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Fancy yourself as a bit of a Becker? Or perhaps the top-ranked super skills of Steffi Graf are more your style. This latest Super Famicom cart enables couch potato armchair athletes to participate in the sport where grunting loudly in a very upsetting manner is every bit as important as winning the points.

Super Tennis provides you with every manner of tennis court known to man, along with cute players, ball boys and umpires, along with computerised opposition (if you're playing in one-player mode). Also included are digital representations of the top players in the tennis world, so look out for the likes of Obekka, Lendou and Guraffe (no prizes for guessing the names of their real life counterparts). Plenty of lesser players are also included, some of whom only appear in the Grand Slam tournaments.

With the aid of an excellent control method, just about every kind of shot is possible in Super Tennis. It's down to you to master it!

Pressing SELECT before one of the players serves gives you the in-game stats, which provides you with a detailed breakdown of each player, Wimbledon-style. Also present are some more interesting figures like how many aces you've served in the game. This screen also appears at the end of each set.

One of the many options in Super Tennis is the doubles mode, which puts four players on the court ready to battle it out. The rules remain much the same, escape that the whole court can be used in play, including the two strips on either side of the court.

Play is much the same as in the straight one-player mode, except that a wider variety of courts are used. There aren't any doubles matches either to clutter things up.

With its intuitive controls, fast action and utterly realistic gameplay, Super Tennis is the finest simulation of the sport ever produced. It's got great graphics and sound (the caricatures are brilliant - my fave's Wagassi), but it's the sheeer pace and playability that makes this a classic sports game.

It caused the entire office to grind to a standstill, with constant challenges being issued and grudge matches being played (even now, as I write this I can hear Rich cussing his head off with frustration because he's getting his monkey ass busted by Gary).

I don't think I need to tell you this, but I will anyway - if you're a Super Famicom owner, get it.

Add in the myriad of extra options and you've got the greatest tennis sim ever. The vast amount of players to choose from is also a welcome addition and the two-player option also adds an extra special ingredient.

Serving an ace to the outrage of your "pal" has a particularly satisfactory feeling, especially if it's Gary Harrod you're playing (ha!). The icing on the cake is the exclamations the players make. After winning an arduous rally, players scream "yeah!", but if they muck it up they say something a bit ruder... Super Tennis is yet another essential buy for the Super Famicom, and ranks highly in a league featuring all the classics, including John Madden Football, Kick Off and EA Ice Hockey.

Graphics 91%
Super smooth scrolling and exceptional (and recognisable) sprites.

Sound 93%
Superb on-court samples and some speech courtesy of the umpire.

Lastability 93%
...and the two-player option, coupled with the vast amount of players to choose from make this a long-lasting classic.

Overall 93%
The very finest tennis sim available - far better than any arcade, computer or console effort yet seen!