Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!inria!mirsa!sardaigne.inria.fr!buffa From: buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel Buffa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Tennis Cup Message-ID: <8366@mirsa.inria.fr> Date: 10 Jul 90 07:57:28 GMT References: <3458@sactoh0.UUCP> <25708@unix.cis.pitt.edu> <8358@mirsa.inria.fr> Sender: news@mirsa.inria.fr Reply-To: buffa@mirsa.inria.fr Organization: Inria Sofia Antipolis Lines: 45 In article , mofo@bucsf.bu.edu (jason greene) writes: > In article <8358@mirsa.inria.fr> buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr (Michel Buffa) writes: > > I've got Tennis Cup and TIE-BREAK. TIE-BREAK is many times better than > > tennis cup. It can be played by 4 players at the same time. It's very > > The thing that has bugged me ever since the original Tie-Break came out (in > a box shaped like a tennis ball can) and remains in the current version is > that you cannot control movement of the players! Did you play it ? I had the same reaction when I played it first, but this original control is great ! In tennis cup, sometimes you are sure that you are going to get the ball, and for an extraordinary reason you miss it. It's very frustrating ! In TIE-BREAK, you control much better the different effects when you hit the ball. You control also the strength (you can't do that in tennis cup) > > I much rather like playing Tennis Cup doubles because you can poach (when > you cross over to your partner's side of the court on a service return to > slam it down your opponent's throat)... unlike Tie Break, where your player > runs to where the computer decides... You can decide if you want to attack or defend. TIE-BREAK is more playable than tennis cup. Every time my friends tried Tennis Cup, they couldn't master the game in one evening. With TIE-BREAK, we could enjoy playing tennis in less than ten minutes. That doesn't mean that it's a too much simple game. It's just better designed. Definately, TIE-BREAK is better than Tennis Cup ! > > Besides, how often do you ever get 4 people together, and have the joystick > adapter? Every day. I live in a house with 3 friends, and there is always one more friend to complete the teams. Even for 3 or 2 players, the game is enjoyable. ------------------------------------------ Michel Buffa: Projet Robotvis, INRIA, France Internet: buffa@sardaigne.inria.fr Surface Mail: Michel BUFFA, INRIA - Sophia Antipolis, 2004, route des Lucioles, 06565 Valbonne Cedex -- FRANCE Voice phone: (33) 93.65.78.39, Fax: (33) 93 65 77 65 ------------------------------------------