Golf (Atari 2600) Golf (Atari 2600) Golf is a 1980 video game for the Atari VCS (later called the Atari 2600) based on the sport of the same name. It was developed by Tom Rudadahl of Atari and published by Atari, Inc. The game allows one or two players to play nine holes of simplified golf. The area of the hole is rendered in light green, all areas outside the hole are rendered in a medium blue. On the larger holes the green is rendered as a dark green hole circle with the hole near the center. There are several obstacles that can
Weather hole Weather hole A weather hole is a location that receives calmer weather than the surrounding area. It is an area thunderstorms often miss, or near which approaching storms often dissipate. A 2005 study entitled "Do Meteorologists Suppress Thunderstorms?: Radar-Derived Statistics and the Behavior of Moist Convection" examined 28 target cities and random control points in the U.S. They were compared to their surroundings in order to determine whether these target points were weather holes or the opposite, hot spots. A determination was made by measuring and comparing the convective echoes of the target points with the surrounding area. Only one