Game, Net & Match

{{Short description|1998 sports video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Game, Net & Match

|image = Game, Net, & Match cover.jpg

|developer = Media Games

|publisher = Blue Byte

|series =

|platforms = Microsoft Windows

|released = {{vgrelease|EU|1998|NA|July 10, 1998{{cite web |author=GameSpot staff |date=June 22, 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/game-net-and-match-delayed/1100-2463354/ |title=Game, Net & Match! Delayed |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001006024008/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_06/22_net/index.html |archivedate=October 6, 2000 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 17, 2023}}{{cite web |last=Ocampo |first=Jason |date=June 22, 1998 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/012/151/game_net_match_delayed.html |title=Tennis game runs into last-minute production problems |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030523193409/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/012/151/game_net_match_delayed.html |archivedate=May 23, 2003 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}}}

|genre = Sports game

|modes = 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.

Reception

{{Video game reviews

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| GR = 72%{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/197426-game-net-and-match/index.html |title=Game, Net & Match! for PC |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512151346/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/197426-game-net-and-match/index.html |archivedate=May 12, 2019 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

| CNG = 8/10{{cite web |last=Goble |first=Gordon |date=August 4, 1998 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-1989,00.html |title=Game, Net & Match |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816095004/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-1989,00.html |archivedate=August 16, 2000 |accessdate=March 31, 2021}}

| CGSP = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Bauman |first=Steve |date=September 16, 1998 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/014/085/gamenm_review.html |title=Game, Net & Match |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030709063824/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/014/085/gamenm_review.html |archivedate=July 9, 2003 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

| CGW = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Kaiafas |first=Tasos |url=https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_170.pdf |title=Not Pong (Game, Net & Match! Review) |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=170 |date=September 1998 |page=264 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418191417/https://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_170.pdf |archivedate=April 18, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 17, 2023}}

| GSpot = 8.2/10{{cite web |last=Kaiafas |first=Tasos |date=August 14, 1998 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/game-net-and-match-review/1900-2536133/ |title=Game, Net & Match! Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117115433/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sports/gamenetmatch/review.html |archivedate=January 17, 2005 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 17, 2023}}

| GStar = 59%{{cite magazine |title=Game, Net & Match |language=de |magazine=GameStar |publisher=Webedia |date=June 1998}}

| Hyper = 85%{{cite magazine |last=Wildgoose |first=David |url=https://archive.org/details/hyper-058/page/78/mode/2up |title=Game, Net & Match |magazine=Hyper |publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd |issue=58 |date=August 1998 |page=78 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

| IGN = 6/10{{cite web |last=Bates |first=Jason |date=August 12, 1998 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/13/game-net-match |title=Game, Net & Match |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418205855/https://www.ign.com/articles/1998/08/13/game-net-match |archivedate=April 18, 2023 |url-status=live |accessdate=September 17, 2023}}

| NGen = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_45/page/n141/mode/2up |title=Game, Net & Match |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=45 |date=September 1998 |page=140 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

| PCA = 6/10{{cite magazine |last=Smith |first=Rob |url=https://archive.org/details/PCXL02Oct1998/page/n129/mode/2up |title=Game, Net & Match |magazine=PC Accelerator |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=2 |date=October 1998 |page=123 |accessdate=December 29, 2020}}

| PCGUK = 62%{{cite magazine |last=Pierce |first=Matthew |url=http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=469 |title=Game, Net & Match |magazine=PC Gamer UK |publisher=Future Publishing |issue=59 |date=September 1998 |page=112 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010106030500/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=469 |archivedate=January 6, 2001 |accessdate=September 17, 2023}}

| PCGUS = 65%{{cite magazine |last=Smolka |first=Rob |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/107.html |title=Game, Net & Match |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=5 |issue=9 |date=September 1998 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991225034741/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/107.html |archivedate=December 25, 1999 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

| PCZone = 80%{{cite magazine |last=Shoemaker |first=Richie |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_66_August_1998/page/n119/mode/2up |title=Game, Net & Match |magazine=PC Zone |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=66 |date=August 1998 |page=121 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

| rev1 = The Cincinnati Enquirer

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite news |last=Bottorff |first=James |year=1998 |url=http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/gamenetmatch.html |title=Game, Net & Match way beyond Pong |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |publisher=Gannett Company |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19991009045702/http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/gamenetmatch.html |archivedate=October 9, 1999 |accessdate=December 7, 2020}}

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

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