All Star Tennis 99

STORY / GAMEPLAY
Since this is a sports (tennis) game, there is no actual story. All Star Tennis '99 features all of the usual exhibition, tournament and season options that are present in most tennis video games. There is a variety of tennis courts (or even balls) to choose from plus eight real-world tennis players. The female athletes tend to be more quick and agile while the males use more power on their game. But, to be honest, All Star Tennis '99 is a rather tricky game to play, that sometimes it gets frustrating! Like in many older console tennis games the control seems tough - at least at first. As usual, the primary difficulty is the timing. The game also features a fun (and weird) Bomb Tennis (!) tournament in which a large bomb appears with its fuse lit when the ball touches the ground. A few seconds later this bomb explodes and if you're caught within the blast's radius you lose the point (weird indeed!)

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The game's graphics are cool featuring smooth motion captures and some nicely detailed 3D tennis courts (sometimes with significant polygonal flickering though). The camera rolls nicely during the match. The game's sound offers sampled sound effects (like crowd cheering, ball hitting the ground) and a quite "touchy" intro music theme.