The first tennis game on N64, and one that never came out in America. It’s a fairly simple tennis game, but is unfortunately plagued with control issues – the depth perception on the ball during service (you throw the ball far too high in the air) is poor and it’s extremely difficult to aim where you can hit.

The game has a create-a-player mode (which lacks options like hair colour) and the “challenge” mode works alongside this as you challenge the pre-made characters to matches, betting your equipment and clothing (so a kind of strip tennis). This is how you unlock more customisation options, which is a really nice touch – just a shame that the head/hair options are so limited.

If it wasn’t for the control issues, this would be a decent little game, but there will be better tennis games later on in the system’s life.

Poor

Often the game just doesn’t do what you ask it, which means matches against the computer are endlessly predictable. They play a shot, point scored. You play a shot, maybe there’ll be a point scored, maybe there won’t. It’s that random, regardless of the quality of your shot.

Tim Weaver, N64 Magazine #25. Review Score: 67%

Remake or remaster?

There’s better tennis games to focus on.

Official ways to get the game.

There is no official way to get Centre Court Tennis