World Class Leader Board

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Description

Before the long-running Links series, Access Software produced the Leader Board lineage, which concludes here. Wind, snap and power are the main considerations as players dodge the bunkers, water and rough, which make for more complex courses than the 8-bit versions of the original.

A course editor is included. The courses provided include real locations: St. Andrews (Scotland), Cypress Creek and Doral Country Club (USA) and a fictional one, The Gauntlet, which, as the name suggests, is designed to push the player's skills to the maximum.

The PC version utilizes the PC speaker to reproduce voice samples via the company's patented RealSound process. Quips like "No doubt about it, he's deep in the sandtrap", "Straight onto the fairway", and "Looks like he hit the tree, Jim" are used to provide running commentary on the gameplay.

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Alternate Titles

• "World Class Leader Board Golf" -- Game Gear title
• "World Class Leaderboard" -- Alternate spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Leader Board series
• Setting: Scottish

User Reviews

I couldn't believe my own ears!

DOS

Roedie (5202)

Critic Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Atari ST	Nov, 1989		100
Mean Machines	SEGA Master System	May, 1991	92 out of 100	92
Retro Gamer	Commodore 64	Nov, 2004	90 out of 100	90
Raze	SEGA Master System	Jul, 1991	84 out of 100	84
Play Time	Game Gear	Jan, 1992	82 out of 100	82
Video Games	Game Gear	Feb, 1992	81 out of 100	81
GamePro (US)	Game Gear	Nov, 1991	4 out of 5	80
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Sep, 1994	76 out of 100	76
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Genesis	Jun, 1993	9 out of 12	75
Power Play	Genesis	Feb, 1993	68 out of 100	68

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Trivia

Revisions on DOS version

The DOS version of World Class Leader Board went through several revisions; some to fix bugs, and others to add features. One revision that appeared around the same time Echelon was marketed is an advertisement for said game; a voice, booming through the PC speaker, talks about the game if you hit "Info" on the main screen instead of "Main Menu". The exact text spoken is:

Battle space pirates on the tenth planet Isis in Access Software's space flight simulation Echelon (with RealSound).

(I guess they had 110K of disk space to kill and decided to fill it with an advertisement.

Awards

• Amiga Power
  • May 1991 (Issue #00) - #47 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"
• Commodore Force
  • December 1993 (Issue 13) – #62 “Readers' Top 100”
• Commodore Format
  • July 1991 (Issue 10) - listed in the A to Z of Classic Games article (Great)