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Virtua Tennis

System(s): Game Boy Advance

Publisher: Infogrames Europe (Europe), THQ (US)

Developer: Altron, Hitmaker (supervisor)

Peripherals supported: Game Link Cable

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2002-10-01^[5]	$29.9929.99^[6]	AGB-P-AVTE AGB-AVTE-USA
DE	2003-02-28		AGB-P-AVTP AGB-AVTP-EUR
ES	2003-02-28		AGB-P-AVTP AGB-AVTP-EUR
FR	2003-02-28^[4]		AGB-P-AVTP AGB-AVTP-EUR
UK	2003-03-07^[1]^[2]	£29.9929.99^[3]	AGB-P-AVTP AGB-AVTP-EUR
FI	2003-02-28		AGB-P-AVTP AGB-AVTP-EUR

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The Game Boy Advance version of Virtua Tennis is a tennis game originally released in late 2002. Despite its name it is not a port of the original Virtua Tennis, as it has a different character roster and female players, first introduced in Virtua Tennis 2.

Gameplay

Players

Unlike "major" entries in the series, the Game Boy Advance Virtua Tennis only has the license to use the likenesses of Venus and Serena Williams. All other players are fictional.

	Andrew Carter (USA)

	Rolf Svensson (Sweden)

	Roberto Franco (Spain)

	Eddy Souw (China)

	Hans Wensman (Germany)

	Laurent Pierre (France)

	Venus Williams (USA)

	Serena Williams (USA)

	Greta Rothman (Germany)

	Marie Delon (France)

	Junko Fuji (Japan)

	Margarita Perez (Spain)

Production credits

Main article: Virtua Tennis (Game Boy Advance)/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Tennis (Game Boy Advance)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Advance (UK)

PAL

85

^[7]

big.N (DE)

PAL

86

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[6]

G-Force (UK)

92

^[3]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

86

^[9]

NGC Magazine (UK)

PAL

85

^[10]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[11]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[12]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

86

^[13]

The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK)

PAL

88

^[14]

Quit (IT)

70

^[15]

Total Advance (UK)

PAL

91

^[16]

	81
Based on 12 reviews

Virtua Tennis (Game Boy Advance)

Game Boy Advance, US
Cover
Cart

Game Boy Advance, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	e52a3ab8
MD5	820a03dcd47b4d8aec4b09b6d0f95d56
SHA-1	d200653b31c7fc150e9e84b53370ce4f40a10d43

8MB

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	e0bd3b75
MD5	bfb5a63fde75becb342f5d0e9a8e0da2
SHA-1	2bf5363d24c4ec6de8aafae1bffc84113eaed0a2

8MB

Cartridge (US)

External links

Nintendo catalogue pages: US (archive)

References

↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=7991 (Wayback Machine: 2003-05-25 04:50)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk:80/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007M8KH (Wayback Machine: 2004-10-29 09:40)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 G-Force, "February 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 64
↑ https://www.amazon.fr/S%C3%A9ga-Virtua-Tennis/dp/B00007M8KH/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-21 21:39)
↑ http://nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1146 (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-11 15:25)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "January 2003" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Advance, "Summer 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 41
↑ big.N, "Oktober 2002" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 98
↑ Hyper, "July 2003" (AU; 2003-06-04), page 73
↑ NGC Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-20), page 69
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-14), page 79
↑ Nintendo Power, "November 2002" (US; 2002-1x-xx), page 230
↑ N-Zone, "03/03" (DE; 2003-02-19), page 63
↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 129
↑ Quit, "Marzo 2003" (IT; 2003-0x-xx), page 34
↑ Total Advance, "Issue 36" (UK; 2002-12-19), page 42

Virtua Tennis (Game Boy Advance)
	Main page \| Credits \| Magazine articles \| Reception No results

Games in the Virtua Tennis* Series*
	Virtua Tennis (1999) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2006) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis (2000) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
	Virtua Tennis (2002) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2 (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2003)
	Virtua Tennis: World Tour (2005) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
	Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (2011)
	Virtua Tennis Challenge (2012) \| Virtua Tennis Challenge Free (2012)
Sampler Discs
Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) \| Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx)

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[:File:GForce_UK_10.pdf_p64-3] 3.0 ^3.1 G-Force, "February 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 64

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190621213903.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fwww.amazon.fr.2FS.25C3.25A9ga-Virtua-Tennis.2Fdp.2FB00007M8KH.2F-4] ttps://www.amazon.fr/S%C3%A9ga-Virtua-Tennis/dp/B00007M8KH/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-21 21:39)

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[:File:GamePro_US_172.pdf_p68-6] 6.0 ^6.1 GamePro, "January 2003" (US; 200x-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:Advance_UK_04.pdf_p41-7] Advance, "Summer 2003" (UK; 2003-xx-xx), page 41

[:File:BigN_DE_2002-10.pdf_p98-8] big.N, "Oktober 2002" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 98

[:File:Hyper_AU_117.pdf_p73-9] Hyper, "July 2003" (AU; 2003-06-04), page 73

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_078.pdf_p69-10] NGC Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-20), page 69

[:File:NOM_UK_126.pdf_p79-11] Nintendo Official Magazine, "March 2003" (UK; 2003-02-14), page 79

[12] Nintendo Power, "November 2002" (US; 2002-1x-xx), page 230

[:File:NZone_DE_2003-03.pdf_p63-13] N-Zone, "03/03" (DE; 2003-02-19), page 63

[:File:ONM_UK_001.pdf_p129-14] The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 129

[:File:Quit_IT_01.pdf_p34-15] Quit, "Marzo 2003" (IT; 2003-0x-xx), page 34

[:File:TotalAdvance_UK_36.pdf_p42-16] Total Advance, "Issue 36" (UK; 2002-12-19), page 42

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Games in the Virtua Tennis* Series*
	Virtua Tennis (1999) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2006) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis (2000) \| Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
	Virtua Tennis (2002) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2 (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2002)
	Virtua Tennis (2003)
	Virtua Tennis: World Tour (2005) \| Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
	Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) \| Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) \| Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
	Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (2011)
	Virtua Tennis Challenge (2012) \| Virtua Tennis Challenge Free (2012)
Sampler Discs
Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) \| Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx)