Game:

International Tennis (1992)

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Walkthrough

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In International Tennis up to four players can play, and it is possible to select between grass, clay and asphalt for the courts. The ball will bounce different depending on which type of court you choose. You can play singles with men (five sets) or women (three sets) or play mixed with both in doubles.

MATCH:
International tennis offers the following variations;

Mens singles....best of 5 sets
Womens singles..best of 3 sets
Mens doubles....best of 5 sets
Mixed doubles...best of 3 sets
Womens doubles..best of 3 sets

As the various outlined above are selected, the player screen alters to show the type of game under consideration. Female and male players have differing play types and capabilities accurately reflecting real scenarios.

COURT:
Different courts around the world are constructed from one of three materials. All courts have their own particular play characteristics which means that champions very rarely beat opponents on all 3 surfaces.
Grass court.....which absorbs some of the ball bounce
Clay court......for pro`s with poor ball bounce
Asphalt court...for beginners with excellent ball bounce

PLAYER VARIATION:
International tennis offers a wide variation of play featuring a mixture of computer and other human opponents or teammates. Computer players are represented by computer icons and human players as joysticks.

SINGLES; the following games can be selected
Computer v Player 1
Player one v Player 2
Computer v Computer (demo mode)

DOUBLES; following games can be selected
Computer & Computer v Computer & Player 1
Computer & Computer v Player 1 & Player 2
Computer & Player 1 v Computer & Player 2
Computer & Computer v Computer & Computer (demo mode)

If any computer players are selected for either doubles or singles, their skill level can be selected from a scale of 1 (ametuer) to 7 (world no 1). Human players can enter their name if desired before the start of the game.

PLAYING TENNIS:
International tennis is governed to full lawn tennis ass rules, and the game is scored and governed by this legislation. All referee calls and line judge decisions are final. When your player has service, he can be moved into the correct position on the base line. Pressing fire throws the ball into the air, and pressing fire again makes the player begin his swing for the ball. If the ball is to `high` or to `low` when the player begins his swing he will miss the ball. When a computer opponent has service, they will not serve until the `human` player is in the correct position at the base line. A dot next to the players name on the scoreboard indicates who currently has service. During a game, the player can be positioned anywhere on his side of the court by joystick movement, pressing fire when the ball is in the near vicinity of the player executes a forehand or backhand according to the players position in relation to the player. The direction of the ball is determined by the timing of your swing and any spin that you choose to add to the ball, the following joystick positions affect the ball movements.

Right............. Spins ball to the right
Left.............. Spins the ball to the left
Joy-s towards net adds `smash` power to the ball
Joy-s towards net absorbs `power` on the ball

Different joystick and fire button combinations will enable the player to develop their own repertoire of match winning shots. These shots will change according to the asphalt, grass, or clay play surface selected.
Current match scores are registered on the scoreboard at the rear of the playing screen.

What we have here is the very last commercial tennis game for the ZX Spectrum, and it was released by Zeppelin Games in 1992 as a budget title, but don’t let that fool you because it is a very high quality game.

The computer AI is good and it is possible to have some long duels, there is a fine selection of different ways to serve and to hit the ball. There is a lot of different play modes with all kind of mix of up to four players, and different courts and different difficulty settings. You can even play a four player game where you control one of the players and the computer controls the rest! The only negative I have found is that going to the net seems pretty useless.

This walkthrough shows the game beaten in singles hardest settings for men on grass, but there is several other play modes to choose, so this game offers entertainment for a long time. Especially it is good fun to play double with a friend.

The game was published by Zeppelin Games in 1992.

Rating = 94%

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