Pro Tennis Tour 2

• Title — Pro Tennis Tour 2 • Developer — Blue Byte Software • Publisher — Ubi Soft • Genre — Sports • Platforms — Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS • Released — 1991 • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer, co-op

• Illustration — A singles game on a clay court. Players have three different game modes to play; "practice", "ball machine", and "tournament". "Practice" is a quick start mode, where the player can play single matches against the computer. "Ball machine" features the player returning balls from a motorized tennis serving machine. "Tournament" lets the player proceed through generated tournaments, and eventually Grand Slams. The player can also sign up to play doubles during each tournament and even compete in the Davis Cup. Players can also see statistics of match wins, tournament wins, and also prize money earned over the career. Matches and tournaments can be played on many different surfaces. Matches can take place on grass (textured green) for a fast-paced game, clay (textured brown) which has a significantly slower pace, and asphalt (textured grey) with the fastest play speed of all of the courts. The game is controlled with a joypad and keyboard combination on all consoles. The game can be played by one or two players, either controlling a player or a team each, and can also be played co-cooperatively, with players forming a doubles pair. Each of the individual player characters have different strengths, and weaknesses, with variables such as forehand, backhand and fitness.

Pro Tennis Tour 2 was created by a team of five at Blue Byte Software. This team included coding by Lothar Schmitt, graphics by János Tóth, Thorsten Knop & Uwe Meier, and score by Haiko Ruttmann. Lothar Schmitt was also involved with the project. The game was released entirely in English, but the manual was also released in German, and French. The Amiga game was published by Ubisoft in 1991 in the United Kingdom, and the United States, and was later released in France, and Germany in 1993. The game was also released in Italy by distribution company "Leader", and Spain by Spanish publisher "Dro Soft". The game was also self-published for MS-DOS in 1991. The game would later have an unofficial sequel in Game, Net & Match! also released by Blue Byte Software in 1998 for Windows. The game's features expand on those in Pro Tennis Tour 2, and add internet play. Due to the game's differing name, and move to 3D, the game was never officially released as a sequel to the Pro Tennis Tour series. Its working title however was Great Courts 3.