Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
Also known as: Ozaki Naomichi no Super Masters (JP) Developer: Sega R&D6 Publishers: Sega (JP/US/EU/AU), Tec Toy (BR) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: September 9, 1989 Released in US: 1989 Released in EU: 1989 Released in AU: 1989 Released in BR: 1989 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has regional differences. This game has hidden bonus content.

To do: There's an extra pose in the ROM.

Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf is a golf game released early in the Genesis' life. It's notable for starring a golfer so famous that a beverage is named after him... unless you live in Japan, where a respectable Japanese golfer is featured instead.

Fantasy Zone

By hitting the ball 100 times in a single hole (or setting $FFF265 to 63 and making a shot), a game over screen appears. Pressing Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A at this screen brings you to a Fantasy Zone minigame. The point is to stay alive, as destroying the bases ends the game. The screen wraps around, with B shooting forward and C dropping bombs.

The Japanese version has no minigame. Instead, a picture drawn by Toyonaka Ozaki displays instead of the game over screen and the game hangs. The message translates to "How about I help you quit while you're ahead."

(Source: Sega Retro (info), GlitterBerri (translation))

Developer Credits

R&D 6

After waiting at the title screen, a brief gameplay demo sequence will play. In the bottom-right corner of the screen, the standard player info box will appear for roughly three seconds. The name of the player will be filled in with 1 of 8 preset names. These names are actually subtle credits for the developers!

In the international versions, the eight names are as follows (in order of appearance):

• MINAMI
• SATOU
• R&D 6
• CHIEL
• BO
• DECKY
• RYOHMA
• MIZRAN

However, the Japanese version uses mostly different names. Compared to the pseudonyms used in the staff roll, these are likely the developers' real names. Presented again in order of appearance:

• みなみ (Minami)
• てらさき (Terasaki)
• にしむら (Nishimura)
• ささき (Sasaki)
• みそﾞくﾞち (Mizoguchi)
• あたﾞち (Adachi)
• わかはﾞやし (Wakabayashi)
• さとう (Satou)

Curiously, "Wakabayashi" doesn't appear until after 20 passes of the title screen. "Satou" doesn't appear until right after, on pass 21.

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	International

The title screen was completely redesigned. The Japanese version stars Naomichi Ozaki, while the international versions feature Arnold Palmer instead.

Gameplay

This random guy who becomes your caddie at some point is actually Naomichi Ozaki himself. There's his portrait. It was removed from the international release.

Ending

Japan	International

The ending portrait was redrawn to feature Palmer instead of Ozaki. It was also made a bit bigger.

Staff

After the ending, the Japanese version features a staff roll which was removed from the international versions for some reason. It features cameo appearances from Opa-Opa and Alex Kidd.

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  みえない てんし
  Invisible Angel

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  うるとら おちゃめな
  Ultra Playful

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  しょうらい せかいを せいする おとこ
  Man to Rule the Future World

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  げん
  Gen

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  ミゾラン かげのプログラマー
  Mizoran the Shadow Programmer

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  サット マン
  Sat Man

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  びんぼー ひまなし
  No Rest for the Wicked

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  ブルーパープル
  Blue Purple

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  えみりん
  Emilyn

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  もーも
  Moomo

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  イーイロ
  Eiro

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  しずおか たろう
  Shizuoka Tarou

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  ターニャ
  Tarnya

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  たーぼ
  Turbo

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