Famicom Golf: US Course Commercial [1987, FDS]

A further updated version Famicom Golf Japan Course, which itself was an updated versionof the early 1984 Famicom Sports Series game simply called Golf. US Course offered new courses and the updated features of Famicom Golf Japan Course. This game would go on to directly influence the development of NES Open Tournament Golf in 1991. Unlike the standard yellow disk used for all other official Nintendo FDS games prior, Famicom Golf: Japan Course came on a blue disk, complete with a sliding cover for the magnetic tape, designed to prevent corruption of data. The disk was also made blue to clearly indicate to children that that Famicom Golf: US Course was a participating game in a high score contest Nintendo was running in mid 1987. Skilled players could use the in-game name entry feature to submit their name, address and telephone number to Nintendo via the then-nation wide Famicom Disk Fax kiosks across Japan. The winners of this contest received an exclusive golden version of a brand new game, called Punch-Out!!. This special gold prize version of the now-famous NES game was the first version of Punch-Out!! ever released, prior to even the commercial Famicom release. The Gold Punch-Out!! differs so considerably from later versions, some consider it almost a prototype. Gold Punch-Out!! has different wording for each of the characters, different stage and opponent colors, and also different music. Most notably however, Gold Punch-Out!! does not feature the “dream bout” with Mike Tyson [or his pallet swapped alter ego, Mr. Dream]. Instead, the game ends after you defeat Super Macho Man.