Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2

Developer(s): Namco
Publisher(s): SCEE (EU), Namco (US, JP)
Genre: Sports
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic74/100
Game description: Whether you want to play through a career or go head-to-head with your friends, Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2 offers a complete set of modes and features. Pick your favorite pro player or create your own and progress through the professional tennis rankings. You can compete in actual Grand Slam tournaments, including Wimbledon, US Open, and Australian Open. The game features such pro players as Andy Roddick, James Blake, Lleylton Hewitt, Serena Williams, and Ana Kournikova.

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2

Game general and emulation properties:
CERO rating: A
ESRB rating: E
PEGI rating: 3+
GRB rating: ALL
Game supports multi-tap
Widescreen supported natively
Progressive scan supported
Supports up to four local players
Languages supported:
English: SCES-52423 & SCED-52618 & SLUS-20933
Japanese: SLPS-25361
German: SCES-52423
French: SCES-52423
Spanish: SCES-52423
Italian: SCES-52423
Korean: SCKA-20033
Region NTSC-U:
Serial numbers: SLUS-20933
Release date: June 8, 2004
Windows Status: Playable
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region PAL:
Serial numbers: SCES-52423
SLES-52423
SCES-52423/P (Platinum: The Best of PlayStation 2)
SCED-52618 (Demo)
Release date: May 28, 2004
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?
Region NTSC-J/C/K:
Serial numbers: SLPS-25361
SCKA-20033 (Korea, Limited Edition)
Release date: July 1, 2004
September 9, 2004 (Korea)
Windows Status: ?
Linux Status: ?
Mac Status: ?


Test configurations on Windows:

Environment Configurations Comments Tester
Region OS CPU/GPU Revision Graphics Sound/Pad
NTSC-U Windows 10
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3 3.00ghz
  • Nvidia GTX 1650S 4GB
V1.7.3271 DEFAULT DEFAULT Game runs overall well but the in-game texts and flying texts are missing in most of the content Certified Loser


Trivia

  • Original names: スマッシュコート プロトーナメント2 (SLPS-25361), 스매시 코트 프로 토너먼트 2 (SCKA-20033)
  • Also known as Smash Court Pro Tournament 2 (JP)


Known Issues

Random freezes

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Major
  • Description: The game rarely freezes while in-game, music still plays
  • Workaround: Unknown - if on Pro Tour, save the game after every match

Invisible text

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Serious
  • Description: Most of the flying texts describing the missions and the shop texts are invisible or the major phrases are missing, glitched or displaying random symbols
  • Workaround: Set renderer to Software
  • First tested on: pcsx2-1.2.1-r5875-binaries

Impossible to clear Target Crusher

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Serious
  • Description: During the Target Crusher training lesson, occasionally a few of the targets are impossible to hit, with the ball going through, making the lesson unable to be completed. Seems to only happen when using the 50 Hz video mode
  • Workaround: Select 60 Hz when prompted during startup

Flickering UI

  • Status: Active
  • Type: Minor
  • Description: The UI showing the timer and counter flickers and cuts off
  • Workaround: Unknown

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