77
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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.6
MobyScore
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Description

Tennis is, as the name implies, Nintendo's version of the sport for the Game Boy. One player vs computer or two players will compete in tennis in a more or less standard suite of rules (scoring, sets etc.).

Players are controlled by the movement buttons, but while button A indicates a low hit, button B indicates a high one. You have the choice of four levels of computer AI, or two player via Game Boy link cable.

Alternate Titles

  • "Tennis-e" -- e-Reader title
  • "Tenisu" -- Japanese title
  • "テニス" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Tennis Game Boy $0.01  
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Tennis    
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User Reviews

A time devourer Lukasz Gorski (13) 3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars3.4 Stars
Quite good a game for a gameboy classic game. Jim Fun (222) unrated
Never been my cup of tea. Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4418) 3.2 Stars3.2 Stars3.2 Stars3.2 Stars3.2 Stars

The Press Says

Total!! UK Magazine Jan, 1992 95 out of 100 95
Power Play Apr, 1990 90 out of 100 90
Video Games Mar, 1991 89 out of 100 89
Mean Machines Nov, 1990 86 out of 100 86
Pocket Magazine / Pockett Videogames Dec 01, 1989 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
VideoGame Jul, 1991 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Jeuxvideo.com Aug 30, 2009 11 out of 20 55
Retroage Jan 28, 2008 4 out of 10 40

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Trivia

Mario

If you look closely at the umpire, he looks very similar to the flagship character for Nintendo, Mario.

Awards

  • Power Play
    • 1987 - #2 Best NES Game '87



This entry was contributed by Corn Popper (69582), CrankyStorming (2317), Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (10796), Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4418) and 雷堂嬢太朗 -jotaro.raido- (46692)
 

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