''Birdie King'' (バーデイー・キング) is a

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

arcade video game An arcade video game takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays output to an electronic monitor or similar display. Most arcade video games are coin-operated, housed in an arca ...

released in 1982 by

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...

. It was followed by two sequels: ''Birdie King 2'' in 1983, and ''Birdie King 3'' in 1984.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Birdie King 2'' on their June 1, 1983 issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

References

1982 video games Arcade video games Square Enix franchises Golf video games Taito arcade games Trackball video games Video games developed in Japan {{golf-videogame-stub