realism, options, and sound effects, but criticized the golfers for looking noticeably different against the game's backgrounds. T. Liam McDonald of GameSpot called it "a fine piece of work with only a couple minor flaws," which included a lack of certain ideas that McDonald hoped to see in a future Jack Nicklaus game. Computer Gaming World and GameSpot noted that self-made golf courses could take up to 10 megabytes of space, considered high at the time. Computer Gaming World further noted that the game took approximately 171 megabytes of hard drive space to download, and wrote, "As if anticipating consumer resistance, Accolade makes absolutely no mention of this fact on the box or in the manual." The Edmonton Journal also mentioned the high installation requirements and noted that such requirements were not specified on the game's box. PC Zone criticized the game for difficult aiming and putting. The Palm Beach Post praised the course designer but considered it difficult to use. The newspaper praised the game's swing meter as "greatly improved" over previous games. Macworlds Michael Gowan wrote about the Macintosh version, "Featuring five courses, network play, a convincing physics model, and the ability to create your own courses from scratch, this golf simulation has only one bogey: the delay between swinging the club and the corresponding animation." Dean Renninger of MacAddict stated that while some of the game's graphical details were good, they were "a far cry from photorealistic." Renninger considered the game too easy, and believed that the Links series was superior. AllGame's Jonathan Sutyak reviewed the DVD version and criticized it for not taking advantage of the DVD format. In addition, Sutyak criticized the graphics and sound for not being improved over the computer version, and criticized the in-game instructions for being erroneous. He praised the gameplay and called the game "very good," but "not enough of an improvement" over the computer version, stating that people who owned the original version would have no reason to buy the DVD version. Notes References External links Official website (archived) Jack Nicklaus 4 at MobyGames 1997 video games Accolade (company) games Golf video games Classic Mac OS games Video games developed in the United States Windows games Cultural depictions of Jack Nicklaus Video games based on real people Cancelled PlayStation (console) games MacSoft games Multiplayer and single-player video games