Pete Sampras Tennis 97

31.12.1997
Genre: Sport
PC Port of "Sampras Extreme Tennis" Codemasters used their Pete Sampras license for a second time on this tennis game. Playing as either a male or female in singles or doubles matches, your ultimate aim is to win each of the 8 matches, which represent the finals of 8 tournaments The four Grand Slam tournament venues are unlocked when you win tournaments on the other four (in Barcelona, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Moscow). Single matches or quick multiplayer knockout tournaments can also be played, the latter with up to 8 human players. Lob, slice and drop shots each have their own control buttons, and spin can be comfortably applied. Serving involves stopping a curving arc at the right moment - there are three serve speeds and the arc's motion reflects this, so it is harder to get the faster serves accurate. Ten camera styles are available, encompassing both fixed and moving camera work.

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The introduction in the manual says: "Welcom to Sampras Extreme. The ultimate tennis simulation featuring the ultimate tennis player. The most realistic, and exciting tennis simulation awaits you and your friends. Play single matches of your choice in exotic locations around the world. See the spectacular stadiums, sample the local native language and view the breathtaking 3 D action. Meet the game´s characters and find out what makes one tick. Monster serves, ´baseline´ tactics, ´rush to the net´ tactics, you´ll have to cope with them all. Plunge yourself into the Sampras Extreme World Tour and see how high in the rankings you can reach. You´ll have to adopt extreme tactics of your own if you´re going to come face to face with The World Number One - Pete Sampras, let alone beat him. even then, there is more to come...

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Play singles and doubles exhibition games, knockout tournaments or go on a world tour, it's all here in this tennis sim. You can choose to play as the (then) world seed 1, Pete Sampras himself or choose from 29 other players. The action is viewed from the traditional third-person viewpoint. A tutorial mode is provided to help you get used to the forehand, lob and drop shots on offer. Several venues from all over the world can be played on, on Hard, Grass and Clay courts. This was the first and one of the very few Genesis games to be released with a J-Cart, which meant that four-way gameplay was possible without the need of special adapters – the cartridge had two built-in joypad connectors. The Game Gear version was equally inventive, allowing two players to share one Game Gear, or four players to play doubles by linking two machines.

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