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Sub-[price] game, and plays like it.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Granted that this is an inexpensive game, there is no on-screen guides to let you gauge how much power should be used in the serves or returns. Also, there is no guide for targeting, except for the direction in which the little--almost too fuzzy to see--players are pointed. Game play is virtually by rote reaction. Given the overall quality and speed of the graphics, I question whether anyone would REALLY WANT to spend the amount of time that it takes to get used to the control of the game. This game is definitely NOT for children or anyone else who lacks hours of patience to be able to learn just to serve.

I expected more, even from an inexpensive game.

Mario Tennis for Nintendo 64 is FAR BETTER than this game, even for grown-ups

no good

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

this gane has horrible graphics and i havent played it since i got it. it is not realistic to tennis

The Perfect Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: September 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think it is the best game in the world an its great and it's wonderful and entertaining and a must buy

Not much fun

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: September 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

When you first look at this game's options it seems pretty good. You have clay/hard/grass courts, choose from 1, 3, or 5 set matches, play a tournament, play singles or doubles, 3 kinds of difficulties. The 16 fictious characters are cartoony and clearly done after the pros. Sampyon is looks like Sampras, Daisy looks like Hingis.

When you step onto the court things get bad. It's a $10 game and I wasn't expecting a Virtua Tennis style game but gameplay is a bit slow. It's really tough to hit a passing shot by the computer player. It's also easy to swing and miss or if your timing is a little off, you'll spray the ball way out of bounds. There is a separate button used to hit volleys. This is a great concept since a volley is an important shot in tennis. But, volleys are supposed to be hit sharply and towards the sidelines. In this game, volleys are popped way up high and the ball will land about an inch over the net, allowing your opponent time to walk over and hit it back to you. That is if the computer player were smart enough to walk over and hit it back to you. The AI is bad, and the player will stand and watch these popped up volleys land on its side of the net without hitting it back.

Doubles is awful. Sometimes two computer controlled players will stand face to face at the net and just hit the ball back and forth to each other while your player watches.

And why does the player who is receiving serve stand between the baseline and the service box for all serves. That's way to close and looks unrealistic.

Finally, all my negative points were directed toward the AI and how bad it is. If you have 2 human players (or 4 for doubles) this game might not be that bad. You'd still have some slow gameplay and may swing and miss the ball, but with some practice it could be good. If you have someone else to play this with and you all love tennis, you may want to give this game a chance. It's one of those games that's $10 and might be worth a look. If you don't have someone else to play this with I don't recommend it. Instead use your $10 to buy "Board Game: Top Shop" It's a very unique game and it's like monopoly that takes place in a mall. It's a lot more fun than Tennis is for the $10 price tag.

frustrating

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The price tag on this game really tells it straight-forward: This game is low quality and when you play it, it is boring. First of all, on the serve, the toss must be perfect. Too high, it goes long, too low it goes into the net. But what [makes me mad] is the fact that alot of time, you will hit a serve that is inside the service box. But since the toss was too high,it is called "out". Second of all, keeping the ball in the court for a long rally is impossible. I spent hours (but not days, thankfully)just screaming at myself. Third, calling the graphics "sub-par" would probably make the makers of the game, who obviously didn't put much into it, fell like a million bucks. And finally, although this probably would make much of a difference unless you follow pro tennis, the characters, although they look like real stars, are not named so. For instance, one of the players who looks like Marcelo Rios, bears the name of "Lion". A player who looks like Jana Novotna is simply "Nova". 2001 Wimbledon Champion Goran Ivanisevic is "Ivanov". And Lindsay Davenport is "Daisy". Just don't buy this game unless you want to blow your summer.

Save your $$$

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This could have been a real fun, simple, straight forward tennis game but the control keeps it from success. The cartoony graphics are old-school but well done and fun. I suppose with some effort you could get used to the timing and collision but its just not intriguing enough to encourage that type of investment. A-1 games has the right idea for producing quality budget games but this one falls short of the net.

Simple Fun

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is really simple compared to anything that comes out of EA Sports. No options, no saving, no creation of your own players. But it is quite a blast to play, especially two player. It's hard to get used to the timing and position of the players but once you do you can kick your friends butts!
pz

Very nice game for two or more players

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a VERY FUN GAME once you get the hang of it. Don't let the other reviews fool you. If like them you only play this game once or twice you wont be any good at it and you'll probably not enjoy it much.

Like most good sports games this game takes practice before you get the hang of it. It takes a while to learn the movements and the timing of the game. Once you learn how I guarantee you and your friends and family will love playing this game together. This is one of those games that's best to own, its not a good rental game because of the learning curve required before you can play it right. The better you and your friends get, the more fun this game is.

I highly recommend this game for those video game players that enjoy playing with other people. This game supports 1 to four human (and/or computer) players at once. Players can play solo with 1 to 3 computer players, against each other head to head, against each other as a team, or together as a team against the computer or another team of human players. Each player can choose to be one distinct character from a list of 8 male and 8 female characters. Each character has different abilities. Some are left handed, some have quick reflexes, some deliver a strong stroke, etc. There is a tournament mode and a free mode. You can select how many sets to play. You can also select from three different types of tennis courts: hard, grass, or clay. Each court has unique play characteristics.

I've had more fun playing this game than playing Gran Turismo 3 A-spec on my PS2.

This is a low cost PS1 game so don't expect amazing graphics. The graphics aren't great (3 stars) but they are entertaining. Its funny when you knock your opponent in the head with the tennis ball. The sound and music are OK (3 stars), and its not much fun playing solo with the computer players (3 stars). But that's not the point of this game. Its meant to be played with other people.

I gave this game 4 1/2 stars (which I rounded up to 5 because 4 1/2 stars is not an option here) because my wife any I are having a ball playing this game together. ITS LOADS OF FUN.

BUY IT NOW and take the time to learn to play it right. You'll be glad you did.

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