| For all you know, an online golf game, can satiate your | | | | the highly sophisticated ones with complex graphics; |
| craving for golf when you desperately feel like playing | | | | but no matter what, they are fun and great time-killers. |
| it but cannot because of home, work, or logistics | | | | Of course, there are CD/DVDs available for both PCs |
| pressures. An online golf game is usually played by a | | | | and Video Consoles too, but browser games rule the |
| yuppie-aged person, mostly using a computer, or in | | | | roost. |
| some cases a video console. These games feature a | | | | Online Golf Game: Gameplay |
| replica of a famous, real golf course with the sand | | | | There are many varieties of online golf games: (1) |
| traps and the small water ponds placed at the exact | | | | Single-player game, which an Internet surfer, feeling |
| places. Majority of these games are browser-based | | | | bored at work or at home, normally plays to kill time. |
| and free to play. Online golf is a skill kind of game | | | | (2) Multiplayer game, where the player has other |
| where you have to select the right club, set the | | | | Internet players pitted against him. (3) Some golf |
| correct angle, and then apply the right amount of force | | | | games may feature less than the required 18 holes, a |
| using either the mouse or the keyboard, to hit the ball | | | | feature which golf purists may criticize. But then these |
| at the target. | | | | games are ideal if you do not have too much time to |
| Online Golf Game: Technology | | | | spare. (4) There are many golf-variant games such as |
| As mentioned earlier, majority of these games are | | | | mini golf games; these are quite popular too. (5) Many |
| browser-based, in the sense that you do not have to | | | | gaming websites add a gambling twist to golf games |
| install software on your computer. All you have to do | | | | by making an Internet user pay a fee to play the |
| is open the game site and install a small plug-in and | | | | game, and then if he logs in a good score and is |
| play the game. An online golf game is made using | | | | ranked high, he stands to win a prize which is most |
| Java or Shockwave technology, and chances are that | | | | likely to be cash. These games are big time hookers |
| you already have both these plug-ins installed on your | | | | too. |
| system. The upside of these technologies is that they | | | | Playing an online golf game is a great way to kill time. |
| allow the game to be "cached" on your computer and | | | | Just take care to remember that your golf score can |
| thus place no load on the server hosting the game. | | | | stay below par - but not your productive work hours. |
| These games can range from the very basic types to | | | | |