Tennis

Name:	Tennis
Company:	Activision
Model #:	AG-007
Programmer:	Allan Miller
Year:	1981
Released?	Yes

Remember when our ancestors used to go outside and actually play sports?  How far we've come since then!  Why go and get all sweaty playing tennis when you can just plug in Activision's Tennis cartridge and get the same thrill without all that hard work?  Gee I don't know why I'm out of shape, I play 3 hours of Tennis everyday!

Tennis was one of Activision's first game titles, and although the graphics are fairly simplistic the gameplay is very well done.  Tennis isn't nearly as mindless as it looks, each player must carefully place their shots on their racket to get the most effective angle.  Programmer Allan Miller was an avid tennis player so he tried to make the game as realistic as possible, and it shows.  It was close attention to details like that made Activision stand out among a sea of mediocre companies.