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| Full title | Match Point |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Sinclair Research Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | IBSA (Spain) Investronica S.A. (Spain) Microbyte [1] (Spain) Psion Software Ltd (UK) (as 'Balle de Match') |
| Author(s) | Psion Software Ltd (Steve Kelly) |
| Tie-in licence | D&L Research (USA) (original game: Tournament Tennis) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - simultaneous |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 and Keyboard |
| Type | Sport: Action |
| Message language | Multiple languages (see individual downloads) |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 1900 ptas. |
| Budget price | £2.99 |
| Availability | Available |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation They Sold a Million II (The Hit Squad)
Appeared on side A of the compilation Tus Juegos 5 (Monser S.A.), as 'Open Tennis' Appeared on side A of the compilation Tus Juegos Single 5A (Monser S.A.), as 'Open Tennis' Also listed on Freebase |
| SPOT comments | tennis |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
8.21 (307 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Language | Year | ||
|  | MatchPoint.tzx.zip | 22,973 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 4036 | English | 1984 | ||
|  | MatchPoint.tap.zip | 25,512 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | English | 1984 | ||||
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| | MatchPoint(IBSA).tzx.zip | 22,522 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M-39690-1989 | English | 1989 | ||
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| | MatchPoint(BalleDeMatch)(PsionSoftwareLtd).tzx.zip | 22,744 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | French | 1984 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | MatchPoint.gif | 3,921 | (Loading screen) |
| MatchPoint.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| MatchPoint.gif | 3,296 | (In-game screen) | |
 | MatchPoint.txt | 5,254 | (English instructions) |
| MatchPoint_Spanish.pdf | 26,777 | (Spanish instructions) |
| MatchPoint(BalleDeMatch).zip | 3,623 | (French instructions) |
| MatchPoint.png | 8,087 | (Game map) |
| MatchPoint.jpg | 124,030 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| MatchPoint(BalleDeMatch).jpg | 89,728 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| MatchPoint(IBSA).jpg | 94,327 | (Re-release cassette inlay) |
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| 7 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 5.84 | page 105 | (News/Note - ref. "Tennis") | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 7.84 | page 205 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 7.84 | page 248 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 8.84 | page 13 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Choice | 9.84 | page 8 | (News/Note) | |
| Crash | 9.84 | page 7 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.84 | page 28 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 404 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 50 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 9.84 | page 32 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 9.84 | page 32 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.84 | page 36 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 9.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.84 | page 87 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 10.84 | page 13 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 28 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 104 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User Annual | 0.85 | page 46 | (Feature - Spectrum software retrospective) | |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 27 | (Review) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.85 | page 57 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.85 | page 42 | (Feature - Sports Scene supplement) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.85 | page 46 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.85 | page 22 | (Feature - The Spectrum Collection - 15 classics) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 16 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.88 | page 77 | (Feature - Sports Sims) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 12.84 | page 24 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 1.86 | page 29 | (Micromania) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 11.85 | page 23 | (Supercincuenta) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 12.87 | page 17 | (Informe) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.84 | page 315 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Big K | 7.84 | page 23 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.84 | page 7 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.84 | page 149 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 7.84 | page 5 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.84 | page 21 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 12.84 | page 141 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.89 | page 23 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.89 | page 69 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.89 | page 66 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
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