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Golf Famicom instruction booklet (Japan, HVC-GF)

Nintendo. 1984. “Golf Famicom instruction booklet (Japan, HVC-GF).” Nintendo.

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Golf FC manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/golf-hvc-gf-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi
sha256
5025d748114af390c49182b360aa2ba3abf105e77d8d8d3bcea755f13cb14174
Archived
https://archive.org/download/golf-hvc-gf-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi/Golf%20%5BHVC-GF%5D%28FC%29%28JP%29%20-Manual%28600DPI%29_text.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-06
Licence
© Nintendo; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Nintendo; scan in the Internet Archive item "golf-hvc-gf-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi".
Notes
The booklet packed with the Japanese Famicom cartridge HVC-GF. The item's date metadata (1984-05-01) is the uploader's, a lead and not evidence. The pinned copy is the item's _text.pdf (the same scan with the Internet Archive's OCR layer, which is poor for Japanese: read the page images).

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Claims (4)

The Famicom booklet (HVC-GF) and the title screen it pictures are copyright 1984 and name only Nintendo; the booklet prints no release date. The North American booklet (NES-GF-USA) is copyright 1985.back cover (PDF p. 12)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), title-screen pictureManual
Golf has three games, 1-player stroke play, 2-player stroke play, and 2-player match play, on one 18-hole course of 9 holes out and 9 in; the player with the fewest strokes wins. The Famicom booklet gives the same three and the same course.printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5)Manual
A shot takes three presses of A: the first starts the backswing, the second stops it and starts the downswing, which sets the distance, and the third sets the point of impact, which sets the curve. Impact on the swing meter's white line hits the ball straight, left of it slices, and right of it hooks. With the 1 wood, a downswing started at the meter's extreme left and an impact on the white line with "just the right timing" hits a super shot of 306 yards. B is not used.printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)Manual
Both booklets warn that some rules differ from real golf. A ball out of bounds costs 2 strokes and is played again from where it lay; the woods are usually out of bounds, as are the ponds on the 5th, 8th and 18th holes and any ball that leaves the screen. A ball in the ocean, a pond or a river costs 1 stroke and is played from a set place. A bunker shot flies half as far as a fairway shot.printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9), ルールprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), ルールprinted p. 7 (PDF p. 9), ルールManual