Tennis (1984 video game)
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Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD Intelligent Systems[1] |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo
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Designer(s) | Shigeru Miyamoto[2] |
Series | Mario Tennis |
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Genre(s) | Sports |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Tennis[a] is a sports game developed and released by Nintendo for the NES. In North America and Europe, Tennis was one of 17 launch games for the NES. The game was also later released for the Game Boy as a launch title in North America.
Gameplay
The game features single-player and two-player modes for singles and doubles matches, with either competitive or cooperative gameplay. A computerized opponent's artificial intelligence can be set to one of five difficulty levels. Mario referees the matches.
Release
Rereleases
In 1985, Hudson Soft published Tennis for the PC-8801. It was also included in the Nintendo Vs. System series under the name Vs. Tennis.[b] Nintendo ported the game to the Game Boy in 1989, and to the Nintendo e-Reader in 2002.
The original version is embedded in the life simulation game Animal Crossing (2001), and features in the party video game WarioWare: Twisted! (2004) as one of 9-Volt's minigames. For the Virtual Console, Nintendo republished the Famicom/NES version of Tennis to the Wii in 2006 and the Wii U in 2013 and the Game Boy version to the Nintendo 3DS in 2011.[4][5][6] This version was also added to Nintendo Switch Online in late 2018.[7]
References
In Japan, Game Machine listed Vs. Tennis on their March 15, 1984 issue as being the most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[8]
Notes
References
- ^ INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CO., LTD. ゲームソフト Archived August 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kohler, Chris. "Miyamoto Spills Donkey Kong's Darkest Secrets, 35 Years Later". Wired. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
- ^ "Nico Nico Rarities: Tennis for MZ-1500". YouTube. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/xSgqzbHeQ932kzeuikje2YNTkSFT0czQ
- ^ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/TdIMMXukgaYF1FVxO2aSJVPKWZ-AGnTa
- ^ https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Rwf2zSpTnwqZYVAGArxhDSsPJyJxAyWo
- ^ Life, Nintendo (May 11, 2018). "Guide: Nintendo Switch Online FAQ - Everything We Know So Far". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 232. Amusement Press, Inc. March 15, 1984. p. 31.
See also
- Jimmy Connors Tennis (1993)
- List of Nintendo Entertainment System games
- Super Tennis (1991)
- Top Players' Tennis (1990)
External links
- 1984 video games
- Famicom Disk System games
- Game Boy games
- Hudson Soft games
- Intelligent Systems games
- Multiplayer and single-player video games
- NEC PC-8001 games
- NEC PC-8801 games
- Nintendo arcade games
- Nintendo e-Reader games
- Nintendo Entertainment System games
- Nintendo Research & Development 1 games
- Nintendo Vs. Series games
- PlayChoice-10 games
- Sharp X1 games
- Tennis video games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Virtual Console games
- Virtual Console games for Wii U
- Video games designed by Shigeru Miyamoto