''Tennis Cup'' is a 1990 tennis

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developed and published by

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for the

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. It was ported to the

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and

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during the same year. ''Tennis Cup'' was ported to

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in 1991 as ''Davis Cup Tennis''. Versions for the

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(''International Tennis Tour'') and

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(''Davis Cup World Tour'') were released in 1993. The Amstrad version received a sequel, ''Tennis Cup 2'', in 1990. A 16-bit sequel, also titled ''Tennis Cup 2'', was released in 1992 for the Amiga, Atari ST, and MS-DOS.

Gameplay

16-bit home computers

The screen is split horizontally with both players seen from a behind the back viewpoint, even in single-player. The player is competing against 32 computer players, each with their own skills and weaknesses. You can adjust your skills at the beginning, with six basic types of shots to choose from: service, forehand, backhand, forehand volley, backhand volley, and smash. At first, each type has a 50% skill rating, but there are 30 percentage points to distribute. One type of shot can be weakened to strengthen another. New computer players can be created by adjusting the percentages and they can be saved to a disk. In practice mode, the player can play against a ball machine. There are four court types: clay, indoor, hard, or grass. There are five tournaments:

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, and

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. They can be entered individually, or in a marathon-style championship that links all five competitions together. Unlike the first game ''Tennis Cup 2'' can be played in full screen in single- or multiplayer. A new feature has been added to the game that allows for two human players to play a doubles match against a single computer opponent. According to ''

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'', ''Tennis Cup 2'' features "better character animation and more user-friendly options".

SNES

There are practice, exhibition, and career mode where the player is given a generous number of dollars and must compete on the world tennis circuit in order to gain more money. The player can only play as a male tennis player. During the exhibition mode, the rules can be altered along with the opponent. Players can either represent themselves in a singles tournament, a two-person team in a doubles tournament or their respective home country in a "Nations Cup" tournament It takes approximately 52 in-game weeks in order for a player in career mode to go from being the worst tennis player in the world to being the best tennis player in the world.

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s are given out at the end of each match in order to players to continue their progress at a later date.

Reception

Home computers and PC Engine

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'' concluded: "What makes Tennis Cup so outstanding, though, is the presentation - apart from some niggly disk loading times, there's great scope for changing all the parameters from player statistics to the type, length and difficulty of a match" ''

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'' noted that "Playability is good but not exceptional." and recommended the game slightly over '' Pro Tennis Tour''. The Atari ST version was said to have better graphics and sound effects. It was called the best tennis game on the Atari ST along with '' International 3D Tennis''. ''

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'' said ''Tennis Cup'' is better than ''Pro Tennis Tour'' but worse than '' Tie Break''. They noted that the Atari ST version has better animation than the Amiga version. Comparing tennis games on the PC Engine, they recommended '' World Court Tennis'' and '' Final Match Tennis'' instead of ''Davis Cup''. ' said the screen size is insufficient, the animations are unimpressive, and the controls are sluggish. ''

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'' called ''Tennis Cup 2'' almost identical to the first game and recommended to get '' Advantage Tennis'' instead. ''

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'' said "it's very addictive at first, but play for a while and it can become really infuriating, crossing the thin line between addictiveness and frustration."

Mega Drive

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'' called the game " e best and surely the definitive and unquestionably grooviest tennis game for the Megadrive." One reviewer from ''

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'' called the game " good, solid tennis game", another one said " doesn't have everything I'd like to see in a tennis game, but it's a worthwhile effort."

Reviews

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References

External links

* * *{{moby game, id=/18298/davis-cup-tennis, name=''Davis Cup World Tour''
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