Virtua Tennis (video game)

Virtua Tennis
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Sega AM3
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Katsumoto Tatsukawa
Producer(s)Mie Kumagai
Designer(s)Kazuko Noguchi
Programmer(s)Mitsuharu Saikawa
Composer(s)Chiho Kobayashi
SeriesVirtua Tennis
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Advance, N-Gage
Release
December 1999
  • Arcade
    • JP: December 1999
    • WW: 1999
    Dreamcast
    • NA: July 11, 2000[1]
    • EU: September 8, 2000
    • JP: November 23, 2000
    Windows
    • EU: March 15, 2002
    • JP: July 11, 2002
    • NA: September 25, 2002
    Game Boy Advance
    • NA: October 7, 2002[2]
    • EU: March 7, 2003
    N-Gage
    • EU: December 5, 2003
    • NA: December 8, 2003
Genre(s)Sports game
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega NAOMI

Virtua Tennis, known in Japan as Power Smash (パワースマッシュ, Pawā Sumasshu), is a 1999 tennis arcade game created by Sega. The player competes through tennis tournaments in an arcade mode. It was ported to the Dreamcast in 2000, and to Windows in 2002. A Game Boy Advance version was also released in 2002, followed by an N-Gage version in 2003. For the home console market, the game was expanded with the introduction of the campaign mode.

A sequel, Virtua Tennis 2, was released for arcades in 2001 and was ported to the Dreamcast the same year and to the PlayStation 2 in 2002. An updated version was released on the PlayStation Portable in 2005, under the name Virtua Tennis: World Tour. 2006 saw the release of Virtua Tennis 3 for arcades (using the Sega Lindbergh hardware). Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Windows versions were released in 2007. Virtua Tennis 2009 was released in 2009 on the Windows, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii platforms.[3][4] Virtua Tennis 4 was released in 2011 on the same four platforms, but also had an arcade version which was released later, as well as a PlayStation Vita port released in 2012. The latest addition to the franchise, Virtua Tennis Challenge, was released in 2012 on Android and iOS.

  1. ^ Anoop Gantayat (July 11, 2000). "Virtua Tennis Ships". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. ^ IGN staff (October 7, 2002). "Virtua Tennis Virtually Here". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  3. ^ Ellie Gibson (February 5, 2009). "SEGA announces Virtua Tennis 2009". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Amazon.com: Virtua Tennis 2009: Video Games". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 14, 2018.