Vs. Tennis

Description

Single or doubles tennis against human or computer players. Match is best of 3 sets. Game operates on both single and dual monitor cabinets.

Vs. Tennis was produced by Nintendo in 1984.

Nintendo released 106 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1970. Nintendo was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Nintendo during the time period Vs. Tennis was produced include: Mario Bros., Mario Bros. (PlayChoice), Tennis, Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong Junior, Excitebike (PlayChoice), Vs. UniSystem, Balloon Fight, Baseball, and Duck Hunt

Specs

Name	Vs. Tennis
Developer	Nintendo (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10372
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color The game uses two monitors.
Conversion Class	Nintendo Vs.
Dipswitch Settings	Vs. Tennis Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	4
# Maximum Players	4
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Vs. Tennis KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.55 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Miscellaneous

This game was designed for the dual-monitor cabinet so that opposing players had their own monitor.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Vs. Tennis Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Vs. Tennis collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 26 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Vs. Tennis machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Vs. Tennis circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 10 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

Since this is a Vs. DualSystem title, in order for the game to work, both sides of the motherboard must be populated with identical ROMs, PPUs and CPUs.

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 173; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 173; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (dc004210d943c86073b4ec5aa28d567a)

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