Friday, October 30, 2009

Worst tennis video games of all time part 2

Hey guys, I'm back now with part two of this series. Well, so far the games I've reviewed have been awful. Could these next two games possibly be any worse? Let's find out.:)

Game: Tennis

Year: 1989

System: Game boy

In this game, you play as a kid, who's goal is to become the best tennis player ever. To do this, he has to overcome four opponents of various skill levels to become the "Tennis Master" or something like that. Anyway, the serving is much simpler and the groundstrokes and cross court volleys are easy to execute but covering the court is frustrating to say the least. Your character is so slow that it's pointless to rally from the baseline, if you hit a decent shot it will most likely be a winner since neither you nor your opponent are able to run very fast. The best tactic for this game is to just serve and volley. You can do this pretty much all through the game, as long as you have decent serves out wide, you'll have no trouble.

All in all, this one isn't bad but the lack of speed from your character can make it annoying. The controls are also pretty good with this game.

Game: Andre Agassi Tennis

Year: 1993

System: Super Nintendo

This game, is HORRIBLE!! It is so bad and so boring that it's not even worth playing. I am not exaggerating when I say that this game, is the worst tennis game, that I've ever played. Easily the worst. However, I did promise to review this one so, here it goes.

When you first turn on the game you are greeted with pictures of Andre during his early mullet days at Wimbledon, that and some cheesy music. Once you press start you can choose what kind of match you want to play, IE: exhibition, practice, or tournament. You can also choose to be a female tennis player but there's only 2 of them to pick from. I guess the game designers didn't think that girls would buy this, or they would have included a better selection.

Once you start the tournament you can choose what surface you want. There isn't any difference between them, so it doesn't really matter which one you choose. Ok, now we can finally start the match. The first thing that you'll notice, upon starting, is how bad the graphics are. The animation is poor, the characters are not well detailed, and the colors are hideous. In addition to that, the ball bounces like a deflated tire, making it just about impossible to carry on an extended rally. Serving, is annoying because the ball tends to go wide if you hold down the arrow, in the direction that you want to serve. It's better to just toss the ball up and hit it in,without going for precision. The ground strokes, in this game are WORSE than in Top Players Tennis, if you can believe that. You can hit the ground strokes so that they bounce high or drop low and that's it. No slice, no topspin, no underspin, no variety, just high balls and low balls.

If you are somehow able to master the worst controls of all time, you may be able to win the tournament and beat the game. I don't know what happens, I've never been able to do that, I can't win more than 2 games per match and I've tried several times.

This is without a doubt the worst game I've ever played. It's a disgrace that it was ever made. Stay away from this thing, it's just pure junk.

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