Release Date: October 21, 1998
Actua Tennis is a simulation of a tennis game produced by the British developer studio Gremlin Interactive. Players have the opportunity to face computer artificial intelligence or live opponents in single matches (men and women), doubles and potions. The atmosphere of the virtual courts is emphasized by the responsive audience and professional comments of Pat Cash, Barry Davies and Sue Barker.
Actua Tennis is another Actua Sports game (including Actua Soccer series, Actua Ice Hockey and Actua Pool), for which Gremlin Interactive studio is responsible. This time the developers decided to try to create a dynamic simulation of tennis.
Players have the opportunity to test their skills on virtual courts by controlling the actions of avatars representing tennis stars (e.g. Pete Sampras and Greg Rusedski) or by creating their own players using a simple editor. It is worth noting that the skills of authentic tennis players have been carefully translated into the coefficients of their counterparts in the game.
Actua Tennis offers several variants of fun in both solo and online multiplayer modes. Standard options are a quick match (Quick Match), a single match (men's and women's solo game, male doubles, female doubles, potions), a tournament or the New World Tour cycle.
Like other Actua Sports games, Actua Tennis control is simple and intuitive. The player controls the movement of the player on the court and chooses the way of rebounding the ball (lob, strong attack, super-powerful attack). Serving is limited to the proper selection of parameters of force and direction in which the ball is being sent.
Graphics in the game corresponds to the level of competitive productions from the late 90s of the last century. Three-dimensional models of players are recognizable, although they do not sin with exaggerated beauty. The way the characters move on the court has been mapped using motion-capture technology. Noteworthy are the sounds of the audience during the matches and professional comments by Pat Cash, Barry Davies and Sue Barker.
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Platforms:
PC Windows
Developer: Gremlin Interactive
Publisher: Atari / Infogrames
Age restrictions: none
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System Requirements for Actua Tennis Video Game:
PC / Windows
Recommended System Requirements:
Pentium 133MHz, 32MB RAM, graphic card, 86MB HDD, Windows 95/98.
