Mini-Putt
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Mini Putt is a miniature golf game that offers 4 courses, Deluxe, Classic, Traditional and Challenge. Up to 4 players can either play a game or practice any hole on any course. Each course offers its own difficulty level. Deluxe and Challenge have difficult hills and course layouts. The Challenge being the more difficult course. The Classic offers animated bridges and other obstacles. The traditional is your standard miniature golf course which requires well placed bank shots.

To make a shot, using the joystick, move the crosshair in the approximate direction and distance where you wish the ball to go. When you are ready to shoot, hit the fire button. You will notice the level rise in the power bar. When the bar reaches the desired distance, press the fire button again. When you release the fire button, the bar starts to move back down. The mark where you stopped the bar moving indicates the power with which you hit the ball. When the bar reaches the bottom of the power bar, it moves horizontally on the accuracy bar. In the middle of the accuracy bar is the center line. Too much to the left of center, it pulls to the left. Too much to the right of center, it pulls to the right. Press the fire button at the right moment to hit the ball. If the course proves to be too tough, visit the Practice course option. Not all of us can be a pro.

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Description from the packaging:

Mini-Putt: The wackiest miniature golf game in the world !
If you're looking for a lighthearted and relaxing miniature golf game for your computer, then you're holding the wrong box, duffer.

The wizards as Accolade have spared no expense in an effort to drive you crazy. Mini-Putt is the ultimate miniature golf challenge; a magical, animated "Golf-O-Rama: filled with pee-wee putting pandemonium that not only tests your skills… it tests your sanity.

In Mini-Putt you can expect the unexpected. Each looney link was designed to have you ricocheting off the walls. Obstacles and hazards can spring to life. A serene green can gobble up your golf ball. Can your nerves take it or will your putter flutter?
Remember, if your game is on, Mini-Putt can be "Fantasyland." If your game is off, Mini-Putt can be "No Man's Land".

"Ah, the 'ol windmill trick, eh?" Well you can bet your knickers that this windmill hole has a few well-placed surprises than can iron the dimples out of your golf ball. Your gonna need all the help you can get. So, Accolade gives you a sporting chance with a three-window overview of the hole, including a close up of Mini-Putt Pete- the hacker you embody as you romp around the course.

Mini-Putt's infamous Killer Castle is a hole that has been known to make many a pee-wee putter panic. You've got to putt through the castle walls, over a draw bridge, (could there be something lurking in that moat?) and on to a green that's about as smooth as the lunar surface. Whew! At least Accolade shows some compassion by providing gradation arrows to indicate the slope of the green.

A word of advice. Remove all breakables from arms reach while playing Mini-Putt. It can make you golf goofy… especially when you 8 putt a par 1. Please note spunky little Mini-Putt Pete down in the lower left window of the screen. He's not a happy fellow. In fact, he's just snapped his putter over his knee. This is not a very sportsman-like gesture… so please, avoid this practice at home.

Accolade's Mini-Putt. Straightjacket not included.
