Virtual Open Tennis

n/a

NTSC-U/PAL
NTSC-J

Virtual Open Tennis

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US, Europe), Imagineer (Japan)

Developer: Imagineer

Distributor: Arcadia Software (ES), Roadshow Entertainment (AU)

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (11 tracks)

Peripherals supported: 6Player

Genre: Sports/Tennis (スポーツ/テニス)^[1], Sports^[2] (tennis)

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1995-10-27^[2]	¥7,8007,800	T-15007G
US	1996-05-31^[3]	$49.9949.99^[4]	T-8129H
EU	1996-06-06		T-8129H-50
DE	1996-06-06		T-8129H-50
PT	199x
UK	1996-06-06^[5]	£44.9944.99^[6]	T-8129H-50
PL	1996

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Virtual Open Tennis (バーチャルオープンテニス) is a tennis game for the Sega Saturn.

Production credits

Executive Producer: Takayuki Kamikura
Director: Ichiro Honma
Marketing Director: Seiji Tashiro, Shuhei Iida, Hideyuki Kashimura
Advertising Director: Kohichiro Sakurai, Masahiro Uramoto
Supervisor: Shoichi Iida
Planner: Shinya Kawamura, Munehiro Terayama
Main programmer: Shinji Kimura
Sub Programmer: Makoto Shiozumi, Koichi Nishino
Designer: Koji Noguchi, Yoshinori Ono, Chie Tsubota
Assistant Designer: Yoko Inou, Megumi Nakamura, Daisuke Ishiwatari
Sound Creator: Katsuhiro Hayashi, George Iijima, Koichi Namiki
Voice Recording Staff: Hideyuki Tanaka, Hiroyuki Shibue, Masatsugu Kokubun
Radio Actor: Mic Bond
Imagineer Debuggers: Takanori Hanabusa, Atsuki Takeda, Yoshihisa Ohmaki, Masayoshi Nagai, Norio Kobayashi, Yumiko Tazawa, Naoyo Tamagawa, Mizuka Takahashi
Special Thanks: Junichi Tsuchiya, Noboru Machida, Hideki Katagiri, Nobuo Matsushima, Takashi Matsuda, Hiroshi Oka, Atsushi Ohsuga, Naoko Shida, Yoji Sato, Takeshi Motoki, Toshihide Ozeki, Mitsuru Kenmoku, Fin.
Presented by: Imagineer

Source:

In-game credits^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtual Open Tennis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in (US) #18: "June 1996" (1996-05-21)
also published in:

(US) #93: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[8]
(US) #19: "July 1996" (1996-06-18)^[9]
(US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)^[10]

Print advert in (UK) #9: "July 1996" (1996-06-20)
also published in:

(UK) #10: "August 1996" (1996-07-20)^[11]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

(FR)

60

^[13]

(FR)

86

^[14]

(JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[15]

(DE)

70

^[16]

(US)

78

^[17]

(US)

NTSC-U

65

^[4]

(ES)

89

^[18]

(FR)

NTSC-J

77

^[19]

(FR)

80

^[20]

(FR)

NTSC-J

80

^[21]

(DE)

PAL

66

^[22]

(UK)

NTSC-J

82

^[23]

(UK)

PAL

78

^[6]

(US)

NTSC-U

50

^[24]

(FR)

PAL

70

^[25]

(NL)

73

^[26]

(JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[27]

(CZ)

71

^[28]

(UK)

PAL

54

^[29]

(UK)

NTSC

75

^[30]

(UK)

PAL

78

^[31]

(UK)

PAL

68

^[32]

(JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[33]

(JP)

NTSC-J

35

^[34]

(UK)

PAL

74

^[35]

(UK)

PAL

74

^[36]

(US)

64

^[37]

(ES)

70

^[38]

(DE)

NTSC-J

69

^[39]

(DE)

PAL

38

^[40]

(US)

NTSC-U

60

^[41]

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Based on 31 reviews

Virtual Open Tennis

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

Saturn, IS
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Virtual Open Tennis/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

554,399,328

CD-ROM (EU)

T-8129H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

552,331,920

1995-09-11

CD-ROM (JP)

T-15007G V1.004

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

554,399,328

CD-ROM (US)

T-8129H V1.000

Track list

1. Data track

2. (BGM00) (0:33)

3. (BGM01) (0:27)

4. (BGM02) (5:06)

5. (BGM03) (4:22)

6. (BGM04) (4:48)

7. (BGM05) (4:50)

8. (BGM06) (2:47)

9. (BGM07) (4:36)

10. (BGM08) (4:30)

11. (BGM09) (5:09)

12. (BGM10) (4:39)

► Running time: 41:47

Extra content

This game has extra content which can be viewed when accessing the disc on a PC.

Saturn (JP) Extra files
Folder / File	Type	Size	description
README.DOC	TXT	32,768	Messages from the developers.

References

Virtual Open Tennis
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

[:File:VOT_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:VOT Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200320230433.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fss.2Fsoft_licensee1.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-03-20 23:04)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F19970606055131.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.sega-saturn.com.2Fsaturn.2Fother.2Fjune-n.htm-3] ttp://www.sega-saturn.com/saturn/other/june-n.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:51)

[:File:GamePro_US_096.pdf_p86-4] 4.0 ^4.1 GamePro, "September 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p48-5] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf_p91-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 91

[:File:VirtualOpenTennis_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf_p-7] File:VirtualOpenTennis_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf

[:File:GamePro_US_093.pdf_p79-8] GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:NextGeneration_US_19.pdf_p88-9] Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 88

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p7-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 7

[:File:SSM_UK_10.pdf_p33-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-20), page 33

[12] GamesMaster, "August 1996" (UK; 1996-07-04), page 52

[:File:CDConsoles_FR_15.pdf_p90-13] CD Consoles, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_049.pdf_p118-14] Consoles +, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 118

[15] Famitsu, "1995-11-03" (JP; 1995-10-20), page 32

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-01.pdf_p64-16] Fun Generation, "01/96" (DE; 1995-12-20), page 64

[:File:GameFan_US_0402.pdf_p84-17] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 2: February 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_056.pdf_p84-18] Hobby Consolas, "Mayo 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:Joypad_FR_Supplement_048.pdf_p30-19] Joypad, "Décembre 1995 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 30

[:File:Joypad_FR_051.pdf_p42-20] Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 42

[:File:MegaForce_FR_46.pdf_p75-21] Mega Force, "Janvier 1996" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-06.pdf_p74-22] Mega Fun, "06/96" (DE; 1996-05-15), page 74

[:File:MeanMachinesSega39UK.pdf_p77-23] Mean Machines Sega, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-xx), page 77

[:File:NextGeneration_US_21.pdf_p152-24] Next Generation, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 152

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_062.pdf_p101-25] Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 101

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_031_199604.pdf_p51-26] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 4/April 1996" (NL; 1996-0x-xx), page 51

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-13_19951222.pdf_p78-27] Saturn Fan, "1995 12-22" (JP; 1995-12-08), page 78

[:File:Sega_News_1_CZ.pdf_p23-28] Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:SegaPower_UK_82.pdf_p55-29] Sega Power, "Collectors' Issue 1996" (UK; 1996-07-xx), page 55

[:File:SegaPro_UK_53.pdf_p48-30] Sega Pro, "January 1996" (UK; 1995-11-30), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_61.pdf_p22-31] Sega Pro, "September 1996" (UK; 1996-07-xx), page 22

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p78-32] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 78

[:File:SSM_JP_19951101_1995-11.pdf_p194-33] Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (JP; 1995-10-07), page 194

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p17-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 17

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_01.pdf_p40-35] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue One" (UK; 1996-08-xx), page 40

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p64-36] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 64

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_089.pdf_p118-37] Ultra Game Players, "October 1996" (US; 1996-09-03), page 118

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_10.pdf_p88-38] Última Generación, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-12.pdf_p67-39] Video Games, "12/95" (DE; 1995-11-21), page 67

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-06.pdf_p91-40] Video Games, "6/96" (DE; 1996-05-29), page 91

[:File:VideoGames_US_92.pdf_p77-41] VideoGames, "September 1996" (US; 1996-08-20), page 77

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Virtual Open Tennis

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

Track list

Extra content

References