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released by

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in 1992 worldwide; it runs on Namco NA-1 hardware, and as the name suggests, it is the sequel to '' Pro Tennis: World Court'' which was released in 1988. On May 29, 2025, the game got ported as part of the ''

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'' series.

Gameplay

At the start of the game, players must select either "singles" (1P vs CPU/2P) or "doubles" (1P & CPU/2P vs 3P/CPU & 4P/CPU) - they will then have to select one of sixteen new players and select one of the four new courts (

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hard,

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clay, GB grass, and Namco funny). The players must then decide whether they want their match to be one or three sets long; the company's signature character,

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, also makes a cameo appearance upon the Namco court. A timer counts down from a maximum of 360 seconds (depending on how the cabinet has been set) in the top-right corner of the screen; if it has run out by the time a set has been won, the players will have to insert another coin within ten seconds if they wish to continue playing, because if not, then the losing player (or team, if three or four players) shall immediately forfeit the game.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Super World Court'' on their May 1, 1993 issue as being the eighteenth most-successful table arcade game of the month.

References

External links

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''Super World Court''
at the Arcade History database 1992 video games Arcade video games Arcade-only video games Namco arcade games Tennis video games Video game sequels Video games developed in Japan {{tennis-videogame-stub