Top 10 Golf Games

06. Cyber Tiger

Considering its position as one of if not the slickest golf games of all time, than certainly the one with the nasty voice of golf, Cybertiger brought a fusion of alternative golf gaming styles to the scene. Playah!

Created as a sort of meld of Mario Golf and Hot Shots, Cybertiger stands out for a number of reasons - and not just because it introduced features in game play that would eventually be integrated into EA's flagship golf series, Tiger Woods PGA.

Presenting an arcade-style of play using made up and real-world players and a mix of rather potent play styles, the game also brought players a decidedly adversarial golf game as well, featuring a Battle Mode that pits two players against each other -- in a golf fight to the death. Word!

While Tiger Woods PGA series came out before Cybertiger, it took more than a few years for the wizards behind that mainstay of a series to realize the value of the features that were built into Cybertiger - like the animations for victories, the digital analog control scheme and the golf practice mode, not to mention the player editor, power boost shots, and the ability to address the ball based on your established skill.

The Career Mode in the game was focused around the Spyglass Hill Golf Course, but once you completed that part of the game you were then able to unlock additional courses, which is one of the cooler aspects of the game.

The other wicked cool aspect was that when you began the Career Mode you did so as a Junior Golfer, which meant that the process of carving out victories was also a process of working your way towards player and game maturity and adulthood.

Cybertiger was a golf game that had a LOT of unique character in it -- with elements like SuperDrive, hidden tricks, hidden golfers and power-ups as well as its celebrated Tiger Spin (which allowed you to control the ball partially in flight).

This was something that was clearly a fact to be recognized later by the wizards to be sure - but also a strong enough presence to explain why the game made this list as high as it did!

While we never actually played the Gameboy version, we did play both the N64 and PS1 versions, and every now and then we find ourselves wishing that one or the other of those traditional platforms will consider a remake or at least a classics port?

We have to say that it is a real shame that EA did not opt to continue to expand the battle-rich potential it offered. Sigh.