 A TV Tennis Electrotennis | |
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| Manufacturer | Epoch Co. (developed with Magnavox) |
| Type | Dedicated home video game console |
| Generation | First generation |
| Release date | Japan: September 12, 1975 |
| Introductory price | 19,000 Japanese yen |
| Units sold | Not clear; around 10,000, 20,000 or 3 million |
| Successor | TV Game System 10 |
The TV Tennis Electrotennis (Japanese: テレビテニス,[1][2] 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. (developed in cooperation with Magnavox)[3] on September 12, 1975[1][2] for 19,000 Japanese yen[1][2] only in Japan. It was the first video game console released in Japan.[1][2][3]
It was 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] Depending on the source, it sold about 10,000,[2] 20,000[5] or 3 million units[1] in its lifetime, including about 5,000 units in the first year.[citation needed]
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- ^ a b "エポック社沿革". epoch.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. 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
- ^ 藤田, 直樹 (March 1999). "「ファミコン」登場前の日本ビデオ・ゲーム産業 ―現代ビデオ・ゲーム産業の形成過程(2)―". 經濟論叢. 163 (3): 59–76. doi:10.14989/45271. ISSN 0013-0273.