Miniature Golf (Atari 2600, 1977)

I like the Atari games that are just named exactly whatever general concept they are supposed to represent are but somehow this one ends up being misleading. Its less Mini Golf and more Pong with obstacles. Obstapong. Shockingly, golf without any physics sucks, and Miniature Golf sucks more than you’d expect. Worse of all, the hole layouts are boring which is sort of important when it comes to mini golf. Its just throwing a square block at other square blocks until it gets in the right spot on screen. Trying to do a golf game before consoles could handle the advanced shape of round was just too ambitious.

BAD

LAWFUL AVAILABILITY: Not rare. Costs 5 bucks loose and around 13 bucks complete. Also included in the Atari Flashback Classics Volume 1 anthology on PS4 and Xbox One. CHAOTIC AVAILABILITY: Included in most Atari 2600 ROM sets.