TV Tennis Electrotennis
 A TV Tennis Electrotennis | |
| Also known as | TV Tennis Electrotennis |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Epoch Co., Magnavox |
| Type | Dedicated home video game console |
| Generation | First generation |
| Release date | Japan: September 12, 1975 |
| Introductory price | 19,000 Japanese yen |
| Units sold | c. 10,000 |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | TV Game System 10 |
The TV Tennis Electrotennis (Japanese: テレビテニス,[1] Hepburn romanzination: Terebitenisu, meaning Television Tennis,[2] commonly abbreviated as TV Tennis or Electrotennis) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was released by Epoch Co. in cooperation with Magnavox[3] on September 12, 1975[1][2] for 19,000 Japanese yen[2] only in Japan. It was the first video game console ever released in Japan.[1][2][3]
It released several months before the release of Home Pong in North America. One unique feature of the TV Tennis Electrotennis is that the console is connected wirelessly to a TV, functioning through an UHF antenna.[4] It sold about 10,000 units,[2] including about 5,000 units in the first year.[citation needed] The successor of the TV Tennis Electrotennis is the TV Game System 10 from 1977.
References
- ^ a b c "Retro-Gaming: Die allererste japanische Videospielkonsole feiert 40. Jubiläum". gamona.de. September 14, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e toarcade (September 12, 2015). "Japan's 1st Video Game Console was released 40 Years ago!". Toarcade. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "エポック社沿革". epoch.jp. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ Martin Picard, The Foundation of Geemu: A Brief History of Early Japanese video games, International Journal of Computer Game Research, 2013