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Sampras and Courier
Jockeddeeply into
battle - the number
one and two seeds
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and gone home - the event not the
place - I can finally come out of hid-
a l ing as I absolutely hate it, more than
l
anything in the world. Now the football
season is underway I'm so much happier,
o
What really annoys me is the fact the specta-
w
tors can lounge in the sun with strawberries and
Wcream
and us football fans have to stand up in
ithe
pouring rain with a bovril every week! Why
mdon't
we switch them around - football In the
b summer, l tennis in the winter. Ha, let's see how
e many of them turn up in the freezing cold,
d only to see the match rained off.
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Newcomers Blitzware set out to
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change my mind completely with
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their new product Center Court.
a rival for Pro Tennis Tour which
a
has to be the greatest tennis
s
game on the Amiga I'm sure
f
you're all familiar with the
i
game of tennis, and even if
n
you don't understand the
a
rules. I'm sure you've all seen
l
it once sometime. Center
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Court isn't merely just a quick
y
game, there's a huge career
p
feature involved.
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Basically, the idea behind a
c
career in tennis is to enter as many
k
competitions as possible and win
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Them - picking up quite a hefty sum of
d money in the process. All the players are
seeded before you begin and their seeding
u
p
will change after each tournament - depending
where they finished and how many points they
acquired.
At the moment Pete Samaras is the number
one seed. but if other players win matches and
trophies they will eventually take over the top
spot. The most money is won by coming first in all
the tournaments and staying number one in the
world rankings. That way you can be sure you'll
The match options. You can select anything
up to a fourplayer game here
The title screen in all its glory. it actually
looks quite cart oony, doesn't It?
raphic enhancement
The graphics shown in the screenshots are go
to be enhanced, as the shots here are early p*
tures of the action and don't really reflect an
the gameplay yet. Overall, it's all coml
together quite well, and if the graphics c
match the gameplay then it could beco
another winner.
be top of the prize money league.
You can enter your own name and euit y
own personal characteristics. If you wish to be
speedy player, you may have to sacrifice y
accuracy or power. All the characters ore r
sonabiy matched, only appearing distinctive
one or two areas. The other competitors start
far better than you, although after a few tour
ments your rating will gradually improve.
LIFE-LIKE
From the screenshots you will notice that
number of them are digitised and feature ac
shots from real-life situations. These only appe
you win a particular trophy. but it is quite nice
see some pleasant graphics which reflect on v
success.
At the moment you can have a single ma
against the computer or anything up to
human players at once. This is an excellent i
because you can all take part in a dou
match. There ore over 90 real players includ
Center looks like it's going to
be a bit of a graphical feast