SimGolf consists of two major parts: the construction and management of your golf course and resort; and actually playing rounds, matches and tournaments. As soon as you complete work on your first hole, golfers will start to appear and will begin playing. Making a hole too easy will put golfers off - but so will making it too difficult. This is important because the happiness level for your entire resort will affect various aspects of the storyline - such as wealthy heiresses donating landmarks which in turn raise happiness levels! And the happier golfers are, the more money they're willing to spend.

As your course develops, you need to keep a close eye on what characters are saying as they interact with it and each other. People getting tired need a bench to sit on whereas thirsty golfers are happy to pay for drinks from the snack bar. Marshals need to be hired to keep golfers moving and groundskeepers are a must if you want to avoid weeds overrunning your course. All of these aspects require your management, which makes the game very immersive indeed.

When your course is ready, you can start to play matches and host tournaments. The gameplay for the actual golf part of the game is fairly simplistic but very good fun. At first, the five or six shots you can choose from seem rather limited but the drive length, terrain and topography work together to guarantee that no hole should be the same. If you pull off a particularly good shot, your skill points increase: poor play will result in just the opposite.

SimGolf's graphics aren't much to write home about but then, this game is five years old. Unfortunately, the game locks you into a rather poor 800x600 resolution. Other elements of the gameplay (like downloadable courses, pro players and more) mean that despite its age, SimGolf still has great longevity. In all, this is a classic game packed with fun and humour. Even if you're not a big fan of sims or golf you should give it a go.

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The game just wants you to have some relaxed fun while playing mini-golf and it really achieves this aim.

Plus, if you get bored of playing the same holes over and over, you can always design yours with the in-game editor.

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Also, you have permanent information about your number of hits and current par on the game's status bar.

It's all controlled with the mouse, so it's very easy to play. On the downside, I didn't like the fact that it automatically changes the shooting angle every time you hit the ball – it's really misleading.

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While Minigolf Mania is very addictive the 3D graphics can leave to be desired. The music is fun at first but quickly becomes annoying. We suggest you turn it off from the start.

Minigolf Mania is full of little surprises and offers an intuitive gameplay and challenging courses that will keep you putting for hours.

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Put simply, this is a very difficult game, made trickier by the fact that the par scores for each hole seem unfeasibly low. The pent-up anger this game induces isn't abated by the sickly-sweet piano ditty that accompanies the action. On the plus side, the 3D graphics are impressive and the multiplayer mode means that you can share the agony with other human beings.

If the kind of craziness you enjoy from crazy golf is of the infuriating, annoying and downright-pain-in-the-backside kind, then buckle your seatbelt and let the wackiness commence. If however, you're looking for a bit of gentle, harmless fun to pass an hour or so, then you've come to the wrong download page.

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