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US: October 18, 1958. Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Multiplayer. Tennis for Two (also known as Computer Tennis) is a sports video game that simulates a game of tennis, and was one of the first games developed in the early history of video games. American physicist William Higinbotham designed the game in 1958 for display at the Brookhaven National ...
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.
Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Pong is a table tennis –themed twitch arcade sports video game, featuring simple two-dimensional graphics, manufactured by Atari and originally released on 29 November 1972. It is one of the earliest arcade video games; it was created by Allan Alcorn as a training exercise assigned to him ...
Tennis technology. Since the sport's inception, the design and manufacture of tennis equipment has been affected by technological advances and regulations. As is common in major sports, regulations became more exacting over time, with improvements affecting the qualities of the tennis racket and the tennis ball.
A paper prototype made as part of the design process of the video game Diamond Trust of London. Game design is the process of creating and shaping the mechanics, systems and rules of a game. Games can be created for entertainment, education, exercise or experimental purposes. Additionally, elements and principles of game design can be applied ...
EU: October 21, 2005. Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Top Spin is a 2003 tennis video game developed by Salt Lake Games Studio and PAM Development and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox in October 2003. The game was later published by Atari Europe for Windows in 2004 and by 2K for the PlayStation 2 in 2005.
While the console had other sports-themed game cards, they required the use of television overlays while playing similarly to board games or card games. Table Tennis was the only Odyssey game that was entirely electronic and did not require an overlay, introducing a ball-and-paddle game design that showcased the potential of the new video game ...
The winner was Andy Roddick and the runner-up was Cyril Saulnier. The tennis scoring system is a standard widespread method for scoring tennis matches, including pick-up games. Some tennis matches are played as part of a tournament, which may have various categories, such as singles and doubles. The great majority are organised as a single ...