Tennis is one of 17 launch games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in North America and Europe.

The game features single-player and two-player modes for singles and doubles matches, with either competitive or cooperative gameplay.

[7][additional citation(s) needed] It was re-released for the North American launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System in October 1985.

[12] In Japan, Game Machine listed VS. Tennis in its March 15, 1984 issue as the most successful table arcade cabinet of the month.

[15] In the United States, Vs. Tennis topped the arcade software conversion kit charts of RePlay (July 1984)[16] and Play Meter (August 1984).