Tennis

January 14, 1984 Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D1 Hudson Soft, Nintendo
Sport
fds Arcade PC-8800 Series x1 Wii famicom WiiU NES
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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 set to one of five difficulty levels. Mario referees the matches.
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Release Date January 14, 1984
Developer Intelligent Systems, Nintendo R&D1
Publisher Hudson Soft, Nintendo
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective Bird view / Isometric
Themes Non-fiction