Mean 18

Innovations

Mean 18 was one of the first (if not the very first) golf games with the "tap to swing, tap for power, tap for hook/slice" control metaphor that has survived to the present day.

References

The gopher with sunglasses dancing on the title screen is a reference to the last scene of the movie Caddy Shack.

Y2K Bug

When registering a high score, the player is required to enter the current date in three parts; month, day and year. (Why the computer clock couldn't be consulted is not known!). When entering the year part, only 2-digit values between 86 and 99 are accepted.

Unreleased version

A prototype was developed for the 8-bit Atari XE computers but was ultimately not released.