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Video tennis games from 70s9/3/2023 ![]() ![]() Every time I hear it I get this image of the umpire sitting there with a string of onions around his neck and a beret on. When either opponent scores a point, the umpire announces the score - 15/40 and so on - but remember it's a French game, so it's done with a really dodgy accent. Next on the giggle list is the soundtrack. Instead of the usual naff clapping and jumping they seem to vibrate left to right with alarming speed. As the players appear, the crowd goes into convulsions. ![]() The most amusing bit of the game is the opening sequence where both of the players walk on and are clapped by the crowd. The players move quite smoothly and various sequences leading into the game are quite well done. Graphically the game is up to quite a good standard. Occasionally he might hit the net but after a while he just wears you down. This lack of movement means the game has less playability than the old console tennis games - at least there you had to chase the ball.Īs ever, the computer opponent is far too good - I gave up rather rapidly after losing every match 6-0. You are actually free to move, but why bother? If you move around, you're bound to miss the ball. If you don't move your player when the opposition serves or returns a shot the computer will automatically put you in the right position. It wouldn't be so bad if the game was actually hard to play, but all you need to use is the Fire button. Where this game fails is the gameplay - there isn't any. The view of the court is form a high perspective behind your player so you are actually getting a frontal view of the opposition. I played on the one-player mode because no-one else would take part in this feast of fun with me. For starters it's a tennis game which more or less condemns it instantly but being the least playable game I've come across to date kills it completely. OK, let's look at the game in our usual objective style. I was half expecting this to be a spy thriller shoot-'em-up strategy game where your tennis opponent was actually the evil Phlegm who is about to destroy the world with his deadly Atom Tennis Ball. Thankfully it isn't following the recent trend of French games, which is to have a completely ridiculous story line. ![]() This time it's awful beyond your wildest nightmares. Put your hands together ladies and gentlemen, it's another French game. ![]()
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