Hamster Golf is a golf game where the hamster is the ball! Launch the hamster across fun-filled courses! Top-spin, back-spin and side-spin, skipping over obstacles, avoiding sand and water traps! Collect stars and powerups along the way! Speed your way across open ground, rocket into the sky, anvil drop your way back down and get the hamster in the hole!

Long Drive

Bounce In

Going for Speed

Rocket Hammy

Instructions

Title Screen

From the title screen, you can choose to start a NEW GAME, PRACTICE an open hole, check out the BEST SCORES, read the INSTRUCTIONS, change the game SETTINGS or EXIT the application. Use the up and down direction buttons to select what you want to do and press OK.

NEW GAME

If you choose NEW GAME, you’ll be able to select the course you’d like to play. If this is your first time playing Hamster Golf, only the Papaya course is open to you. You must finish the course at or below par in order to open up Carambola.

Aiming

Before each shot, you need to aim Hammy. You can rotate Hammy using the left and right buttons. You can also set the angle that you launch Hammy using the up and down buttons. There are three angles that you can launch Hammy and we’ll call them pitch, drive and putt.

Pitch

Drive

Putt

Pitch launches Hammy upwards and slightly forward. This is good for getting to high places.

Drive launches Hammy slightly upward and forward. This is good for getting Hammy over obstacles while still covering a lot of distance.

Putt is used to roll Hammy across the ground.

Set Spin / Set Strength / Launch

Set Spin

Set Strength

Launch

If you’ve aimed Hammy and set him to pitch or drive, you’ll need to set his top/back spin. In any mode, you can also set Hammy’s side spin.

Once you’ve set Hammy’s spin, you need to set the strength of the shot. The strength meter is at full power when the yellow bar is all the way to the right. You need to time this carefully, because the meter only gives you one chance to set the strength.

Hammy launches through the air. Get Hammy into the hole in as few shots as possible!

Powerups

There are powerups scattered throughout the course to help Hammy.

Tire

Rocket

Anvil

The tire will give Hammy the speed powerup which causes him to shoot forward across the landscape.

The rocket lets Hammy shoot himself high into the air.

The anvil lets Hammy stop himself in place and drop straight down.

You can activate a powerup once you’ve collected it by pressing OK while Hammy is rolling or flying through the air.

PRACTICE

Choose hole

If you choose PRACTICE from the title screen, you will get to choose which hole to practice. Use left and right direction buttons to choose an open hole (one which you’ve played before) and press OK.

BEST SCORES

Who's best?

If you choose BEST SCORES from the title screen, you’ll be presented with a screen like the one above. Hamster Golf records the three best scores per course. The lower the number of shots, the better the score.

Tips and Tricks

Complete the Papaya course at or below par to open up Carambola!

What happens when you collect all the stars in both courses?

Learn to use top/back and side spin to control where Hammy ends up. Back spin is great for stopping Hammy from rolling too far after a pitch or drive. Top spin is great for getting extra distance with the bounce after a pitch or drive.

FAQ

How do I turn off the sound?

From the title screen, go to SETTINGS. On the SETTINGS screen, select the SOUND OFF option.

How do I reset the high scores?

From the title screen, go to SETTINGS. On the SETTINGS screen, select RESET SCORES and confirm with YES.

How do I play other courses?

You can open up the Carambola course by finishing Papaya at or below par. Once you’ve got both courses open, try collecting all the stars…

I see tires and rockets and anvils on the courses. What are they?

These are powerups. The tire lets you shoot forward with a burst of speed. The rocket blasts you up into the sky. The anvil stops you in place and drop you straight down. The anvil is great for dropping Hammy right into the hole. Once you've collected a powerup you can use it anytime Hammy is rolling or flying through the air by pressing OK.