When the Simpsons do a joke it is often a big joke. The fan base often takes said joke and runs with it. Case in point, Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge for the Nintendo Entertainment System. A joke game that Bart received instead of the fighting game he wanted, Bonestorm. Well, Simpsons fans have made Lee Carvallo’s game a reality. They even expanded on what we saw in the popular Fox cartoon.
It starts somewhere
In this case, it started on an episode of The Simpsons television show. What better platform to debut on? The joke being, Bart wanted a violent fighting game, but his mom got his Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge at the suggestion of the store salesman. It is all the rage with kids, after all.
Bart plays enough on the show to give indie developers just enough content to work with. Work they did.
Taking Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf for the Nintendo Entertainment System as the base game, a lot was changed but fans will get the joke.
Challenges left and right
Apparently Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf was developed using non-standard methods. This has caused a lot of headaches for the developers coming in for this hack. They were able to do it though and for that, they deserve many thanks.
So much more than the Simpsons showed
Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge features a full 18 holes of golf, not just a putting simulator. You can get personalized tips and assistance from the man on the box himself as well.
Courses available are spread across the United States and Japan. Gameplay modes include Stroke Play, Nassau Game, and Practice. There are four playable characters, each with their own faults and handicaps.
There is a lot to focus on here. Especially for a golf game that was originally released in 1988. Wind, water, and sand traps, high, low, hits, backspin, various clubs, and more.
To say the original game was involved may be a misstatement.
Head over to ROMHacking.net to grab a copy of the patch file to create Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge. I cannot link directly to Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf as it is not public domain, or available for free, legally.