Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour Game Boy Developer: NMS Software Publisher: Ubisoft By: GammaBetaAlpha ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Table of Contents -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ How To Play [HWTP] Passwords [PASS] Donations/Amazon [DONT] Contact Info [CONT] Credits [CRED] ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- How to Play -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [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. ---------------- How Tennis Works ---------------- 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. ------------------------------- Tennis in Practice in this Game ------------------------------- 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. -------- Controls -------- 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 --------- Returning --------- 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. ----------- Other Stuff ----------- 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 -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [PASS] 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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Donations/Amazon -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [DONT] I don't really care too much about donations, but if you are feeling generous, feel free to send one via PayPal to gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com Alternatively, if you ever order any items from Amazon.com, go to the link below. You do not have to buy anything right away, but (if you do not clear browser cookies often) any items you buy within the next 90 days will count as a 'referral order' to me, meaning I get anywhere from 4-6% as a referral/affiliate payment of what you ordered (ie. order $100 worth of stuff, I get $4-6 from Amazon.com) www.amazon.com/?&camp=212361&linkCode=wsw&tag=raofavigafa-20&creative=391881 Other than that, considering this FAQ is for an obscure old game, if you have any other obscure old games that you do not play anymore, consider sending them to me (I will even pay the shipping cost!). I write FAQs for plenty of obscure old games with no FAQs, and having a physical copy of the game (and even better, a manual) is superior to not. You can email me if interested at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Contact Info -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [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 ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Credits -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ [CRED] 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. ________________________________________________________________________________ ©2010 GammaBetaAlpha FAQs