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The game is depicted from an overhead view. The game is controlled entirely by the joystick, buttons are not used. The game supports simultaneous four-player multiplayer with four joysticks. There are two modes to choose from: practise and tournament. The selected tournament (Wimbledon, US Open,
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didn't like the overhead view because the player can see only three quarters of the court, the reviewer concluded: "This strange perspective combined with a really dodgy soundtrack means that despite some good features Tie Break doesn't quite make the grade."
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is a 1990 tennis video game developed and published by
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called the game "an impressive-looking and polished tennis simulation".
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366:"Sport-Kaleidoskop - Tie Break"
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176:Adidas Championship Tie Break
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395:. Digitek Software. 1991.
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220:Aktueller Software Markt
747:Starbyte Software games
639:at Amiga Hall of Light
589:Newsfield Publications
663:at Spectrum Computing
579:"Reviews - Tie Break"
510:Preis/Leistung: 10/12
376:Preis/Leistung: 10/12
732:Top-down video games
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455:Dennis Publishing
389:"Game disk (DOS)"
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262:76% (Amiga)
237:84% (Amiga)
210:Publication
181:ZX Spectrum
157:multiplayer
123:ZX Spectrum
111:Amstrad CPC
94:Platform(s)
671:Categories
655:at Lemon64
561:Future plc
485:Future plc
425:Future plc
346:References
712:DOS games
660:Tie Break
652:Tie Break
644:Tie Break
636:Tie Break
630:MobyGames
625:Tie Break
480:ST Format
393:Tie Break
333:ST Format
244:ST Format
201:Reception
196:Reception
166:Tie Break
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274:79% (ZX)
249:83% (ST)
187:Gameplay
138:Genre(s)
103:Atari ST
179:on the
149:Mode(s)
129:Release
607:Amstar
293:Amstar
143:Sports
107:MS-DOS
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213:Score
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