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PCE Review #6: Pro Tennis World Court
Game: Pro Tennis World Court Genre: Sports Developer: Namcot Publisher: Namcot Format: HuCard Release date: 1988 Pro Tennis World Court is widely known–to 16-bit afficionados, at least–as “the tennis RPG.” There’s a good reason for that: Along with the expected singles and doubles modes, this Namcot-published … Continue reading
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‘I’m a king of tennis kingdom. Would you do me a favor?’
Boot up a copy of Namco(t)’s World Court Tennis and choose the title’s (in)famous “Quest” mode and you’ll come face to face with what could very well be the worst example of translated text in all of videogamedom. Don’t believe … Continue reading
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Let’s play tennis on the PC Engine!
In honor of this weekend’s French Open finals (vamos Rafa!), I thought I’d post mini-reviews of three of the PC Engine’s four tennis games. 1. Pro Tennis World Court (Namco, 1988)–One of the earliest PC Engine releases, if I’m not … Continue reading
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