Virtual Open Tennis
Virtual Open Tennis
Virtual Open Tennis
Virtual Open Tennis

Virtual Open Tennis

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Item Description

Tennis was a thin category on the Saturn's North American shelf, which makes Virtual Open Tennis an interesting find. Developed by Imagineer and first released in Japan in 1995, it reached North America through Acclaim in 1996, a 3D take on the sport from the console's early years, when developers were still working out how to put athletes into polygon arenas on home hardware.

The structure is simple and sensible. Tournament mode carries you through a full competition, Exhibition sets up a one-off match against the computer, and Practice is there to sharpen your timing before you step on court for real. You choose from ten players and three court surfaces, and the game is at its best as a quick, rally-for-rally contest where reading the bounce and getting into position matter more than memorizing button combinations.

Reviews at the time were modest: Next Generation gave it three stars out of five, recommending a look to players happy with the tennis games of the day while noting that ball placement could be hard to read. It is not trying to compete with the tennis games that followed. Its appeal today is as a snapshot of the Saturn's first wave of 3D sports titles and as a light, pick-up-and-play match on original hardware. For collectors working toward a complete North American Saturn library, it is one of the quieter releases that is easy to overlook.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
1996
Publisher
Acclaim
Genre
Sports
About the game

One of only two tennis games released for the Saturn. Features include a 3 modes of play (tournament, exhibition and practice), 3 playing surfaces and 10 players.

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