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Rackets & Rivals (Europe)

NES / Famicom
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Reviewed in
1993
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✪ Reviewed on November 12, 2024
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Rackets & Rivals is a Japanese Palcom NES tennis in oblique court view with its caricatured players in international circuit. The representation offers timing and placement management with arcade shots and personalities in an offbeat Japanese family sport formula. Honest for NES tennis fans, curiosity of the 8 bit Palcom catalog.

Your verdict
Category
Sports 2 players 3+
Description
Tennis game released by Palcom in 1993 in Europe on NES. European reissue of a Konami simulation with varied character styles, tournament mode and doubles matches.

Rackets & Rivals review

2/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Decent"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Short"
Technical info
💾0,13 MB 📅01/01/1993
Published by Palcom

Rackets & Rivals (NES) price, value & rarity

Sought-after
Q1 loose
 $41 Q6 complete
 $111 Q10 new
 $356 !
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Collector interest

A PAL release of a Konami tennis sim issued under the Palcom label, Rackets & Rivals is a late European title from 1993, when the PAL NES market was fading toward the Super Nintendo. That end-of-life timing explains firm complete prices despite modest fame, with the small PAL run mattering more than the game's qualities. Its European exclusivity is the main draw for PAL collectors.

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