268 · Top Players Tennis
The Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open - the biggest names in tennis compete in these tournaments every year trying to win the coveted Grand Slam. So, why not you? Asmik's Top Players' Tennis let's you compete for the Grand Slam right along with the pros.
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Show notes
- Chris Evert and Ivan Lendl in…TOP PLAYERS TENNIS!
- NES Longplay
- Introductions
- The only tennis game where you can play Chris Evert, Ivan Lendl, BOY, and GIRL. We’ll get into the character creation in a minute. I just think that’s a funny screen to start the game on. Pick your character and Ivan Lendl or a child
- Gameplay
- 7 different types of match setups, all just changing between singles, doubles, computer and player options. Access to Hard, Clay and Grass courts. That said, pretty cool you can do 2v2 doubles with the NES four score
- Character Creation
- RPG stats in MY tennis game? You begin with 20 points and gain more by winning matches
| Category | Improves | |
| Strength | Speed of Shots | |
| Speed | Movement Speed | |
| Agility | Acceleration and Reactions | |
| Stamina | Energy used for Strength, Speed and Agility | |
| Skill | Hitting Angel | |
| Ball Spin | Spin Increase | |
| Focus | Energy for Skill and Ball Spin | |
| Miracle | Miracle Shots, 1 for each used |
- Controls, I don’t think we’ve ever seen this many complications before
- A+D-Pad
- Up: Top Spin
- Down: Slice
- Left/Right: Side Spin
- A+B
- Jump
- Miracle Speed
- A+B+D-Pad
- Up: Miracle Return
- Down: Miracle Lob
- Left/Right: Miracle Spiral
- UpLeft/UpRight: Miracle Split
- Miracle Return: returns a ball without you even hitting it
- Miracle Lob: a lob so high it disappears and re-appears out of nowhere
- Miracle Spiral: like the name it will literally spiral through the air, making it hard to hit
- Miracle Split: multiball!
- Miracle Speed: so fast you'll never be able to hit it!
- Miracle Shots
- You first need to build up miracle points in order to make any miracle shot.
- World Tour
- The entire game revolves around going to these championships, competing in the brackets, and trying to win a grand slam. Along the way you keep building your stats until you successfully win!
- During these winning ceremonies you can press B to get different animations, like the kangaroo celebrating with you in Melbourne.
- Miracle Shots
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- EGL
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