Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour
Game Boy
Developer: NMS Software Publisher: Ubisoft
By: GammaBetaAlpha
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Table of Contents
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How To Play [HWTP]
Passwords [PASS]
Donations/Amazon [DONT]
Contact Info [CONT]
Credits [CRED]
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How to Play
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[HWTP]
As should be expected for being a tennis game on a fairly primitive game
system, there is not much special going on in the execution of tennis mechanics.
Given the Game Boy only has two face buttons (A + B), as well as some
hardware limitations due to the nature of the Game Boy's primitive and portable
status, you should expect even less in the way of faithfully-executed mechanics.
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How Tennis Works
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Tennis is a racquet sport that takes place in a court with two halves,
which themselves are split into two down the centre line. In a singles game, one
player plays one player, and in a doubles it is two against two.
Play is divided up into a match of best either 1, 3 or 5 sets (pro women
plays 3, pro men plays 3 in most tournaments and 5 in Masters). In a set, the
first person to win six 'games' wins that set. A game goes 15, 30, 40, and then
a game-winning point. In case of a 40-40 point tie, it is called a Deuce, and
one player must get Advantage-40, and then a game-winning point without being
pulled back into a deuce.
When serving, a player must serve into the half of the court diagonally
opposite from him on his opponent's side of the net. A server may 'fault' once
per point without penalty, which means to hit the ball in the wrong side of the
opponent's court, out of bounds or hitting the net. To win a point, a player
must hit the ball onto the opponent's court, where either it must bounce in-
bounds at least once and not be returned, or bounce twice in-bounds. If the
opponent returns a shot that goes out of bound, this also counts as a point to
the player.
Players alternate after the first game, and then every two games after
that.
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Tennis in Practice in this Game
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First off, there is only one court type throughout the whole game. There
is no grass and no clay courts, so the hard court is the same court you will be
playing at through the whole game (this much is different from the NES edition
of Jimmy Connors Tennis).
There are no doubles in this game whatsoever. You can choose to play
best of 1 set, best of 3, or best of 5. Additionally, you will never see a fault
from a server in this game.
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Controls
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A - Strong Service
B - Normal Service
Left - Move left
(On Serves) - Aim left
Right - Move right
(On serves) - Aim right
Up - Move Up
(On Serves) - Up + A Lob Shot, Up + B Drop Shot
Down - Move Down
(On Serves) - Down + A Lob Shot, Down + B Drop Shot
Start - Pause
Select + Start - Forfeit the Game
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Returning
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Normally this section would not be necessary, but in this case it is.
In Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour, the tennis ball, when whacked around,
moves _very_ slowly. Quite a few times I swung the racket only to find that the
ball still was not in hitting range yet, so this section here explains the
general gist of things plus a few tips.
First, when returning, pressing and holding the A or B button will cause
the player to swing his racket back. Releasing the button when the ball comes
will cause him to swing. The A button will be a hard shot, while the B button
will be a soft shot.
You can change the direction of the returns by what D-Pad button you
press, and how long you hold that button. Holding the left button for a long
time before returning a shot will cause a ball that goes deep to the left. Vice
versa for going right. When pressing up and down, however, things get slightly
different: pressing A does a lob shot, while pressing B does a drop shot.
The most important thing is, of course, being able to actually return
the ball. You should set yourself up with the racquet ready to swing at least a
second before the ball comes to you. The right time to swing is when the ball is
horizontally aligned with the player-character avatar; sometimes, the tennis
ball will fly straight through the player or slightly to his backside. When this
occurs, let your swing proceed as normal anyways, as this will still return the
shot.
In particular, be wary of hitting a ball back right after it bounces,
This game is notorious for hitting you with net balls if you return a shot right
after the ball bounces. Wait until it's at the height of its bounce (or before
it has the chance to bounce at all) before returning the shot.
Also, be wary of when the ball is coming in softly: do NOT put yourself
at the back of the arena all the time, or else you may get caught off-guard by a
ball that bounces twice before it gets to you.
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Other Stuff
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In addition to the normal tour, you can also 'practice' at venues. What
will happen is you will get a ball machine that will spit out balls, which you
return. You can choose to have 100 balls, 200 balls or 300 balls for a practice
session.
The game has four difficulty options - Beginner is the Easiest,
Intermediate is slightly harder, Overhead is harder still, and Advanced is the
most difficult option.
Passwords for Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour are accessed by going
through the several mandatory options selections, and then selecting 'Resume'
underneath 'Play' and 'Practice'. As the Tour takes place in fifteen countries
in alphabetical order, Australia will be the first match, while the U.S.A. is
the last match.
As noted in the 'How to Play' section, each country shares the exact
same Hard Court (unlike other console editions of Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis
Tour), so be aware of that before trying to find any grass or clay courts in
the game.
Australia ZW57KVTM1ZSV
Austria NX57KVTMLZSM
Belgium WZ57KVTMNKSP
Canada MP57KVTM2TSG
France XS57KVTMRZSD
Germany RT57KVTMPZRT
Greece TK57KVTMWTRN
Japan 3L57KVTMPLRK
Netherlands ZN57KVTMTZPR
New Zealand SF57KVTM4TPL
Russia 5J57KVTM1RNS
Spain 2G57KVTMMJPH
Sweden VH57KVTM2LPB
U.K. SV57KVTMXJNL
U.S.A. MR57KVTMSJSJ
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Contact Info
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[CONT]
Please note that due to a lack of resources (namely, a second copy of
the game), I cannot write on the 2Player mode of the game. If anyone has any
information on the 2P mode that they wish to contribute, feel free to email me
about it at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
If you have any other information to contribute or notice any errors,
again, shoot me a notice at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
Credit must go to PianoChampion90's FAQ for Jimmy Connors Tennis for the
NES which I obtained some controls information from, which is near-identical to
the Game Boy version.
