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Passing Shot - Rerelease |
Copyright/Publisher: Mirrorsoft/Image Works, Conversion by: Teque Software; Peter M.Harrap,
Arcade Game Created By: Sega, Release Year: 1989, Genre, Tennis, Number Of Players: 1 or 2
Grab your bat (raquet - Ed) and your puck (ball - Ed) and get out on the
pitch (court, Roger, court. You're not exactly the most sporty chap on the
planet are you? - Ed).
It's tennis season again, or at least it is on your 64. Encore has released
previous full-pricer Passing Shot on budget and it's a goodie.
You get to play either singles or doubles on a variety of surfaces
through four different tournaments. There are a number of difficulty levels
from easy (excellent to practice on) to hard (perfect for making a nonce
of yourself on).
During a service the court is seen from behind your player but as soon
as you've hit the ball it changes to a plan view with the ball looming
large out of the screen when the ball is hit high. It's not the best of
it's kind around but as a budget title it's fast, unfussy and fun.
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FRAME RATE... 82% |
Not bad as tennis games go. There are minor niggles, like the way you can't
see your player when the ball's in your opponent's half, making positioning for
the return shot tricky. That aside it's playable, looks good and is above all cheap...
Damn, damn, damn.
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New balls please. It would appear that this one is on it's way to Jupiter. Actually that's a lie,
but a high volley is well hard to return.
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