🕹️ New release: Lunar Lander Beyond

Links LS: Legends in Sports - 1997 Edition

aka: Links 97, Links LS: Legenden des Sports - Edition 1997, Links LS: Legends in Sports '97
Moby ID: 6208

DOS screenshots

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The main menu
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This Options screen is selected from the main menu and allows the player to customise the game to a great degree
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At the time the game was developed hard drive space was at a premium so courses could be played from the CD
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This screen shows the Network options that are available
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The Tour Player option from the main menu allows gamers to play as on of the greats. The intention was to make other famous names available at a later date.
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Starting a practice game as Moby Gamer, The game installs with Arnold Palmer and 'John' already set up. New players can be cloned or created from scratch.
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There is a lot of loading to be done and screens like this are not uncommon
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After the course has loaded the gamer gets to choose between five different kinds of game. The different rules are all explained in the help text
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Playing an actual game starts with course selection.
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Having chosen the course the gamer is given this menu, before playing one of the island's courses it's possible to take a tour.
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The Resort tour shows the player the Kapaula Bay hotel, the Ritz Carlton hotel, as well as the Kapaula resort. All videos are shown in a small window like this
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Teeing off at the Kapalua Plantation course. The colour of the player's shirt is customisable.
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After each shot the player's stats are displayed. The power of the shot is determined by how long the mouse button is held down. This is different to some other games
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Pulling the mouse cursor to the bottom edge of the screen brings up a hos of options from club selection to player stance and other points of view
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When the player is in deep trouble they cannot see the pin and the player must aim the shot manually. This is one occasion where the top down view can be useful
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Adjusting the player's stance
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Turning on the 'trace' doesn't improve play but it gives the gamer something to watch
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At the start of each shot the game builds up the course/ game world in sections. This screenshot was taken a few seconds into the process
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At the start of each shot the game builds up the course/ game world in sections. This screenshot was taken a few more seconds into the process. The flag is now visible
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At the start of each shot the game builds up the course/ game world in sections. This screenshot was taken a partway through the process. The flag is now no longer visible
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Te course is built now. The path which has featured in previous screen shots is now obscured. The sky is the last thing to be drawn
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At last the course has been drawn.
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One of the options offered after a shot is to save it so that it can be looked at again later. The save file names cannot contain spaces.
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Finally on the green. The grid is an option that can be enabled or disabled according to the gamer's preference
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This shows the trace shot being used in conjunction with another camera angle
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Messages like 'This shot for par' and 'This for a Double Bogey' add to the tension
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The score sheet can be accessed at any point during the game via one of the options that lurk at the bottom of the screen. Here it's shown at the end of nine holes.
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In addition to the score sheet there is a comprehensive set of game statistics
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The Latrobe Country Club is far more wooded than the Kapalua course
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The Post Shot screen allows the shot to be viewed in reverse
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