Leader Board
Leader Board | |
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Atari 8-bit, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple II, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Mega Drive, Acorn Archimedes | |
Release | 1986 1987 (World Class) |
Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | 1-4 players alternating turns |
Leader Board (sometimes Leaderboard) is a series of golf simulation video games that was developed by Bruce Carver and Roger Carver, and published by Access Software.
Summary
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Leader Board, the first game in the series, was released in 1986 and included four different water-based courses. It was well received, being rated as 97% overall by Zzap!64 magazine and being prized with their "Gold Award".[1] It was also highly rated by other magazines, with Your Sinclair rating it 9 out of 10,[2] Sinclair User giving it five stars,[3] and Crash rating it 80%.[4]
Leaderboard Tournament, released the same year, was a series of expansion disks each containing four new courses.[5]
The second game in the series was Leader Board: Executive Edition, which was released in 1987 and contained new landscape and course features, such as trees and
Reception
Publication | Score |
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Zzap!64 | 97%[9] |
Publication | Award |
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Sinclair User | SU Classic |
Your Sinclair | Megagame |
Leaderboard was the best-selling Commodore 64 game of 1986 in the United Kingdom.[10] Leader Board was Access' third best-selling Commodore game as of late 1987.[11]
Rick Teverbaugh reviewed the game for
References
- ^ "Leaderboard". Zzap!64. July 1986. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Leaderboard". Your Sinclair. April 1987. Archived from the original on 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Leaderboard". Sinclair User. April 1987. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Leaderboard". Crash. April 1987. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Leaderboard Tournament". Your Sinclair. August 1987. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- Zzap 64. April 1987. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "World Class Leaderboard". Zzap!64. July 1987. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "World Class Leaderboard". Your Sinclair. January 1988. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- Newsfield Publications, issue 15, page 19
- ^ "Top 50 Games of 1986". Commodore User. No. 43 (April 1987). 26 March 1987. p. 12.
- ^ Ferrell, Keith (December 1987). "The Commodore Games That Live On And On". Compute's Gazette. pp. 18–22. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ Teverbaugh, Rick (Jun–Jul 1986). "Sports Scoreboard". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 29. p. 32.
- ^ Keizer, Gregg (June 1986). "Leader Board: The Pro Golf Simulator". Compute!'s Gazette. pp. 50–51. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ Wagner, Roy (December 1986). "Amiga Preferences". Computer Gaming World. No. 33. p. 44. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Dunnington, Benn; Brown, Mark R.; Malcolm, Tom (January–February 1987). "Amiga Gallery". Info. pp. 90–95.
- ^ Weaver, Mark (June 1987). "Leader Board". Antic.
External links
- Leader Board at MobyGames
- Leader Board at Atari Mania
- Leaderboard Golf at Lemon 64
- Leader Board at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Leader Board at Amiga Hall of Light