• Studio: Nintendo
  • Design: Shigeru Miyamoto,Kenji Nakajima,Masayuki Uemura
  • Music: Yukio Kaneoka
  • This Game is: 42 years old / 1983
  • Console: Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Manual: View PDF
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Description

Step back into the world of 1983 with Tennis, a classic sports video game developed by Nintendo. This game was released for the Family Computer (Famicom) in 1984, and subsequently for the Nintendo VS. System as Vs. Tennis. This retro game was a hit in Japanese and American arcades, ranking as the sixth top-performing arcade game of 1984 in the United States. Tennis was one of the 17 initial games launched for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America and Europe. The game was later re-released for the Game Boy as a launch game in North America. Enjoy competitive or cooperative gameplay in single-player or two-player modes. The game features five levels of difficulty against a computerized opponent. The game was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto, Kenji Nakajima and Masayuki Uemura. The soundtrack was composed by Yukio Kaneoka.

Game Controls

The NES version of Tennis is controlled using the NES controller with a cross-shaped joypad and two action buttons. The D-pad controls the player's movement, with the left or right arrow moving in the respective direction. The up or down arrow moves the player up to the net or away from it. The A button makes the player swing, and is also used when serving. The B button lobs the ball. Select on the title screen menu is used to select between a one or two player game, and Start is used to begin a new game or to pause the action mid-game.

Q
(Eject)
E
(Swap Disks)
Enter
(Start)
Z
(A)
X
(B)
V
(Select)