Retrospective look at the landscape of tennis video games, and why the quantity and quality of tennis video games has decreased as time has gone on. I also review the most recently released tennis game, Matchpoint from Torus Games.
Timestamps below:
Overview 00:41
Retro Era 01:55
Big 3 Era 04:12
Modern Era 08:01
Matchpoint Review 12:01
Future of Tennis Games 16:05
Games Featured:
Tennis for Two (1958)
Tennis (1981)
Tennis (1984)
Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour (1990)
Super Tennis (1991)
Jennifer Capriati Tennis (1992)
David Crane's Amazing Tennis (1992)
Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis (1998)
Hard Hitter Tennis (2002)
Mario Power Tennis (2004)
Outlaw Tennis (2005)
Virtua Tennis 2009 (2009)
Top Spin 4 (2011)
Grand Slam Tennis 2 (2012)
Tennis World Tour (2018)
AO Tennis 2 (2020)
Nintendo Switch Sports (2022)
Matchpoint (2022)
Additional Credits:
Atari Tennis footage from World of Longplays @ • Atari 2600 Longplay [0...
NES Tennis footage from World of Longplays @
• NES Longplay [565] Tennis
Super Tennis footage from LongplayArchive @ • Longplay of Super Tennis
Smash Court Tennis from World of Longplays @ • PSX Longplay [315] Ann...
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