Editing Golf: U.S. Course

|developer=[[HAL Laboratory]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|languages={{languages|en_us=y}}

|modes=1–4 players alternating

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|platforms=[[Family Computer Disk System]]

|format={{format|fds=1}}

|serials=FMC-GFUE

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==Gameplay==

[[File:FCGUSC Gameplay.png|frame|left|Screenshot of gameplay]]

*Stroke Play: Up to four players can try to do their personal best. The other players look like Mario (or the hidden female character) but with a different overall color. Player 2 is green, Player 3 is blue, and Player 4 orange. Player 3 uses Player 1's controller, while Player 4 has to share it with Player 2. The 1 Player Stroke Play scores were used in the tournament that was contested by 77,000 players.<ref>{{cite|url=famicon.s348.xrea.com/entries/19870614_golfusc|title=ゴルフUSコース|publisher=Famicon Masterpieces|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}</ref>

*Match Play: Two players, controlling Mario and his green clone, compete against each other. Unlike in ''Japan Course'', there is no computer opponent. A player can forfeit a round by pressing {{button|NES|select}}, holding {{button|NES|pad}} up, and pressing {{button|NES|start}}.

==Contest and alternate version==

Like ''Japan Course'', 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. The top 100 players received a trophy, and they along with 9,900 others received a gold [[Family Computer|Famicom]] cartridge of ''[[nwiki:Punch-Out!! (NES)|Punch-Out!!]]'' There was also an unannounced prize, which was a special version of the game that came on a gold disk known as '''''Golf: Special Course''''' (labeled '''''Golf: Prize Card''''' on the title screen)<ref>{{cite|url=pony.velvet.jp/fcdisk/fmcmdskw4.html|title=◆ゴルフUSコースの景品の一つのはずなのにその後も登場。『ゴルフスペシャルコース』|publisher=Family Computer Disk System Art Database|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}</ref> and was given out to 1,000 randomly chosen players who had scored a hole-in-one. This version was harder due to its "Special Course." It also has a hidden character<ref>{{cite|author=kikai / マリオガイド|date=July 17, 2021|url=youtu.be/Emxg5JlGu48|title=幻のマリオキャラを探せ！【スーパーマリオ調査隊】|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}</ref> that can be unlocked if the total score is 320 or under after four games. At the Stroke Play menu, holding {{button|nes|A}} and pressing {{button|nes|start}} replaces [[Mario]] with a [[lady golfer|female character]]. She has the same abilities as Mario. This character was once unlockable in the blue disk version, but it required the extra step of registering the disk with the Disk Fax, which has been discontinued—as such, she is available today for that edition only on unformatted copies that had previously gone through the Disk Fax.

==Gallery==

Mario Gear NES.png|[[Mario]]

MarioGolfBag.png| Mario pulling out a golf club

MarioLeaves.png| Mario checking the wind

MarioFore.png| Mario hitting a golf ball

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==Names in other languages==

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;''Golf: Special Course''

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==References==

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{{Super Mario games}}

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[[Category:Japan-only games]]

[[Category:Games]]

[[Category:1987 games]]

[[Category:Sports games]]