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Virtua Tennis
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega NAOMI GD-ROM, Sega Dreamcast, Windows PC
Publisher:
Arcade (NAOMI)
Arcade (NAOMI GD-ROM)
Sega Dreamcast
Sega
Windows PC
Sega PC
Windows PC
Empire Interactive (Europe)
Windows PC
Activision Value Publishing (US)
Developer:
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Fishing Controller, Jump Pack, Dreamcast Keyboard, Dreamcast Modem, Visual Memory Unit, Dreamcast VGA Box
Genre: Sports[2][3][4][5]

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (NAOMI)
JP		 ¥? 840-0015C
Arcade (NAOMI)
US		 $? 840-0015C
Arcade (NAOMI GD-ROM)
JP		 ¥? ?






















Sega Dreamcast
JP 		¥5,800 (6,090)5,800e[3] HDR-0113
Sega Rating: All Ages
Sega Dreamcast
US 		$49.9949.99[8] 51054
ESRB: Everyone
Sega Dreamcast
US
(Sega All Stars) 		51054
ESRB: Everyone
Sega Dreamcast
EU 		MK-51054-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
EU
(White Label)
Sega Dreamcast
DE 		MK-51054-50
USK: 0
Sega Dreamcast
FR 		MK-51054-50
SELL: Tous Publics
Sega Dreamcast
UK 		£39.9939.99[10][11] MK-51054-50
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
AU 		$89.9589.95[12]
Windows PC
JP 		¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)[13] HCJ-0326
Sega Rating: All Ages
Windows PC
US
ESRB: Everyone
Windows PC
DE 		EI-1439
USK: 0
Windows PC
DE
(Xplosiv)
USK: 0
Windows PC
ES
aDeSe: Todos los Publicos
Windows PC
ES
(FX Interactive) 		MVM05
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Windows PC
ES
(Xplosiv)
aDeSe: Todos los Publicos
Windows PC
FR
SELL: Tous Publics
Windows PC
UK 		EI-1439
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Windows PC
UK
(Xplosiv) 		EI-1557
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Windows PC
SE
(PC Best Buy)
Windows PC
IT 		EI-1439
ELSPA: 3+ OK
Windows PC
IT
(Xplosiv) 		EI-1557
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Windows PC
HU
(EVM)
DJCTQ
Missing Parameter!

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 in 2002.

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 Fishing Controller. The Game Boy Advance and N-Gage versions of Virtua Tennis are different games.

Gameplay

Players

Virtua Tennis only includes male players, specifically those active in the game during the late 1990s. Female players were not introdced until Virtua Tennis 2.

United States of America Jim Courier
Courier retired from the game in 2000, although is still retained in the 2002 PC version.
Germany Tommy Haas
United Kingdom Tim Henman
Sweden Thomas Johansson
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Spain Carlos Moyá
Australia Mark Philippoussis
Mark Philippoussis is absent from the PC version of the game due to licensing issues.
France Cédric Pioline
King
Hidden character.
Master
Hidden character.

History

Release

In North America, Foote, Cone & Belding's "naked man in a locker room" print advertisement garnered several complaints, forcing Charles Bellfield to defend it publically[14].

50,000 copies of the game were sold in the US within four days[15].

In the US the title sold 368,035 units through January 2003 according to NPD Group. In the UK it officially debuted with 9,598 units in the week ending September 9th, 2000, making it the top selling game across all formats for that week according to Chart-Track, bringing the total to 10,246 units after a small number of additional copies were sold early by some retailers the previous week. In Japan it debuted at number two in the Famitsu charts with 31,483 units in the week ending November 26th, 2000, and finishing the year with a total of 50,824 sales.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Virtua Tennis Virtua Tennis
English (US) Virtua Tennis Virtua Tennis
Japanese パワースマッシュ PowerSmash

Production credits

Dreamcast version

Original Game ©Sega Corporation, 1999, 2000
©Sega/Hitmaker, 2000
Source:
In-game credits (JP)


©Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1999, 2000
Source:
In-game credits


Source:
US manual

Digital manuals

  • US manual (NAOMI cabinet)

Magazine articles

Main article: Virtua Tennis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

VirtuaTennis Arcade US DigitalFlyer.pdf

PDF
NAOMI US digital flyer
VirtuaTennis Arcade US DigitalFlyer.pdf
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in GamePro (US) #143: "August 2000" (2000-0x-xx)
also published in:
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Next Level (AR) #19: "Agosto 2000" (2000-xx-xx)
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Dreamcast Magazine (JP) #2000-36ex: "2000-36 extra (2000-11-17ex)" (2000-11-03)
also published in:
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #2000-10: "10/2000" (2000-09-06)
Logo-pdf.svg
Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in Neo Plus (PL) #30: "Marzec 2001" (2001-xx-xx)
also published in:
Logo-pdf.svg
576 kb 2002-03 HU VT advert.png
Print advert in 576 KByte (HU) #2002-03: "Március 2002" (2002-xx-xx)
576 kb 2002-03 HU VT advert.png

Artwork

  • VirtuaTennis logo.jpg
  • VirtuaTennis DC Art HAAS.JPG
  • VirtuaTennis DC Art HENMAN.JPG
  • VirtuaTennis DC Art MOYA.JPG
  • VirtuaTennis DC Art PIOLINE.JPG

Physical scans

NAOMI version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 [23]
Arcade
 100
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Arcade
 N/A
Based on
0 reviews

Virtua Tennis

NAOMI, JP
Notavailable.svg
"Long" instructions
Notavailable.svg
"Long" instructions (2)
Notavailable.svg
"Long" instructions (3)
VirtuaTennis NAOMI Cart.jpg
Cart

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 [24]
100 [25]
90 №13
87 [26]
92 [27]
80 [28]
83 №624, p33
98
95 2000-07-12
94 №98, p74/75
100
90 [29]
Sega Dreamcast
 91
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
576 Konzol (HU)
97
[30]
Ação Games (BR)
80
[31]
Arcade (UK) PAL
75
[32]
Bonus (YU) NTSC
91
[33]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
94
[34]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[10]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
90
[35]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
90
[11]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
90
[36]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
87
[26]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[37]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
92
[27]
Edge (UK) NTSC-U
80
[38]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
83
[39]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
79
[40]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
83
[41]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
89
[42]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
94
[43]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
95
[44]
Game Station (UK)
90
[45]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
91
[46]
Hyper (AU) PAL
90
[12]
Joypad (FR) PAL
90
[47]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
87
[48]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
88
[49]
Neo Plus (PL)
90
[50]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
100
[51]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[52]
Playmag (FR) PAL
90
[53]
Play (PL)
96
[54]
PSX Extreme (PL)
87
[55]
Power Unlimited (NL)
95
[56]
Sega Magazin (DE) NTSC-U
88
[57]
Strana Igr (RU)
90
[58]
Video Games (DE) PAL
87
[59]
Sega Dreamcast
 89
Based on
35 reviews

Virtua Tennis

Dreamcast, JP
VirtuaTennis DC JP Box Back.jpgNospine-small.pngVirtuaTennis DC JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Dreamcast, US
VirtuaTennis DC US Box Back.jpgVirtuaTennis DC US Box Front.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis DC US Disc.jpg
Disc
VirtuaTennisDCUSInlay.jpg
Inlay
Dreamcast, US (Sega All Stars)
VirtuaTennis DC US Box Back SAS.jpgVirtuaTennis DC US Box Front SAS.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis DC US Disc SAS.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, EU
Virtuatennis dc pal backcover.jpgVirtuatennis dc pal frontcover.jpg
Cover
Virtuatennis dc pal disc.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, EU (white label)

VirtuaTennis DC EU Disc White.jpg
Disc
Dreamcast, PL
Virtuatennis dc PL backcover.jpgNospine-small.pngVirtuatennis dc PL frontcover.jpg
Cover

PC version

PC, JP
VirtuaTennis PC JP cover.jpg
Cover
PC, US
VirtuaTennis PC US cover.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis PC US Disc.jpg
Disc
PC, UK
VirtuaTennis PC UK Box.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis PC EU disc.jpg
Disc
PC, UK (Xplosiv)
VirtuaTennis PC UK Box Xplosiv.jpg
Cover
PC, FR
VirtuaTennis PC FR cover.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis PC EU disc.jpg
Disc
PC, DE
VirtuaTennis PC DE front.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis PC DE Box.jpg
Case cover
PC, DE (Xplosiv)
VirtuaTennis PC DE Box Xplosiv.jpg
Cover
PC, ES
VirtuaTennis PC ES Box.jpg
Cover
PC, ES (FX Interactive)
VirtuaTennis PC ES Box FX.jpg
Cover
VirtuaTennis PC ES Disc FX.jpg
Disc
PC, ES (Xplosiv)
VirtuaTennis PC ES Box Xplosiv.jpg
Cover
PC, IT
VirtuaTennis PC IT cover.jpg
Cover
PC, IT (Xplosiv Gold)
VirtuaTennis PC IT xp cover.jpg
Cover
PC, SE/NO/FI/DK (PC Best Buy)
VirtuaTennis PC SE-NO-FI-DK Box.jpg
Cover
PC, HU (EVM)
VirtuaTennis PC HU evm cover.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 170
  2. ↑ File:VirtuaTennis DC JP Box Back.jpg
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://sega.jp/dc/001111/ (Wayback Machine: 2014-08-03 00:12)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://sega.jp/pc/powsma/ (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-01 08:34)
  5. ↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-09 14:09)
  6. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-18 (2000-05-26)" (JP; 2000-05-12), page 151
  7. ↑ http://www.sega.com:80/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=212 (Wayback Machine: 2003-12-13 00:54)
  8. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September/October 2000" (US; 2000-08-01), page 91
  9. ↑ http://www.sega.jp/release/nr000901_5.html (Wayback Machine: 2005-02-09 19:30)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 98
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 DC-UK, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-02), page 56
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Hyper, "October 2000" (AU; 2000-08-23), page 68
  13. ↑ http://sega.jp/search/result.php?page=6&pf=11 (Wayback Machine: 2017-03-03 23:30)
  14. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 47
  15. ↑ Edge, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-14), page 20
  16. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 134
  17. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-38 (2000-12-01)" (JP; 2000-11-17), page 2
  18. ↑ Neo Plus, "Kwiecień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
  19. ↑ Neo Plus, "Maj 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
  20. ↑ Neo Plus, "Czerwiec 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 100
  21. ↑ Neo Plus, "Lipiec-Sierpień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
  22. ↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2001" (PL; 2001-xx-xx), page 84
  23. ↑ Arcade, "January 2000" (UK; 1999-12-30), page 103
  24. ↑ Arcade, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-11), page 82/83 (82)
  25. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-16), page 98-99 (98)
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-38 (2000-12-01)" (JP; 2000-11-17), page 20
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 32
  28. ↑ Edge, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-14), page 94/95 (94)
  29. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 66-70 (66)
  30. ↑ 576 Konzol, "December 2000" (HU; 2000-xx-xx), page 42
  31. ↑ Ação Games, "Setembro 2000" (BR; 2000-xx-xx), page 65
  32. ↑ Arcade, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-11), page 82
  33. ↑ Bonus, "6/2000" (YU; 2000-08-25), page 50
  34. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 66
  35. ↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 66
  36. ↑ Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Septembre/Octobre 2000" (FR; 2000-0x-xx), page 54
  37. ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 12" (UK; 2000-08-10), page 42
  38. ↑ Edge, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-14), page 94
  39. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-08), page 156
  40. ↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 293
  41. ↑ Famitsu, "2000-12-01" (JP; 2000-11-17), page 33
  42. ↑ Fun Generation, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-23), page 54
  43. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 9: September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 86
  44. ↑ GamePro, "September 2000" (US; 2000-0x-xx), page 114
  45. ↑ Game Station (UK) (+0:00)
  46. ↑ Gamers' Republic, "August 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 83
  47. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 114
  48. ↑ MAN!AC, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 52
  49. ↑ Mega Fun, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 38
  50. ↑ Neo Plus, "Wrzesień 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 32
  51. ↑ Next Generation, "September 2000" (US; 2000-08-15), page 107
  52. ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 66
  53. ↑ Playmag, "Septembre 2000" (FR; 2000-xx-xx), page 102
  54. ↑ Play, "Listopad 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 20
  55. ↑ PSX Extreme, "03/2001" (PL; 2001-0x-xx), page 39
  56. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 8, Nummer 9, September 2000" (NL; 2000-0x-xx), page 50
  57. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September 2000" (DE; 2000-07-31), page 14
  58. ↑ Strana Igr, "Avgust 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 64
  59. ↑ Video Games, "09/2000" (DE; 2000-08-02), page 68


Virtua Tennis

Virtuatennis title.png

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Sega Dreamcast
Demos: Power Smash Taikenban (2000)

Sega Dreamcast
Prototypes: 2000-04-11



Games in the Virtua Tennis Series
Arcade
 Virtua Tennis (1999) | Virtua Tennis 2 (2001) | Virtua Tennis 3 (2006) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Sega Dreamcast
 Virtua Tennis (2000) | Virtua Tennis 2 (2001)
Windows PC
 Virtua Tennis (2002) | Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) | Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Sony PlayStation 2
 Virtua Tennis 2 (2002)
Game Boy Advance
 Virtua Tennis (2002)
N-Gage
 Virtua Tennis (2003)
Sony PlayStation Portable
 Virtua Tennis: World Tour (2005) | Virtua Tennis 3 (2007)
Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 3
 Virtua Tennis 3 (2007) | Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Nintendo Wii
 Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009) | Virtua Tennis 4 (2011)
Sony PlayStation Vita
 Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition (2011)
Google Android OS
iOS
 Virtua Tennis Challenge (2012) | Virtua Tennis Challenge Free (2012)
Sampler Discs
Sega Dreamcast
Power Smash Taikenban (20xx) | Power Smash 2 Taikenban (20xx)
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