From: tominatr@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: REVIEW: Jimmy Connors' Pro Tennis Tour (SNES)
Date: 10 Jan 93 16:37:09 GMT
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Small Review of:

JIMMY CONNORS' PRO TENNIS TOUR for SNES
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This my first attempt at a review, so here goes.
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GENERAL:
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Jimmy Connors' is made by UBI Soft.  When I had my Amiga a couple years ago,
I had Pro Tennis Tour and Pro Tennis Tour 2 for it.  Both games were made by
UBI Soft and were excellent tennis simulations.  Pro Tennis Tour 2 was the
most real computer tennis game I had ever played.  The speed of the game was
real, the shot possibilities were more-or-less endless, and the various
surfaces were well represented.

JIMMY CONNERS' for the SNES is no different, but it has some added twists
that were not in Pro Tennis Tour 2 for the Amiga:

1) You can lob
2) Drop shots
3) Net courts (Ball hits top of net and drops over)
4) Service speedometer (Not a big thing, but sort of neat)
5) Running match stats checked after each odd game

CONTROLS:
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The controls are fairly easy.  Each button represents a certain shot.

From the baseline: Topspin, Slice, Dropshot, Right spin, Left Spin, Lob.

The same for the serve: Hard serve, Easy serve, Right spin, Left spin,
                        Fake topspin serve, Kick serve.

Net play: Drop volley, Easy volley, Hard volley, Smash, Lob, Angle volley.

Angle is created by pushing the control pad Left or Right.  The longer it is
pressed the more angle the ball has, as well as the more power. 
Gotta love those cross-court screamers!

THE GAME:
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There are 16 players you can choose from, including Connors.  Each player has
certain strengths and weaknesses, listed in the back of the manual.

You start the tour in January and can pick 1 tournament per month to play in.
Each tournament is worth points, with the Grand Slams being worth 100 points.
The lowest point value I've seen so far is 20.

You play 1 year from January to December.  The "object" of the game, of course,
is to become #1.  The #1 player is very tough to beat, even on the Amateur
level!  You start ranked #7, at least on the Amateur level.

There are 3 levels of difficulty: Amateur, Professional, Expert.

You can also select a coach before going out on the tour.  There are 5 coaches,
each with a different specialty: Basic shots, Advanced shots, Net play, Serving,
                                 General.

CONS:
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There are really only 2 bad things I will say.  Neither is too major:

1) I have made it to the final in 4 tournaments so far, each time encountering
   the #1 player.  I don't think the game has heard of "Early round upsets".
   It gets a little repetitious to keep playing the same people.

2) The password is a little tedious to enter, as in Legend of the Mystical
   Ninja.

All in all, this is an excellent tennis game.  I have never played Super Tennis
so I can't compare the two.  I'm a big tennis fan and player in real life, and
since we get maybe 4 months a year of "warm" weather up here, this game is a
wonderful substitute.

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Well, that's it.  Hope it helped anybody considering this game.

        - Tom N.