Pete Sampras Tennis

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Pete Sampras Tennis
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Codemasters, Spectrum HoloByte (US)
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Game Gear
Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Game Gear
US
$34.9534.95[2] T-120078
Sega Game Gear
EU
T-120078-50
Sega Game Gear
DE
T-120078-50

Pete Sampras Tennis is a tennis game for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear. During development, before Pete Sampras was signed to become the face of the game, it was known as Tennis All-Stars.[3]

The Mega Drive version of Pete Sampras Tennis was the first game published by Codemasters to utilise their J-Cart design (and the only J-Cart game to be released in North America), allowing for four-player support without the need for extra adapters. In Europe, non-J-Cart versions were also sold for a lower price.

The game was followed by Sampras Tennis 96.

Magazine articles

Main article: Pete Sampras Tennis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)[4]
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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)
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Mega Drive print advert in Mega (UK) #22: "July 1994" (1994-06-16)
also published in:
  • Mega (UK) #23: "August 1994" (1994-07-21)[5]
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Game Gear print advert in Sega Magazine (UK) #11: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
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Mega Drive print advert in Player One (FR) #43: "Juin 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
89 №33, p98/99/100
84 №151, p67[6]
82 №18, p42/43
89 №31, p120/121
75 №23, p18/19
88 №21, p30/31
93 №20, p58-60[7]
90 №43, p80/81/82
88 №55, p42/43/44
90 №33, p54/55
91 №31, p11
Sega Mega Drive
87
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[8]
Consoles + (FR)
89
[9]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[10]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[6]
Gamers (DE)
53
[11]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
82
[12]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[13]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[14]
Hyper (AU)
88
[15]
Joypad (FR) PAL
89
[16]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
70
[17]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
82
[18]
Mega (UK) PAL
88
[19]
Mega Force (FR)
88
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
79
[21]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
79
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
93
[7]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[23]
Player One (FR)
90
[24]
Play Time (DE)
79
[25]
Sega Magazin (DE)
84
[26]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[27]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[28]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[29]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
72
[30]
Sega Force (SE)
61
[31]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[32]
Todo Sega (ES)
93
[33]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
87
[34]
Video Games (DE) PAL
65
[35]
VideoGames (US)
70
[36]
Sega Mega Drive
79
Based on
31 reviews

Pete Sampras Tennis

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, UK
PST MD UK Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, UK (J-Cart)
PST MD UK Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, FR

Mega Drive, FR (J-Cart)
PST MD FR Box.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, DE

Mega Drive, DE (J-Cart)
PST MD DE Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, ES

Mega Drive, ES (J-Cart)
PST MD ES Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №35, p157
88 №156, p53[1]
87 №5, p22
91 №25, p96/97[37]
90 №45, p92/93
86 №61, p81
91 №38, p51
Sega Game Gear
89
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR)
90
[38]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
88
[1]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[39]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
82
[40]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[41]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
91
[37]
Player One (FR)
90
[42]
Sega News (CZ)
42
[43]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
86
[44]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
91
[45]
Todo Sega (ES)
87
[46]
Video Games (DE) PAL
69
[47]
Sega Game Gear
82
Based on
12 reviews

Pete Sampras Tennis

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
Pete Sampras Tennis GG US Manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Game Gear, DE
PST GG DE Box Back.jpgNospine.pngPST GG DE Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Cart

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 53 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 156.pdf_p53" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 Press release: 1994-08-30: JUST IN TIME FOR THE U.S. OPEN(R); 'PETE SAMPRAS TENNIS(R)' ON SEGA(TM) GENESIS(TM) AND SEGA GAME GEAR(TM)
  3. File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 14
  4. EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 113
  5. Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 92
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 151.pdf, page 67 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 151.pdf_p67" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 173
  9. Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 98
  10. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179
  11. Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 30
  12. GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 42
  13. Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 15
  14. Hobby Consolas, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
  15. Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
  16. Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
  17. MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 58
  18. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-0x-xx), page 18
  19. Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 30
  20. Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  21. Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 38
  22. MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 10
  23. Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 80
  24. Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 80
  25. Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 142
  26. Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 24
  27. Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 82
  28. Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 42
  29. Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 54
  30. Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 60
  31. Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 24
  32. Sonic the Comic, "August 5th 1994" (UK; 1994-07-23), page 11
  33. Todo Sega, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
  34. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 133
  35. Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 96
  36. VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 140
  37. 37.0 37.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  38. Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 157
  39. Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 22
  40. Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 92
  41. Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 77
  42. Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
  43. Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
  44. Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 81
  45. Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 51
  46. Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 88
  47. Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 112