Center Court

STORY / GAMEPLAY
The game offers singles only in either a one-off match or throught a career of tournaments, either in grass, clay or indoor courts. There are 100 players to choose from, based on the top 100 ATP rankings from back in mid the '90s.The game is fast alright and the computer opponents are sharp, but it soon becomes a hit-and-push-the-joystick left or right kinf of a game and that doesn't make for lasting enjoyment. Moreover, unlike a lot of other tennis games, Center Court doesn't give you a great deal of control over the kind of shot you make. Moreover, hitting the ball to the direction you weant or with the power you meed is not as precise as possible, in fact it's too clumsy and almost inaccurate. For example, when serving, press the fire button and the ball's hoisted in the air, now all you've got to worry about is how long to hold the joystick left or right to send the ball in that direction. But too long and the ball's going way off to one side, too little and it goes down the wrong side of the centre line.
Center Court surely is not one of the best tennis games released back then, but probably worth to give it a try, as long as you forget its laggish gameplay.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
Graphically the game is dire. The graphics are hampered by jerky animation and the backgrounds are a bit messily drawn. The sprites look nice though but poor compared to previously released tennis games. The sound on the other hand offers a nice introductory tune and the usual sampled sounds of whacks and swings, referee speech and crowd sounds during gameplay.