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Tennis (1984)

Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D1

Arcade · Family Computer · Family Computer Disk System · Nintendo Entertainment System · PC-8800 Series · Sharp X1 · Wii · Wii U

2.54 from 120 ratings

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Tennis is a sports game developed and released by Nintendo for the NES. In North America and Europe, Tennis was one of 18 launch games for the NES. A Game Boy version was also released. 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 … Read more
Tennis is a sports game developed and released by Nintendo for the NES. In North America and Europe, Tennis was one of 18 launch games for the NES. A Game Boy version was also released. 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. Read less
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Developers
Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D1
Publishers
Hudson Soft, Nintendo
Genres
Sport
Themes
Non-fiction
Series
Nintendo Sports

Release dates

  • Jan 14, 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer
  • Oct 18, 1985 (Full Release) (North_America) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1
  • Feb 21, 1986 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer Disk System
  • Sep 01, 1986 (Full Release) (Europe) Nintendo Entertainment System
  • 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • Dec 02, 2006 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
  • Dec 18, 2006 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Dec 22, 2006 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
  • Dec 22, 2006 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Oct 10, 2013 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
  • Oct 10, 2013 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
  • Oct 30, 2013 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U

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NSO Classics Collection - NES by Roach · 84 games · 2

Rating distribution

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4
4 stars
13
3 stars
47
2 stars
36
1 star
19
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ApramPepo

Review ApramPepo 2/5 · Sep 27, 2021

Another sport game for the NES on the shelf.

Nintendo continues to make another sport game for the sake of making some games to put on the store shelves. and this one did not disappoint, It's just another sports game with a lot of problems to be on the shelf for the NES's Launch.

Seriously, Nintendo, there were way better Sports games on the Commodore 64, so why not …

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Nintendo continues to make another sport game for the sake of making some games to put on the store shelves. and this one did not disappoint, It's just another sports game with a lot of problems to be on the shelf for the NES's Launch.

Seriously, Nintendo, there were way better Sports games on the Commodore 64, so why not take a few notes from them before making These Sports games.

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Yungbeck

Review Yungbeck 2/5 · Jan 15, 2021

Back and Forth

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One of the lesser Black Box Games in my opinion, and one that I had on NES back in the day but we never really played it. You always saw a copy of 'Tennis' at friends houses who also had the NES. We had Tennis on Game Boy too however, which is a much better game and alternative to Tennis …

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One of the lesser Black Box Games in my opinion, and one that I had on NES back in the day but we never really played it. You always saw a copy of 'Tennis' at friends houses who also had the NES. We had Tennis on Game Boy too however, which is a much better game and alternative to Tennis than this iteration - so go play that instead!

Anyways, it's tennis. You can play a doubles mode with a friend which I bet is way more fun if you share a couch, but we never did that either. There's way better, modern Tennis titles to play instead of this one, but for the sake of history it's worth checking out.

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Mazinkaiser

Review Mazinkaiser 3/5 · May 23, 2020

Tennis: A Volley Or Two

Tennis, much like its sports precursor Baseball, is a game that might get repetitive quickly but has some fun mechanics behind it that feel a bit more intuitive and exciting.

The goal per match is to play either singles or doubles with five different AI gameplay modes. Each serve requires a well timed strike with the A button and must …

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Tennis, much like its sports precursor Baseball, is a game that might get repetitive quickly but has some fun mechanics behind it that feel a bit more intuitive and exciting.

The goal per match is to play either singles or doubles with five different AI gameplay modes. Each serve requires a well timed strike with the A button and must follow rules like staying within the service area. After that, the player can either swing normally or lob the ball with B, allowing a handful of different moves based on position and timing of hitting the ball. The player must be careful not to let the AI get a killer shot in, as well as make sure not to cause Faults, Nets, or Outs in the process. It translates pretty well from actual Tennis rules for six games per set for 2/3 sets.

The graphics are pretty standard with a static audience and a Mario coach and the music forgettable, but the perspective of the court and the physics of the ball are really cool to see for an 8-bit console.

Tennis flexes some more successful mechanical know-how of Nintendo's system and while it's not the most interesting thing it does allow for a few fun matches from time to time. Play Doubles with friends if you can!

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