General info for: Match Point [#ID: 3074]
Title:
Match Point
Release Date:
1984
Original Publisher:
Sinclair Research Ltd (UK)
Creators:
Steve Kelly (UK)
Ann Hughes
Availability:
Available
Message Language:
Machine Type:
ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre:
Sport Game: Action
Maximum Players:
2
Controls:
Interface 2 (right)
Kempston Joystick
Turn Modes:
Simultaneous
Sports:
Tennis
Original Price:
£7.95
Other platforms:
Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64
Average mag. score:
89.67% (3 reviews)
Annual Awards:
2nd Best Simulation - 1984 Crash Readers Awards.

Rank #08 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics
Review Awards:
"C+VG Game of the Month" at C&VG (Computer & Video Games) issue #35 - 1984/Sep page 28

"Crash Smash" at Crash issue v.1 #8 - 1984/Sep page 7

"PCG Hit" at Personal Computer Games issue #10 - 1984/Sep page 50

Remarks:
tennis

Match Point image, screenshot or loading screen
Match Point image, screenshot or loading screen
User Score
Score:
8.5
Total votes:
25
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Stats:
  10:  
  16% (4)
  9:  
  48% (12)
  8:  
  20% (5)
  7:  
  4% (1)
  6:  
  8% (2)
  5:  
  4% (1)

Main File Downloads

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TAP     JSSpeccy    QAOP
Sinclair Research Ltd (UK)
1984
MatchPoint.tap.zip
English
TZX     JSSpeccy
Sinclair Research Ltd (UK)
1984
MatchPoint.tzx.zip
English
TZX     JSSpeccy
Psion Software Ltd (UK)
1984
MatchPoint(BalleDeMatch)(PsionSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip
French
TZX     JSSpeccy
IBSA (Spain)
1989
MatchPoint(IBSA).tzx.zip
English

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Speccy Screenshot Maps

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LICENCE TIE-INS / INSPIRATIONS
Origin: Tie-in Licence
Name: Tournament Tennis
Type: Software
Owner(s): D&L Research (USA)

Releases

 Sinclair Research Ltd (UK)
1984
£7.95

 Psion Software Ltd (UK)
1984
Balle de Match

 Microbyte [ES] (Spain)
1984
1900.00 Ptas

 Investronica S.A. (Spain)
1985

 IBSA (Spain)
1989
Authors/Contributors
Ann Hughes  
no team 
In-game Graphics
Compilations featuring this title
Title: 1º Campeonato de Jogos de Computador
Publisher: TMX Portugal Ltda (Portugal)
Date: 1984
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title: Tenis
Title: They Sold a Million II
Publisher: The Hit Squad (UK)
Date: 1986
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Title: Tus Juegos 5
Publisher: Monser S.A. (Spain)
Date: 1984
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title: Open Tennis
Title: Tus Juegos Single 5A
Publisher: Monser S.A. (Spain)
Date: 1984
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title: Open Tennis
Title: ZX-Spectrum Vega
Publisher: Retro Computers Ltd (UK)
Date: 2015/Apr/24
Release Type: Full version
Alternate Title:
Additional File Downloads

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Magazine Reviews

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #10 - 1988/Jul
Page: 79 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #35 - 1984/Sep
Page: 28 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #8 - 1984/Sep
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 89%

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #18 - 1985/Jul
Page: 46 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Crash - Crashback

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #81 - 1984/Sep/25 special "week#4"
Page: 4 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 MicroHobby
Issue: #8 - 1984/Dec
Page: 24 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review - Nuevo

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #10 - 1984/Sep
Page: 50 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #28 - 1984/Jul/12 special "week#2"
Page: 48 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Answers
Issue: #1 - 1984/Sep
Page: 32 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Answers
Issue: #2 - 1985/Jan
Page: 27 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair Programs
Issue: #23 - 1984/Sep
Page: 32 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1985 special "Annual 1985"
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: #30 - 1984/Sep
Page: 36 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review

 Sinclair User
Issue: #30 - 1984/Sep supplement "Soft Centre 3"
Page: 36 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Score: 9/10

 Sinclair User
Issue: #32 - 1984/Nov supplement "Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics"
Page: 10 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Review
Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)
Issue: #10 - 1988/Jul
Page: 77 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Sports Sims

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #41 - 1985/Mar
Page: 57 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Computer Choice
Issue: 1984/Sep
Page: 8 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #5 - 1985/Aug
Page: 22 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - The Spectrum Collection - 15 classics

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #9 - 1984/Oct
Page: 87 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #16 - 1985/May
Page: 42 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Sports Scene supplement

 Home Computing Weekly
Issue: #70 - 1984/Jul/10 special "week#2"
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 MicroHobby
Issue: #63 - 1986/Jan
Page: 29 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips - Micromania

 MicroHobby Especial
Issue: #1 - 1985/Nov special "Especial"
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Supercincuenta

 MicroHobby Especial
Issue: #7 - 1987/Dec special "Especial"
Page: 17 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Informe

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #9 - 1984/Aug
Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #12 - 1984/Nov
Page: 28 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Letters

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #12 - 1984/Nov
Page: 104 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Tips

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #18 - 1984/May/3 special "week#1"
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note - ref. "Tennis"

 Sinclair User
Issue: 1985 special "Annual 1985"
Page: 46 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Feature - Spectrum software retrospective

 Sinclair User
Issue: #46 - 1986/Jan
Page: 16 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Hack/Poke

 Your Spectrum
Issue: #7 - 1984/Sep
Page: 6 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note

 ZX Computing
Issue: #15 - 1984/Oct
Page: 13 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: News/Note
Magazine Advertisements

Big K
Issue: #4 - 1984/Jul
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #33 - 1984/Jul
Page: 149 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #6 - 1984/Jul
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #69 - 1989/Oct
Page: 23 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - The Hit Squad advert

 Personal Computer Games
Issue: #8 - 1984/Jul
Page: 5 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Popular Computing Weekly
Issue: v.3 #25 - 1984/Jun/21 special "week#3"
Page: 15 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #28 - 1984/Jul
Page: 21 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Sinclair User
Issue: #91 - 1989/Oct
Page: 69 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - The Hit Squad advert

 Your Computer
Issue: v.4 #12 - 1984/Dec
Page: 141 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #46 - 1989/Oct
Page: 66 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert - The Hit Squad advert
Related Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #54 - 1986/Apr
Page: 89 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #56 - 1986/Jun
Page: 60 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #57 - 1986/Jul
Page: 49 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 C&VG (Computer & Video Games)
Issue: #67 - 1987/May
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (They Sold a Million II)

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #13 - 1986/Apr
Page: 75 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #15 - 1986/Jun
Page: 100 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #17 - 1986/Aug
Page: 99 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Computer Gamer
Issue: #26 - 1987/May
Page: 73 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Advert (They Sold a Million II)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #27 - 1986/Apr
Page: 33 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #28 - 1986/May
Page: 123 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #30 - 1986/Jul
Page: 89 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Crash
Issue: v.1 #31 - 1986/Aug
Page: 61 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #49 - 1986/Apr
Page: 14 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #50 - 1986/May
Page: 3 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Sinclair User
Issue: #52 - 1986/Jul
Page: 41 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Your Computer
Issue: v.6 #5 - 1986/May
Page: 96 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Your Computer
Issue: v.6 #8 - 1986/Aug
Page: 100 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #5 - 1986/May
Page: 7 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #6 - 1986/Jun
Page: 97 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)

 Your Sinclair
Issue: #7 - 1986/Jul
Page: 98 (PDF) (VIEW)
Article Type: Full-page ad (They Sold a Million II)
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 Centre for Computing History (English)

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 Modern ZX-Retro Gaming (English)

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 UVL (English)

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 Every Game Going (Multi-Platform Archive)

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