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Family Tennis

by Namco Limited·published by Namco Limited

11 December 198724
NES

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Family Tennis is Namco's first tennis game, it features a roster of sixteen players (twelve male and four female) all based on real-life professional tennis players at the time, such as Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf. The game includes six tournaments, including the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, and offers play on grass, clay, and hardcourts, as well as a unique "cosmo" surface that takes place in outer space with astronaut ballboys.

There are three modes of play to choose from: exhibition, tournament and world tour. Exhibition mode consists of a single exhibition match for one or two players, while Tournament mode allows up to eight players to face off in a singles tourney. Both of these modes also include a "Watch" option, in which all players are controlled by the computer. World Tour mode takes the player through an entire year on tour playing against computer-controlled opponents, using a password save system. Doubles matches aren't available in any mode though.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Players

2 offline

Ported as

Vs. Family TennisFamily Tennis

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
Japanese——

Also known as

ファミリーテニス — Japanese title - original

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Facts

Developer

Namco Limited

Publisher

Namco Limited

Released

11 December 1987

Platforms

NES

Tags

Diagonal-down2D scrollingTennis