Golf with Trackballs

You roll the ball to direct your shot. Not always successfully as it turns out

Today we spent a very happy morning at a retro games popup event in Leeds. Amongst lots of arcade machines, consoles and even a BBC Micro they had a copy of the Golden Tee Arcade Classic Golf game. I must have missed this first time around. You use a trackball to direct your shots and it all works rather splendidly (within the limitations of the 1989 vintage graphics). I managed to play an entire round (unfortunately the scores are not available) and it was super fun.

Update: I’ve since discovered that the game I played is a re-issue in a new cabinet. You can buy them for home use. After a lot of internal wrestling, and measuring up space in rooms I’ve decided to go for the Nintendo Switch version instead though.