
hours	O
,	O
that	O
you	O
do	O
n't	O
bother	O
buying	O
any	O
more	O
add-on	O
disks	O
until	O
the	O
problem	O
is	O
attended	O
to.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
and	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
versions	O
were	O
also	O
criticized	O
for	O
slow	O
reanimation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
golfer	O
sprite	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
very	O
tedious	O
golf	B-Application
sim	O
,	O
which	O
only	O
die-hard	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
should	O
take	O
a	O
chance	O
on.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chicago	O
Sun-Times	O
,	O
reviewing	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
versions	O
,	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Great	O
for	O
golfing	O
enthusiasts	O
and	O
good	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
are	O
new	O
to	O
golf.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Chip	O
and	O
Jonathan	O
Carter	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
the	O
Philadelphia	O
Daily	O
News	O
,	O
reviewed	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
cartridge	O
version	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
additional	O
courses	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
nice	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
praised	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
reviewed	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
CD-ROM	O
version	O
and	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
golf	B-Application
fans	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
slow	O
reanimation	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
offer	O
much	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
other	O
golf	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
