Outlaw Golf - Golf meets strippers, ex-cons, and wannabe rappers

An incredible golf engine, stellar physics and excellent graphics combine with fierce competition, mortal danger and shapely women in this no-holds barred game of golf. Play seven games for one to four players on three unique courses where some hazards have two legs!.

Golf meets strippers, ex-cons, and wannabe rappers. In Outlaw Golf, you can step into the shoes of all kinds of criminals and compete in 30 tour events. With each event, you will unlock new characters and better equipment and improve your character's skills. Challenge three of your friends in eight different games, including stroke, match, skins, best ball, casino, and more. Play like a pro and the game gets easier; play poorly and the game becomes tougher.

Features

• Composure response. Play like a pro and the game gets easier, but lose your cool and the game gets harder. Regain your composure by beating up your caddy
• State-of-the-art Physics Engine - It is a great game of golf with a lot of mayhem thrown in
• User-friendly control system - just push the stick to hit the ball
• Play 8 different types of golf - stroke, match, best ball, and more
• 3 Courses, each with a different terrain and setting
• Play as 10 golfers, each with a unique caddy
• Play through 30 tournaments and 12 driving range events
• Select each club in your bag
• Play 1-4 players, with only one controller required

Outlaw Golf: Way Out There

The first golf title for the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft will make its debut this April complete with strippers, biker chicks and the most advanced golf gaming engine ever made. With a hardcore physics engine and a take-no-prisoners attitude, OUTLAW GOLF takes the sport to the extreme. Try your game on one of these outrageous courses.

Turnpike Valley Country Club

Experience golf with a special flavor - a blend of toxic waste and traffic exhaust that cries New Jersey. Note the friendly message that local denizens have colorfully painted on the tastefully placed concrete supports that allow golf and heavy traffic to coexist. Do not forget to dodge low flying airplanes!

Crusty Leaf Country Club

Remember the Civil War? They do. So look out for stray bullets and trailer parks as you head South- where the loveliness of the golf course is offset by the ugliness of certain local denizens. On the bright side, ifyou have had a hankering for your first cousin, here's your chance to get married properly!

El Diablo Country Club

Golf in this desert setting and do your part to wreck the environment. Enjoy the low flying blimps, which are no more garish than the residents, and stop in to visit Grandma and Gramps when you finish your round.

Characters

Only the finest individuals could golf on these courses. Choose to be.

C.C.

Growing up around six brothers meant CC learned early in life to kick major sports-ass and wear dresses later. This curvaceous and ultra-competitive Tom boy can dish out a delicate chip shot or a vicious roundhouse kick to her goodnatured, tubby caddy, Heavy G. By the way, do not ever call CC a Tom boy to her face or you will be looking out of your ear.

Doc

Taking time off from his busy surgical and malpractice schedule, Doc Diggler never passes up a chance hit the links even if it costs a few patients their lives. Lugging clubs for doctor slice is his brain-dead caddy, Toast.

El Suave

Hailing from the most sexy, exotic locale on the planet - Tia Juana - El Suave is the only golfer ever known to be able to pose before, during and after a golf swing.Carrying the clubs for this Latin Lover of himself, is the ultimate brown-noser, golfshoe-licking toady, El Ramon.

Harley

Born in a motorcycle repair shop, Harley grew up with a crowbar in one hand and a golf club in the other.Harley perfected her golf swing beating up boyfriends and relatives. She is currently living in a van with her fellow hog-riding, tough-yet-tender boyfriend and caddy, Snake.Harley can frequently be seen on TV, usually being hand cuffed and hauled off by local police for disorderly conduct.

Ice Trey

Hailing from the rough and tumble, crime-ridden inner city streets of Beverly Hills, wannabe rapper, Ice Trey, dropped out of school to pursue his dream of rapping and playing golf — a decision that was about as promising as his single digit S.A.T. score. Caddying for Ice Trey is his one-man posse, spinner and tattoo consultant - Fresh Fruit.

Killer Miller

Just released from prison strictly on technicality, Killer Miller takes pride in his long game and his short temper. At 6' 5' and 275 pounds of angry, rippling muscle, Killer puts on quite a show — bringing new meaning to the expression slaying his audience. Toting Killer's clubs is his caddy, confidant and twenty dollar an hour shyster attorney, A. Lance Chaser, Esquire.

Scummy O'Doole

When he is not out swinging his niblick on the back nine at St. Andrews, legendary soccer hooligan and world-class barroom brawler, Scummy O'Doole, likes to kick back and pass out in his own vomit.

Summer

Hailing from the Big Apple, where she splits her time between PHD studies in molecular biology at Columbia University, and entertaining foreign businessmen in the champagne room of the Pink Flamingo, please welcome sultry Summer, and her equally ample caddy, Autumn. Remember gentleman, after the game these ladies will be available for autographs and lap dances. Bring plenty of singles.

Trixie

Trixie has been playing golf at private clubs ever since she was a wee little snob. Dumb as a ball washer and ruder than a slicing drive, Trixie's handicap is her mouth. She hails from quote-unquote “none of your business, USA.” Carrying Trixie's bags is her deep-pocketed and dirty old caddy, Ed.

Mistress Suki

Hitting the links, literally, is one tightly-laced, leather-clad golfing diva whose game is all about discipline. Inflicting maximum punishment on every ball she hits is Mistress Suki, assisted by her bruised and battered, but amiable 300 pound whipping-boy caddy, Puddin'. Watching these two out on the course is an excruciatingly exciting experience.

Driving Range

Use the Range to practice skills and improve your character's statistics. There are many different exercises to improve putting, driving and accuracy. Note that you may need to unlock better clubs in Tour Mode to successfully complete some events. After completing an event, you are awarded skill points to distribute on a selected character.

Compose Yourself!

In OUTLAW GOLF, you will also experience our scientifically-perfected “composure response system.” The better you play, the smoother the controls become; but the worse you play, the harder the controls get — just like in real life, the worse you play, the harder it is to regain your composure and focus. But do not worry because the CRS helps you regain your composure in two ways - first, by focusing, concentrating, and getting your game under control, and if that plan fails - by beating the snot out of your caddy!

Mike Taramykin Interview

After a day on the course with Mike Taramykin, President of Hypnotix, we learned a great deal about his latest creation Outlaw Golf. This is a game unlike any golf title you have ever played and you are certainly in for a surprise when you see just how off the wall the antics of Outlaw Golf really are.

Outlaw Golf is certainly a sidetrack from the norm in the golf title category. Tell us a bit about how the concept for such a wild twist on a more serious sport came about.

You know that has always been a tough question for me to answer. I guess basically the idea came about because no one else had made a game like this before. Until now gamers only had 2 choices when it came to golf games. You could either play a cut and dry simulation like Tiger Woods or a cute arcade golf game like Hot Shots or Mario Golf. So the obvious question to us was why has not anyone made a game that was both? Basically we wanted a great golf game with a serious attitude.

Tiger Woods is a great golf game but after a while it can get a little dull. We would break it out at a party and after a few holes everyone would get all serious and quiet. Hot Shots on the other hand was supposed to be a cool and hip golf game, but in reality it was just too cutesy. Maybe in Japan it is considered cool, but here in the land of the Sopranos and Pamela Anderson wedding videos, we needed a little more. So that was it, since the Xbox was going to be the American game console, it seemed only fitting that we would develop a golf game that reflected it is culture. (And I mean that in a good way.)

I know I have been guilty of a few club tossing fits. Did any of the development crews' own golfing antics influence the style of the game?

Well yes and no. I've come pretty close to losing it on the course, but never actually wrapped a 3 iron around anyone's neck, yet.

The engine behind Outlaw Golf is one of the most advanced golf engines created for console gaming, tell us about some of the reasons this is true.

That is true for 2 reasons; the ball physics and the swing system.

From the very beginning we said that we wanted a game that accurately recreated the golfing experience. In order to achieve this we knew that it all comes down to the ball. Making the golf ball behave like it would in real life was the single biggest task in the game. Luckily we had a great physics programmer working at Hypnotix and he spent months studying how the ball should behave in all circumstances. And if you want to test it out, just fire off a solid shot into the gallery and watch how realistically the ball will bounce off a spectator's head. Yep, a lot of research went into that.

The next thing was the swing system. Believe it or not, the first idea was to use a 3 button system. But as soon as we got our hands on the final Xbox controllers it was obvious that we needed to go analog. We tried various combos of buttons, thumbsticks, and flippers until we settled on the configuration that we liked.

As soon as the interface and physics were in place and working, we all knew that the game was going to be great. The engine just felt right to us. And thankfully since the game came out, a lot of people have contacted us to say that they agreed.

Who came up with the idea to include a stripper duo in the game? Also, how did you pull off a Teen rating on this one?

As far as my wife knows, the strippers were someone else's idea and I had nothing to do with it. But honestly we started out with a huge list of characters and spent a lot of time narrowing it down to just 10. One of my personal favorites that did not make the cut was a character we called “Jitters.” He was basically a pissed off drunk guy in a big Barney-like dog costume. We definitely squeaked by with the Teen rating. We felt that it was important to not get an M because if we did people would just expect cursing, blood, and pretty much full on sex. We thought that would be taking it too far did not want to disappoint anyone that expected something different from an M rated game.

Do you think hardcore golf fans will enjoy a game that takes a slapstick look at golf?

Oh I am sure they will. We built the whole game with REAL golfers in mind. Anyone who has gotten up at 5:30 am on a Sunday morning just to get 18 holes in before their kids wake up will appreciate this game.

We based Outlaw Golf not only on the sport of golf, but also on the culture of golf. And that is why we added game modes like Scramble and Best Ball, not to mention Casino where you can wager money on each stroke. That is also why we have over 30 different clubs and balls to choose from and experiment with until you find the clubs that compliments your style. And finally that is why we made the game challenging. Our feeling is that real golfers want a challenging game that makes them think about every shot, and not a fancy multimedia exercise that is loosely based on the sport of golf. I think that hardcore golfers (especially the ones that play in real life) will identify with the humor and attitude of the game and I think they will be our core audience.

Casual golfers on the other hand can go either way. If you are looking for a friendly golf game that holds your hand and lets you shoot a 58 on your first try, then this is probably not for you.

Outlaw Golf is an Xbox exclusive title, why did Simon & Schuster go this route and what were the advantages of doing so?

We decided to develop the game initially for the Xbox because quite simply it was the only system capable of delivering the performance that we needed. There is technically no way of pulling off all the goodies that we have in this game on any other system.

Describe the different types of game modes and the courses players will have the enjoyment of tearing up.

We have 8 different play styles available. Besides stroke, skins, and match play we will also have.

• Best Ball - 4 players play in 2 teams, and the best score from either teammate is counted for each hole.
• Scramble - Again, players in 2 teams. After each stroke, teammates decide which of their 2 lies they will both play from.
• My One and Only - Players get to bring a putter, and any 1 other club.
• Casino - After teeing off, each additional stroke requires players to add $1.00 to the pot. The winner of the hole wins the pot.
• Time Attack - Rather than counting your strokes, we measure the amount of time it takes each player to complete a round. The winner is the one with the shortest time

As for the links, we have 3 very diverse and challenging courses. They are:

• Turnpike Valley Country Club - Break out those clubs and balls 'cause it is time to head for the lush rolling fairways, perfectly manicured greens and majestic graffiti-tagged highway overpasses of this totally whacked championship golf course. Just remember not to breathe too deeply or you will be coughing up the taste of New Jersey for the rest of the month.
• Crusty Leaf Country Club - Welcome to the Crusty Leaf Country Club where golf and the state of Virginia go together like moonshine and a hillbilly's liver. Hop in your golf cart and take in the majestic tree lined fairways, the 18 luxurious grassy greens and the creepiest backwoods trailer park this side of the Mason Dixon line. Word to the wise: Do not feed the one-armed man playing banjo.
• El Diablo Country Club - Bring plenty of sunscreen and a boatload of rattlesnake repellent 'cause this hellacious golf course in the middle of the desert will absolutely scorch your balls. The pros have rated this course as the number one place to play if you love a good challenge or you are just short on brain cells.

How does a golfer's composure influence their performance on the course?

“Composure” works off of a point system that awards or subtracts a certain number of points based on the outcome of any shot. At the start of a round each player's composure is set to “even” and as you play well that composure will rise until you are “in the zone.” But then just like in real life, it only takes 1 bad shot to knock you back to even. On the opposite end you can end up “in the gutter” and as every golfer knows it is a lot harder to break out of a slump, so it takes a few good shots to build back to even. However, if at some point you need a quick boost to your composure, you can choose to unleash all of your frustrations on your no-good caddy (who probably deserves it anyway.) Through a special mini-game (that is reminiscent of the traditional 3-click golfing systems) you get the chance to vent your frustration. The amount of abuse that you are able to dish out will directly influence how much composure you earn back.

Who is your favorite golfer/caddy combo and why?

You know that is like choosing between your children. They all have their endearing qualities to me and it is tough to pick just one. Having said that, I would probably go with Scrummy O'Doul and his caddy Tommy Rotten as my favorites at the moment. The reason is that Scrummy is so over-the-top in everything that he does, and the voice acting for that character is so great that its hard to get tired of him. I would love to know what other people think though. I am sure Summer and Autumn have more than their fair share of fans too. - By: Brent Soboleski - June 21st, 2002

Cheats

Successfully complete one of the following events to unlock the corresponding prize

Super Skill

During the middle of the game, hold R while pressing White, Black, White, Black, Black.

Beating Token<

During the middle of the game, hold R while pressing Black, X, Black, Black, X.

Unlock Everything

To unlock absolutely everything, start a game with the name Golf_Gone_Wild. All golfers, courses and clubs will be unlocked.

Turn Off Wind

To turn off the wind, do the following during gameplay: press and hold R, then press UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, DOWN, RIGHT, X, X.

Play With a Bigger Ball

To play with a bigger ball, do the following during gameplay: press and hold R, then press UP, UP, UP, DOWN. Keep doing it to make it even bigger. The ball, that is.

Play With a Smaller Ball

To play with a smaller ball, do the following during gameplay: press and hold R, then press DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, UP.

Unlock New Costumes

To unlock new costumes, go to the Character Select screen and hold L. Then press Y, Y, WHITE, Y, BLACK, Y. Voila! New threads.

Perfect Shots

After pushing the right joystick down, pause the game when the meter is at the power desired. Next hold the right joystick straight UP and do not release. Unpause the game and the shot will go perfectly straight.

Unlockables

Beat the following tournaments to unlock the prizes.

• Atlas Driver - Stroke Me
• Atlas Fairway Woods - The Not-So-Goodfellas
• Atlas Irons - High Rollers
• Atlas Putter (Black) - All The Marbles
• Atlas Putter Gold - Suave's Revenge
• Atlas Wedge - Pretty In Pink
• Boiler Maker Fairway Woods - Hole Lotta Luv!
• Boiler Maker Irons - Jersey Ball Bash
• Boiler Maker Putter - Sun Stroke
• Boiler Maker Wedge - Back 9 Shuffle
• C.C. - Hot, Hot, Hot
• Cincinnati Balls - Rough Riders
• Cincinnati Driver - Ol' Blood and Guts
• Cincinnati Fairway Woods - Full Frontal
• Cincinnati Irons - Stroke Me Again
• Cincinnati Wedge - Blister In the Sun
• Coiler Maker Driver - Money Talks
• Doc Diggler - Ladies Night
• Extacy Balls - The Scorched Earth Classic
• Extacy Putter - Motley Crew
• Killer Miller - Test Drive
• Nelson Balls - Different Strokes
• Python Driver - Heat Rash Invitational
• Python Fairway Woods - Tough Crowd
• Python Irons - A Hole In The Sun
• Python Wedge - Garden State Stroke Fest
• Scrummy - Odd Ball Classic
• Suave's Balls - Garden State Ménage a Trois
• Suki - Baked On The Bone
• Trixie - Chicks with Sticks