Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge

Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge is a golf video game developed by Hypnos Entertainment and published by Activision for Microsoft Windows. It is part of a series of golfing games named after golfer Jack Nicklaus, and is the first in the series to feature him as a playable golfer. Producer and designer Mike Franco, who produced previous games in the series, began working on the game in November 1997, when Jack Nicklaus 5 was released.

Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge
Developer(s)Hypnos Entertainment
Publisher(s)Activision
Producer(s)Mike Franco
Designer(s)Mike Franco
Programmer(s)Scott C. DeFreitas
Artist(s)Dale Mauk
SeriesJack Nicklaus
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: March 30, 1999
Genre(s)Sports video game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Full work began on the game in April 1998, and it was released in March 1999. The game received mostly positive reviews, with praise for its graphics, golfer animations, golf course designer feature, and game physics, although in-game commentary by Jim Nantz and Gary McCord was criticized as repetitive and annoying. Sales of the game were poor, with only 20,000 copies sold as of February 2000.

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