Pete Sampras Tennis

n/a

Mega Drive
Game Gear

Pete Sampras Tennis

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear

Publisher:

Spectrum HoloByte (US)

Codemasters (EU)

Codemasters

Developer:

Zeppelin Games

Big Red Software

Licensor: Codemasters

Sound driver:

Sound Images v1.2

Peripherals supported:

Gear-to-Gear Cable

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-04^[1]	$59.9559.95^[2]	T-120066
EU	1994		120024
DE	1994		120023
ES	1994
FR	1994		120004
PT	1994		MDJ0014
UK	1994-06-16^[3]	£34.9934.99^[4]	120022
SE (Rental)	199x
IT	1994
CZ	1994	1.989 Kč1.989
AU	1994		FSAM00SMC
US	1994-11^[2]	$34.9534.95^[2]	T-120078
DE	1994		T-120078-50
FR	1994
UK	1994-08-19^[3]	£29.9929.99^[5]^[6]	T-120078-50

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Pete Sampras Tennis is a Sega Mega Drive tennis game developed by Zeppelin Games. Endorsed by celebrity tennis player Pete Sampras, the game was first published in the United States by Spectrum Holobyte in April 1994, and was published in Europe by Codemasters the following June. Pete Sampras Tennis is the first game to utilize Codemasters' proprietary J-Cart, allowing for four-player support without the need for an additional accessory. In Europe, versions lacking the J-cart were also produced, and sold at a reduced price.

Pete Sampras Tennis was ported to the Sega Game Gear courtesy of developer Big Red Software. First published in the United Kingdom by Codemasters in August 1994, it was brought to the United States the following November. Curiously, it appears Spectrum HoloByte was once set to publish the United States release, as logos for the company are visible on the rear of the game's box and manual. However, the logos have been purposefully concealed with stickers touting magazine review blurbs, indicating the change in publisher was made relatively late in production.

The game was followed by a 1995 sequel, Sampras Tennis 96.

Development

Before Codemasters had signed celebrity tennis player Pete Sampras to endorse the title, the game was known by the name Tennis All-Stars.^[7]

Legacy

In November 2015, SMS Power! user Revo released a Sega Game Gear to Sega Master System conversion hack for the handheld version of the game.^[8]

Magazine articles

Main article: Pete Sampras Tennis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega Drive print advert in Mega (UK) #22: "July 1994" (1994-06-16)
also published in:

Mega (UK) #23: "August 1994" (1994-07-21)^[9]

Mega Drive print advert in Player One (FR) #43: "Juin 1994" (1994-0x-xx)

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #24: "October 1994" (1994-08-xx)

Game Gear print advert in Sega Magazine (UK) #11: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
also published in:

Mean Machines Sega (UK) #26: "December 1994" (1994-10-28)^[10]

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[11]

Print advert in Excalibur (CZ) #37 (1994-12-05)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[12]

Consoles + (FR)

89

^[13]

Cool Gamer (RU)

60

^[14]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

84

^[15]

Gamers (DE)

53

^[16]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

82

^[17]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

94

^[18]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

90

^[19]

Hyper (AU)

88

^[20]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

89

^[21]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

70

^[22]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

82

^[23]

Mega (UK)

PAL

88

^[24]

Mega Force (FR)

88

^[25]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

79

^[26]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

79

^[27]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[28]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

25

^[29]

Player One (FR)

90

^[30]

Play Time (DE)

79

^[31]

Sega Magazin (DE)

84

^[32]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[33]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

88

^[34]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

90

^[35]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

72

^[36]

Sega Force (SE)

61

^[37]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

91

^[38]

Todo Sega (ES)

93

^[39]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

87

^[40]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

65

^[41]

VideoGames (US)

70

^[42]

	79
Based on 31 reviews

Pete Sampras Tennis

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, UK (J-Cart)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, UK (J-Cart ALT 1)
Cover
Cart Manual Quick Reference Card

Mega Drive, UK (J-Cart ALT 2)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, FR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, FR (J-Cart)
Cover
Cart Manual Quick Reference Card

Mega Drive, FR (J-Cart; blister pack)
Cover

Mega Drive, DE

Mega Drive, DE (J-Cart)
Cover
Cart Manual Quick Reference Card

Mega Drive, ES

Mega Drive, ES (J-Cart)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, IT (J-Cart)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, PT (J-Cart)
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
Cover

Mega Drive, SE (Rental; alt)
Cover

Mega Drive, AU (J-Cart)
Cover

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

90

^[43]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

PAL

88

^[5]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

87

^[6]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

82

^[44]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

76

^[45]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

91

^[46]

Player One (FR)

90

^[47]

Sega News (CZ)

42

^[48]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

86

^[49]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

91

^[50]

Todo Sega (ES)

87

^[51]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

69

^[52]

	82
Based on 12 reviews

Pete Sampras Tennis

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, UK
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, FR
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, FR (Blister pack)
Cover

Game Gear, DE
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT

Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	c1756bee
MD5	8a033a243a35fef96e6ea99584fe1755
SHA-1	ab9b4c833207824efb14b712b4ec82721c8436bc

256kB

1994-08-05

Cartridge (EU)

External links

Pete Sampras Tennis GG2SMS conversion hack by Revo at SMS Power!

References

↑ GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 172
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 92
↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 74
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 53
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 22
↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 14
↑ https://www.smspower.org/Hacks/PeteSamprasTennis-GG-GG2SMS
↑ Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 92
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 47
↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 113
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 173
↑ Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 98
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179
↑ Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 67
↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 30
↑ GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 42
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 15
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
↑ Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
↑ MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 58
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 30
↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
↑ Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 38
↑ MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 10
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 58
↑ Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 80
↑ Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 80
↑ Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 142
↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 24
↑ Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 82
↑ Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 42
↑ Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 54
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 60
↑ Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 24
↑ Sonic the Comic, "August 5th 1994" (UK; 1994-07-23), page 11
↑ Todo Sega, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 133
↑ Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 96
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 140
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 157
↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 92
↑ Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 77
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 96
↑ Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
↑ Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
↑ Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 81
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 51
↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 88
↑ Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 112

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[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p172-1] GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 172

[Press_release:_1994-08-30:_JUST_IN_TIME_FOR_THE_U.S._OPEN.28R.29.3B_.27PETE_SAMPRAS_TENNIS.28R.29.27_ON_SEGA.28TM.29_GENESIS.28TM.29_AND_SEGA_GAME_GEAR.28TM.29-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 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)

[:File:Mega_UK_22.pdf_p92-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Mega, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 92

[:File:CVG_UK_153.pdf_p74-4] Computer & Video Games, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-15), page 74

[:File:CVG_UK_156.pdf_p53-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 53

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_05.pdf_p22-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 22

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p14-7] Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 14

[https:.2F.2Fwww.smspower.org.2FHacks.2FPeteSamprasTennis-GG-GG2SMS-8] ttps://www.smspower.org/Hacks/PeteSamprasTennis-GG-GG2SMS

[:File:Mega_UK_23.pdf_p92-9] Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 92

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p47-10] Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 47

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p113-11] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 113

[12] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 173

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_033.pdf_p98-13] Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 98

[14] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179

[:File:CVG_UK_151.pdf_p67-15] Computer & Video Games, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 67

[:File:Gamers_DE_1994-05.pdf_p30-16] Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 30

[17] GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 42

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_01.pdf_p15-18] Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 15

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_033.pdf_p126-19] Hobby Consolas, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 126

[:File:Hyper_AU_008.pdf_p52-20] Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:Joypad_FR_031.pdf_p120-21] Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-07.pdf_p58-22] MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 58

[23] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 18

[:File:Mega_UK_21.pdf_p30-24] Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 30

[25] Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-07.pdf_p38-26] Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 38

[:File:MegaTech_UK_30.pdf_p10-27] MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 10

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p58-28] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 58

[:File:NextGeneration_US_07.pdf_p80-29] Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 80

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_043.pdf_p80-30] Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-08.pdf_p142-31] Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 142

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_21.pdf_p24-32] Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 24

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_06.pdf_p82-33] Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 82

[:File:SegaPower_UK_55.pdf_p42-34] Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_33.pdf_p54-35] Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 54

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p60-36] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 60

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1994_06.pdf_p24-37] Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 24

[38] Sonic the Comic, "August 5th 1994" (UK; 1994-07-23), page 11

[:File:TodoSega_ES_15.pdf_p64-39] Todo Sega, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 64

[40] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 133

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-06.pdf_p96-41] Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 96

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p140-42] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 140

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_035.pdf_p157-43] Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 157

[:File:MegaForce_FR_32.pdf_p92-44] Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 92

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-11.pdf_p77-45] Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 77

[:File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p96-46] Mean Machines Sega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-30), page 96

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_045.pdf_p92-47] Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:Sega_News_4_CZ.pdf_p36-48] Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:SegaPower_UK_61.pdf_p81-49] Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 81

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p51-50] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 51

[:File:TodoSega_ES_20.pdf_p88-51] Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-11.pdf_p112-52] Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 112

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Pete Sampras Tennis

From Sega Retro

Contents

Development

Legacy

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Game Gear version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References