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'''''Family Computer Golf: Japan Course''''' (ゴルフJAPANコース) is a Japan-exclusive golf game released for the [[Family Computer Disk System]] on February 21, 1987. It is a golf game starring [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. It is similar in gameplay to the earlier ''[[Golf]]''. The holes in the game are fictional.
'''''Family Computer Golf: Japan Course''''' (ゴルフJAPANコース) is a Japan-exclusive golf game released for the [[Family Computer Disk System]] on February 21, 1987. It is a golf game starring [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]]. It is similar in gameplay to the earlier ''[[Golf]]''. The holes in the game are fictional.


The game comes on a blue disk, meaning it is compatible with the Disk Fax, a device found in public places across Japan such as department stores. These machines would send the player's saved games and high score information to Nintendo. Nintendo held a contest centered around this game, and winners received one of two special versions of this game that came on a gold disk.<ref>[https://pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmdskw28.html The two gold versions]</ref> Both versions are harder and have an extra course added in. The top 100 contestants received the Champions' Course gold disk (yellow sticker) which came in a luxury case along with a gold plaque with the winner's name and rank inscribed. On the game's title screen is the contestant's name and rank, making each disk unique.<ref>[https://tepcodan.blog.ss-blog.jp/2013-01-17 Golf Champions' Course]</ref> Around 5000 runners-up and raffle winners received the Professional Course gold disk (white sticker) which came in a Diskun case. On the title screen it will say 入賞 ("prize winning").<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GTtBUsinG8 Gameplay video of the Professional Course]</ref> The Champions' Course is a lot more difficult and one of the rarest games Nintendo ever made.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kOZYDUtFQ Video of the 18th hole in the Champions' Course]</ref>
The game comes on a blue disk, meaning it is compatible with the Disk Fax, a device found in public places across Japan such as department stores. These machines would send the player's saved games and high score information to Nintendo. Nintendo held a contest centered around this game, and winners received one of two special versions of this game that came on a gold disk.<ref>[https://pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmdskw28.html The two gold versions]</ref><ref>[https://pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmdskw4.html]</ref> Both versions are harder and have an extra course added in. The top 100 contestants received the Champions' Course gold disk (yellow sticker) which came in a luxury case along with a gold plaque with the winner's name and rank inscribed. On the game's title screen is the contestant's name and rank, making each disk unique.<ref>[https://tepcodan.blog.ss-blog.jp/2013-01-17 Golf Champions' Course]</ref> Around 5000 runners-up and raffle winners received the Professional Course gold disk (white sticker) which came in a Diskun case. On the title screen it will say 入賞 ("prize winning").<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GTtBUsinG8 Gameplay video of the Professional Course]</ref> The Champions' Course is a lot more difficult and one of the rarest games Nintendo ever made.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kOZYDUtFQ Video of the 18th hole in the Champions' Course]</ref>


There are four game modes:
There are four game modes:
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