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STRAIGHT FROM THE SOURCE...
Official correspondence on the Links series from
Microsoft
Links Championship Edition Media Alert (July
26th, 2001)
LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP
EDITION ON COURSE FOR OCTOBER 2001
 Microsoft
announced that the Links Championship Edition, the most complete golf
experience in one box, will be available at retail locations throughout
North America in October 2001 for an estimated street price of $49.95, with
a $20 USD mail-in rebate for owners of Links 2001. Links Championship
Edition is the entire Links 2001 collection in one package and includes a
full version of Links 2001, the powerful 3D Arnold Palmer Course Designer,
13 championship courses, 14 professional and amateur players, and new course
design tools for the Links 2001 franchise.
Links
Championship Edition adds four all-new golf courses to Links 2001.
Pennsylvania's Oakmont Country Club, Australia's Royal Melbourne, The
Frankfurter Golf Club of Germany, and The Judge Course at Capitol Hill from
the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama are all
included, along with five
original Links 2001 and four Links Expansion Pack professionally-designed
golf venues.
The most significant upgrade
to the Links series in over a decade, Links 2001 features a rendering engine
that delivers unprecedented ball physics and graphics;
as well as the Arnold Palmer Course Designer, which allows PC golfers to
re-create their home courses with the same tools used by the Links 2001
team. A new dynamic camera feature allows players to view each shot from
different perspectives. Links 2001 offers gamers new tour players including
Sergio Garcia, Annika Sorenstam, Mike Weir,
and more, as well as new golfer animations and personalities, customizable
club distances that allow for an even more accurate re-creation of a
player's actual game, and faster and easier online play. Additionally, the
long-awaited Arnold Palmer Course Designer (APCD) makes its debut in Links
2001. The APCD provides users with the power and versatility to accurately
recreate courses in a powerful, real-time 3D system. Players can tweak every
inch of fairway with the APCD, and
create tunnels and arches with full control over each point on the course.
Over 300 fan courses created with the APCD are available free of charge
online. (Visit www.linkscountryclub.com
for a list of sites under the "Downloads" section.)
For more on Links 2001, go to:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/links2001/
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