Tennis
Tennis is a 1984 tennis video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released in Japan for the Family Computer on January 14, 1984, a few months after the launch of the Famicom on July 15, 1983. An arcade version titled VS. Tennis released for the Nintendo VS. System the same year, becoming a hit at Japanese and American arcades that year; it was the sixth top-performing arcade game of 1984 in the United States. Tennis is one of 17 launch games for the console in North America and Europe. It was also ported to the Game Boy in 1989, going on sale about a month after the launch of the handheld console in Japan, and becoming one of the five launch titles for North America.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1984
- Developer
- Nintendo
- Platforms
- 3 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 14 January 1984 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nintendo, Nintendo Research & Development 1 |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Steam Deck |
| Genres | tennis video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2700588, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Tennis? How long to beat it
Total play time for Tennis is about 3 hours to do everything, and around 0.7 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 0.7h | 47 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 1.9h | 3 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 3h | 7 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Tennis sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Tennis lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 34ahead of 1% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 32ahead of 74% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Tennis
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Tennis
What platforms is Tennis on?
Tennis is available on Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Steam Deck. It first released in 1984.
Who made Tennis?
Tennis was developed by Nintendo, Nintendo Research & Development 1 and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Tennis?
about 0.7 hours for the main story, 1.9 hours with the main extras, 3 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.