NES Open Tournament Golf

NES Open Tournament Golf
Developer(s)	Nintendo R&D2
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Virtual Console, NES
Release date(s)	NES JP September 20, 1991 NA September 29, 1991 EU June 18, 1992 Virtual Console EU May 11, 2007 NA June 18, 2007 JP July 24, 2007 KO August 16, 2008
Genre(s)	Sports, Golf
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer (4)
Input methods	Wii Remote, GameCube Controller, Classic Controller
Compatibility	5 Perfect
GameIDs	FAPJ01, FAPE01, FAPP01, FAPT01
See also...	Dolphin Forum thread Open Issues Search Google Search Wikipedia

Whether you're an aspiring amateur or a professional-class golfer, NES Open Tournament Golf, known as Mario Open Golf (マリオオープンゴルフ Mario Ōpun Gorufu) in Japan, puts you right in the thick of a world-class golf tournament. Select your club, check the wind and the lay of the turf, and then drive your way toward winnings worth over one million dollars! Pick from three tough courses: one in the US, one in Japan, and one in the UK. Practice your strokes, then compete against a friend. For the ultimate challenge, tee off against 36 computerized golfers and compete for top ranking. It's all here in NES Open Tournament Golf! So warm up on 18 holes and move up to tournament play. The better the golfer, the bigger the prize. Give it your best shot and go for the big money!

NES Global Problems

Problems that may occur with any NES title on Dolphin are listed below.

DirectX with NES Games

Most NES games suffer strange graphical issues when using the DirectX backend with some graphics drivers; notably NVIDIA. This is a driver bug.

NVIDIA Title Corruption

As of 5.0-4869, the D3D driver bugs can be worked around by setting Ubershaders to Exclusive/Synchronous (Ubershaders). It's unknown what exactly is going on with the driver that's causing Exclusive Ubershaders/Synchronous (Ubershaders) to work properly.

This seems to have been rectified at some point, though it's unclear what resolved it.

Problems

This title does not have any additional game-specific problems.

Configuration

This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.

Version Compatibility

The graph below charts the compatibility with NES Open Tournament Golf since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.

4.0-8445

5.0-775

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5.0-20135 (current)

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2.0 (r5384)

Compatibility can be assumed to align with the indicated revisions. However, compatibility may extend to prior revisions or compatibility gaps may exist within ranges indicated as compatible due to limited testing. Please update as appropriate.

Testing

This title has been tested on the environments listed below:

Test Entries
Revision	OS	CPU	GPU	Result	Tester
4.0-8445	Windows 7	Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8 GHz	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760	Works OK. Requires EFB2RAM.	JMC47