Play Tie-break Online
Swing a tiny racket at a janky ball, trying not to mistime it by a frame—the AI punishes every flub, and local multiplayer turns into keyboard-slamming chaos. That *thok* sound when you connect? Weirdly perfect.
Game Overview
Remember when tennis games didn’t need flashy graphics or celebrity voiceovers to be fun? Tie-break on MS-DOS was exactly that—just you, a tiny racket, and a ball that somehow felt more satisfying to hit than it had any right to. The controls were dead simple: move, swing, and pray your timing wasn’t off by a millisecond.
What I loved was how brutally honest it was. No power-ups, no fancy courts—just raw, janky tennis where every missed shot felt like your fault. The AI could be ruthless, especially in tie-breaks (hence the name), and playing against a friend on the same keyboard usually ended with someone accusing the other of cheating. The sound of the ball hitting the racket? Weirdly addictive, like a digital ASMR trigger.
It’s one of those games that makes you realize how much fun we used to squeeze out of so little. If you’ve got a DOS emulator lying around, dust it off for this one.
Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".
Download Tie-break ROM
You can download this ROM to play Tie-break offline using an MS-DOS emulator (Top Emulators).
*This ROM is provided for backup and educational purposes only.
