All Star Tennis '99

All Star Tennis '99

Developer(s) Smart Dog
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Platform(s) Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color
Release date(s) PlayStation
  • PAL November 1, 1998
  • NA August 31, 1999
  • JP December 2, 1999
Nintendo 64
  • PAL June 25, 1999
  • NA August 31, 1999
Gameboy Color
  • PAL June 25, 1999
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)

All Star Tennis '99 is a simulation tennis game for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color[1] released in 1999, that was developed by Smart Dog and published by Ubisoft. The featured player on the USA and Europe versions is Michael Chang while in the French version the featured player is Yannick Noah who, has his name above the title as Yannick Noah All Star Tennis '99[2]. It was one of the first tennis games for the N64 and the only one for that system in the USA until Mario Tennis. It was preceded by Let's Smash/Centre Court Tennis in Japan and Europe, for the Nintendo 64. While being one of many tennis games on PlayStation and Game Boy Color.

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Game Play

It offered standard simulation game play with singles, doubles and tournament mode, as well as World Tour mode consisting of 11 international competitions[3]. In addition to standard moves the player can turn on an option for three specialty moves[4], two of which are unique to the character that they are using[5], each time a player scores a point they are given 1 of 3 energy points that can be used to perform one of the two unique moves for their character. There is a Bomb Tennis mode that makes a bomb appear where the ball touches down, if the player is caught by its explosion, it causing the character to be knocked off their feet for a few seconds.

Selectable players

Men:

Women:

Courts

Note: all of them are fictional

References

  1. ^ http://search.ign.com/products?query=All+Star+Tennis+'99
  2. ^ http://www.gamekult.com/tout/jeux/fiches/J000069968.html
  3. ^ Nintendo Power volume 120, page 81
  4. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 120, page 82
  5. ^ Q64 (magazine), Summer 1999 page 51

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