04 July 2024, 18:32 | #1 |
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Tennis! Best Retro Tennis games?
It's that time of year - anyone recommend any good Retro Tennis games any platform obviously including Amiga.
I've been playing Super Tennis SNES - it's ok but..... Next gonna try Mario Tennis N64 Super Tennis Champs Amiga I seem to remember a good one on GameBoy? |
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Advantage Tennis.
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for the Amiga the best tennis game is Great courts 2
for the spectrum is Match point for other systems the best is surely Virtua Tennis 2 |
04 July 2024, 22:11 | #5 |
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This (PC Engine): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Match_Tennis
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04 July 2024, 23:01 | #6 |
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For Amiga my favorites are "Advantage Tennis" and "Pro Tennis Tour 2" (Great Courts 2).
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04 July 2024, 23:11 | #7 |
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I bought Super Tennis Champs but it turned out to need more than 1Mb memory (or 1Mb chip RAM possibly?) despite the box not saying so - the last new game I bought, and I think the moment I knew it was over. I've tried it on emulation (which ironically does work in 1Mb chip RAM only) but need to put more time into it, it's tricky. That and Pro Tennis Tour 2 / Great Courts 2 are probably the best on the Amiga? Maybe Advantage Tennis if you can master the controls?
Super Tennis on the SNES I enjoyed, would like to play that again. Mario Tennis I don't think I've experienced, obviously not aimed at cynical middle-aged guys but I'm sure I could get something from it. |
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Pro Tennis Tour 2 is my fav. I think it still holds up against the modern games as well.
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Match Point on ZX Spectrum: my first sports game ever. Still extremely playable. |
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Final Match Tennis, no doubt. Was the best Tennis for years before Virtua Tennis became the best one.
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05 July 2024, 10:02 | #11 |
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Advantage tennis was nice at the time.
Unfortunately, my original copy had a bug that the game would crash each time i would play versus n°1 player. So to become n°1 i had to win all other tournaments when n°1 wasn't in finale. Besides, i lent my copy protection sheet to a dude who lost it. It wasn't possible to photocopy it because of the paper and ink they used. Fortunately i copied by hand it before but only the first 16 lines out of 24. So i had only 2 chances out of 3 to be able to play my game when copy protection was asked for. One never forgets such a pain. |
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C='S C64 Int. Tennis is tough, Pro Tennis Tour is the Amiga version I played most.
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Thx for these replies, you have saved me quite a bit of trying.
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There is a video of 7 good GBA ones [ Show youtube player ] There are a few for the Amiga so worth trying them and seeing what you think https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/lis...b_genre=Tennis lists a few I like Virtua Tennis and quite enjoyed Top Spin too. |
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06 July 2024, 02:44 | #15 |
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Oh, if you are talking any platform then Mario Power Tennis on the GBA is just brilliant. It has a nice story mode with light rpg elements.
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06 July 2024, 09:58 | #16 |
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I think Super Tennis on SNES is the best Tennis game I've personally played. Easy to get into and just very good
Tennis Cup is a game I played loads of on Amiga and while it's seemingly a bit difficult to read the ball, it soon clicks and is a satisfying unique experience |
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On Amiga, it has to be Wet Beaver Games
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Not as old as some of these but you can never discount Virtua tennis. One of my favorites and it includes a bowling minigame
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11 July 2024, 16:37 | #20 |
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Thank you everyone for your Replies I've tried a few but got say I got a bit stuck on Mario Tennis N64 - still think this holds up strong today.
Also kind of coincidence I was messing around with AGS on my phone and working my way through A and yeah "Advantage Tennis" isn't bad - it's quirky but yeah it's fun and 'm.supprised - from the screenshots I probably wouldn't have bothered. Last edited by Retro1234; 11 July 2024 at 16:45. |
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