Game, Net & Match

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Game, Net & Match
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Developer(s) Media Games
Publisher(s) Blue Byte
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single player, multiplayer

Game, Net & Match! is a video game developed by German studio Media Games and published by Blue Byte for Windows in 1998.

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Reception

The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [3] Next Generation said that the game "does a decent job of filling in for the lack of tennis games on the market." [11]

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