Hamster to Release SNK's Fighting Golf on Arcade Archives October 8
The split across two Arcade Archives lines, with the newer line priced at 1,100 yen against the older line's 838 yen and the 330 yen owner upgrade path, shows how Hamster is now routing its back catalog releases through two separate storefront tiers per platform generation.
Key Facts
- Hamster will release Arcade Archives Fighting Golf for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on October 8, 2026.
- Arcade Archives Fighting Golf costs 838 yen on Nintendo Switch and 837 yen on PlayStation 4.
- Arcade Archives 2 Fighting Golf launches the same day on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S at 1,100 yen each.
- Owners of the PlayStation 4 version of Arcade Archives Fighting Golf can buy the PlayStation 5 version of Arcade Archives 2 Fighting Golf for 330 yen.
- Fighting Golf is a golf game SNK released in 1988, with four playable characters and 18 holes.
Reporting from 3 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), Denfaminicogamer, ASCII.jp.
Hamster Corporation will release the 1988 SNK golf game Fighting Golf on October 8, 2026 across two Arcade Archives lines. Arcade Archives Fighting Golf arrives on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, priced at 838 yen and 837 yen respectively. Arcade Archives 2 Fighting Golf arrives on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S at 1,100 yen each. The port keeps the original's structure: players pick one of four characters with different driving distance and accuracy traits, then play 18 holes that include three types of rough, two types of bunkers, ocean, rivers, and woods. Advice appears before each hole, and the game selects the best club automatically based on the distance to the pin. The Arcade Archives release carries difficulty and screen settings, rewind, rapid fire, multiple save slots, and online rankings. Arcade Archives 2 adds Time Attack Mode on top of Original, High Score, and Caravan modes, and supports VRR. Owners of the PS4 version can buy the PS5 version at the 330 yen owner discount price.
Both ports carry the same 1 to 2 player support, and the press release names Hamster president Osamu Hamada, whose company is based in Setagaya, Tokyo. Hamster also runs an official weekly YouTube program, Arcade Archiver, that streams from 7:00 PM on each Arcade Archives release date; the October 8, 2026 episode is billed as a Fighting Golf Special and is episode 622.
Denfaminicogamer adds a course detail the other write-ups skip: the 18 holes are set on golf courses in the United States and Japan.
- Arcade Archives Fighting Golf: Nintendo Switch at 838 yen, PlayStation 4 at 837 yen.
- Arcade Archives 2 Fighting Golf: PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S at 1,100 yen each.
- Owner discount: 330 yen for the PS5 version if the PS4 version is already owned.
- Time Attack Mode: a new Arcade Archives 2 mode where players compete on clear time rather than score.
- VRR support: Arcade Archives 2 uses it to reproduce arcade behavior more closely than before.
Arcade Archives carries difficulty and screen settings, rewind, rapid fire, multiple save slots, and worldwide online rankings. The series is produced under the concept of faithfully reproducing arcade games, with SNK holding all rights.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- GAME Watch (Impress) 「アーケードアーカイブス」でSNKのゴルフゲーム「ファイティングゴルフ」が10月8日より配信開始
- Denfaminicogamer 1988年にSNKから発売された『ファイティングゴルフ』が「アケアカ」「アケアカ2」で10月8日より配信開始。4人のキャラクターからひとりを選んで18ホールに挑む
- ASCII.jp SNKの『ファイティングゴルフ』が「アケアカ」＆「アケアカ2」で10月8日に配信決定！