Every system has a tennis game of some description. Today we have the Virtua Tennis and Top Spin series, as well as a version on Wii Sports. Tennis games remain popular be they trying to emulate the sport in simulation or in an arcade style.
Back
in the day, there was a handheld console called the Game Gear. It was
widely considered "Game Boy's Bitch", but it did have a number of
games, many of which were graphically enhanced Master System ports.
However, when I got mine, it came with a small collection of games. Sega Game Pack 4 in 1.
Sega Game Pack 4 in 1
is a collection of cut down games. Columns, Penalty Shootout, Rallying
and, of course, Tennis. Three of these games are instantly forgettable,
Columns is not a replacement for Tetris, Penalty Shootout is entirely
based on luck, Rallying is difficult and not fun. Tennis, on the other
hand, is as playable, as fun and as challenging as it was back in 1992.
4 difficulty levels, 1 and 3 set options and Sonic the Hedgehog
playing umpire, in obvious reference to Mario playing umpire in the
Nintendo tennis games. Tennis on the Game Gear was the cure for boredom
on many a car trip (battery draining being the biggest barrier).
Due
to having a hacked PSP and a Game Gear emulator, I was able to give the
game another spin and it's still as addictive. My appreciation of
tennis has grown and, in retrospect, so has my appreciation of this
game that I'm certain no one but myself remembers. Tennis games have
been a staple, like many sports games, but this is one I keep doing
back to. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a perfect recreation of tennis.
Some of the calls are iffy, the player movement is somewhat sluggish
and you only really have two swings... but, it's such a fun game, it
doesn't matter if it's not a perfect recreation of tennis, it's the
most fun.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
I had this on my Game Gear too. The racing game ate up most of my time with it, but the tennis was also good. Sonic Chaos, now that was a great GG game.