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
Series	Virtua 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 system	Sega 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.