Tennis can hardly be called exciting with the amazing personalities of monkey boy Pete Sampras and the useless Tim Henman. However Sega’s ‘ace’ effort is indeed a ‘smash’. I don’t think I’m going to keep up with all this silliness... Undoubtedly this is the best tennis game ever. Mainly this is due to the simple yet effective controls. You only have to use two buttons; a normal hit and a lob. With this endless moves can be made and this allows the gamer to get into it easily. Ideal for novices and experts alike! With the inevitable constant playing you’ll soon realise that the sensitive analogue stick allows you to place the ball exactly where you want, including necessary backspin. You’ll half gasp and laugh when your professional whacks the ball between his legs. Such is the joy and it becomes addictive as hard drugs. This is without scraping the multiplayer modes and the World Circuit mode. There sure a lot of happy gaming hours stuck in here. Several games of tennis are played on varying surfaces ranging through carpet to lawn, with singles and doubles. Then there are the sub games to conquer, gritting teeth almost constantly, and the shops to buy costumes and new players. You’ll keep playing and you actually feel rewarded for all your hard work. Bien! Another neat addition is the amount of real players. Favourites include Courier, Moya, Henman (who looks like a zombie!), Haas, Pioline, Johansson, Kafelnikov and Philippousis are all here with a further eight characters. The multiplayer is one of the most enjoyable on any machine, especially in doubles mode. To think we haven’t mentioned the incredible detail of graphics, realistic ball physics and so on. Stop reading and ‘set’ your mind on buying this ‘game’. You’ll absolutely ‘love’ it!
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