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130 · RACKET ATTACK

July 31, 2020 · 46 min

This is no amateur hour. This one's for keeps. The national finals. Will you play tough enough to hear the umpire call "point, set, match!" A million eyes bore into you from the stands. Moments to start... RACKET ATTACK

SHOW NOTES

Racket Attack Longplay

Racket Attack Manual

Moero 6!! Shin Moero!! Pro Yakyuu

Moero 7!! Juudou Warriors

Tennis Elbow Manager 2

Show notes

  • THE TOUGHEST POWER GAME OF TENNIS IN THE WORLD
  • Introductions
    • Sports are back on the menu! Fighting Golf was the last we reviewed, loaded genre. First Tennis Game since TENNIS
    • This one comes from JALECO, made their debut with City Connection and Publisher of Bases Loaded.
  • Overview
    • Compete in a Tennis Tournament as one of 16 characters.
  • Gameplay
    • Choose your character!
      • 8 male and 8 female characters
      • players contain unusual names like "Gibbco" and "First."
    • Different Courts
      • Grass, Clay, Hard
    • Actual Tennis
      • The switch in camera between serve and volley
      • Learning the timing of shots
      • You can’t win them all
      • This is gonna be LONG
    • Design
      • Six different shots
      • A and B are different on context
      • Players can protest to the line judge if a decision is not made in their favor.
      • Minimalist Score design and announcer
      • Same Camera Angle as Bases Loaded
    • Single Player is only Tournament Mode
    • Passwords allow players to retain their statistics after playing
  • Sequels and Spinoffs
    • In Japan this was part of the Moero sports line of games. Moero 1 was Bases Loaded and so this was Moero 2
    • I think it’s interesting to note 2 Moero games we won’t get on the NES
      • Moero 6!! Shin Moero!! Pro Yakyuu Baseball GAME
      • Moero 7!! Juudou Warriors Judo GAME
  • EGL
  • Next week - Seicross. Arcade Motorbike game
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