Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge

Sequel to the best-selling Jack Nicklaus golf series, Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge garnered a PC Gamer Editors’ Choice award (July 1999 issue) and a five-star rating from Computer Gaming World (August 1999 issue). With state-of-the-art physics, design innovations like Season Mode, the addition of RPG elements, Ready Golf, and an innovative green reading mechanic, this title is the ultimate golf simulation. The graphics are the best of the genre, and the interface is gorgeous, polished, and easy to use. From a technical standpoint, the game is superbly engineered. The existing franchise code-base was completely rewritten in C++. The terrain renderer was sped up by at least 2 times and a custom software polygonal renderer was added. The code is architected to make use of 3D hardware acceleration if it is present.

Source: Amazon store page.
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Support summary
Support
Method
HUD
Widescreen:
 Vert-
  • Hack
  • Proper
Ultra/Super-Wide:
 None
  • None
  • Unusable
Multi-Monitor:
4k UltraHD:
 None None Unusable
 
Rendered Cut-Scene:
  • Vert-
FMV Cut-Scene:
  • Stretched
Game information
Game status:
Released
Release Date:
Wednesday, 31 March, 1999

Tested Version: 
v1.02

Play styles: 
,
Setting: 
Genre: 
Developer: 

Links: 
Website ⋅ ⋅

Store Links: 
Comparison Screenshots
  • 4:3 Screenshot
    Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge
  • 16:10 Screenshot
    Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge
  • 16:9 Screenshot
    Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge
  • Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
    Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge
  • Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot
    Jack Nicklaus 6: Golden Bear Challenge
Solutions & Issues
Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

Resolution must be set to 800x600 in preferences/options for the hack to work.

Width is 20 03 (Offset 2A2158) & Height is 58 02 (Offset 2A215C)
Replace 20 03 00 00 58 02 with:
For example, 1080p: 80 07 00 00 38 04
For other resolutions: http://www.wsgf.org/article/common-hex-values

Main menu, some menu backgrounds, and loading screens don't scale the entire screen.



Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Won't get ingame with resolutions above ~1920x1440.



Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues


4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues

Won't get ingame with resolutions above ~1920x1440.

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Submitted by Margen67 on 8 March, 2018 - 03:54
Updated by skipclarke on 24 March, 2022 - 03:27