All Star Tennis '99
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| Developer(s) | Smart Dog |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64, PlayStation |
| 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) | ESRB: Everyone |
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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Selectable players
Male players
Jonas Bjorkman, Michael Chang, Richard Krajicek, Gustavo Kuerten, Yannick Noah (French version only), Mark Philippousis, Randy Powell, and Leon Rodez.
Female players
Vanessa Child, Amanda Coetzer, Conchita Martinez, Jana Novotna, Zoe Taylor.
[edit] References
- ^ http://search.ign.com/products?query=All+Star+Tennis+'99
- ^ http://www.gamekult.com/tout/jeux/fiches/J000069968.html
- ^ Nintendo Power volume 120, page 81
- ^ Nintendo Power Volume 120, page 82
- ^ Q64 (magazine), Summer 1999 page 51
