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System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast, Windows PC, Game Boy Advance, Nokia N-Gage | |||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega, Empire Interactive (EU), Activision (US) THQ (US) | |||||||||||||
Developer: Sega AM3, Hitmaker | |||||||||||||
Genre: Sports | |||||||||||||
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Virtua Tennis, called PowerSmash (パワースマッシュ) in Japan, is an arcade game developed by Sega AM3 for the Sega NAOMI arcade board, as either a ROM board or a GD-ROM. It is a tennis game where the user can play as a number of real-life professional tennis players of the era competing in a number of real tournaments. Initially released in 1999, it was ported to the Sega Dreamcast in 2000, and Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance ports surfaced in 2002. A port to the Nokia N-Gage was released in 2003.
At the time of release it was widely regarded as the most realistic tennis simulator ever produced, and received very positive reviews from critics. It has since been followed by a number of sequels, starting with Virtua Tennis 2 in 2001 and ending with the recently released Virtua Tennis 2009.
The Dreamcast version is compatible with the Dreamcast Fishing Controller.
Contents
Production Credits
Arcade Version
Producer: Mie Kumagai
Director: Katsumoto Tatsukawa
Chief Programmer: Mitsuharu Saikawa
Programmers: Kazuyuki Kawanuma, Masayuki Inoue, Takeshi Numazawa
Chief Designer: Kazuko Noguchi
Designers: Takahiro Kajimoto, Harumi Azuma, Kenji Shimizu, Yasuhito Tanaka, Akira Fujiki, Yuko Nishimura
Sound Producer: Chiho Kobayashi
Publicity: Shintaro Takaya
Assistant Director: Masaru Futaki
Localization Team (SOJ): Shinobu Shindo, Kaoru Ichigozaki, Luke Valentine
Technical Advisor: Hans van Veenendaal
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
SOE Product Development: Naohiko Hoshino, Matt O'Driscoll, Akiko Koutstaal, Roberto Parraga-Sanchez, Angelika Michitsch, Dave Thompson
SOE Thanks: Jim Pride, Mat Quaeck
Special Thanks: Fujifilm, Opel, Bridgestone, Yonex, Citizen, evian, weider, Tennis Monthly Magazine, Tennis Goods Nobu, Head, Philips, Dunlop, Babolat, IBM, Volvo
Produced & Created by: Sega
Translated by: Hitmaker
Dreamcast Version
Producer: Mie Kumagai
Director: Katsumoto Tatsukawa
Chief Programmer: Mitsuharu Saikawa
Programmers: Kazuyuki Kawanuma, Masayuki Inoue, Takeshi Numazawa
Chief Designer: Kazuko Noguchi
Designers: Takahiro Kajimoto, Harumi Azuma, Kenji Shimizu, Yasuhito Tanaka, Akira Fujiki, Yuko Nishimura
Sound Producer: Chiho Kobayashi
Publicity: Shintaro Takaya
Assistant Director: Masaru Futaki
Localization Team (SOJ): Shinobu Shindo, Kaoru Ichigozaki, Luke Valentine
Technical Advisor: Hans van Veenendaal
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
SOE Product Development: Naohiko Hoshino, Matt O'Driscoll, Akiko Koutstaal, Roberto Parraga-Sanchez, Angelika Michitsch, Dave Thompson
SOE Thanks: Jim Pride, Mat Quaeck
Special Thanks: Fujifilm, Opel, Bridgestone, Yonex, Citizen, evian, weider, Tennis Monthly Magazine, Tennis Goods Nobu, Head, Philips, Dunlop, Babolat, IBM, Volvo
Presented by: Sega
Translated by: Hitmaker
© Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1999, 2000
~Other credits~
SOA Product Development: Joseph Edwards, June Honma, Pedro Ponce, Michael Rhinehart, Osamu Shibamiya
SOA Marketing: John Golden, Heather Hawkins, Stacey Kerr
Physical Scans
Dreamcast Version
Dreamcast, US (Sega All Stars) |
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PC Version
PC, UK |
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PC, UK (Xplosiv) |
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PC, FR |
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Game Boy Advance Version
N-Gage Version
External Links
Games in the Virtua Tennis Series | |
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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) |