Ushered to the world as an arcade game straight from the nooks and crannies of cinemas and many other arcade centers, Virtua Tennis was probably the first tennis game that worked as a whole. In its current form, Virtua Tennis 2009 (VT2009) is the finest tennis arcade console game money can buy.

These achievements are good, but I cant help thinking they will get completed much sooner than was intended. Overview: Gameplay = 9/10 Sound = 4/10 Graphics = 7/10 Achievements = 9/10 Lifespan = 5/10 Overall = 72% Im giving this game 4 stars, just about.

Not as good as the older one that was on dreamcast but still great for the price and for playing 2 on 2..

Great game for all tennis fans, bought this game for myself but even my young nephew has stole it for his xbox 360 too, it's that good. Can play championship tournments or just for fun, it also has a test your skills game, where you can hit aliens, bowling bowls and other cool stuff with the tennis...

This is still a solid tennis game but it is also one that offers almost no improvement over its predecessor. The controls are still easy and this is the perfect ‘pick up and play' sports title.

Virtua Tennis 2009

Our grand unified theory of sports games goes like this (Look, we were never any good at physics, so this is our one shot at scientific...

Controls are a delight; TV view is a tried and tested classic; Feels wonderful to control opponents

Unbalanced difficulty levels; Embarrassing novelty 'games; No lasting appeal

It's been quite a while since I've spent an entire afternoon at the local arcade, but I do remember that Virtua Tennis was one of the more popular games at the time. Sure, I could empty out a roll of quarters with Street Fighter or Daytona USA, but Virtua Tennis offered the best tennis experience.

Great Virtua Tennis gameplay is back; Variety of mini-games to test your skills; Satisfying World Tour (career) mode; Support for Xbox Live online play

Forced/unforced errors are virtually non-existent; Very weak create-a-player tool; Disappointing graphics compared to other sports games (EA; Computer assistance can be frustrating

for the first time nine years ago, and I ended up falling in love with it. I would play it in various arcade rooms, spending all the change I had to serve or keep getting served. My addiction only grew when the first console version was released on the Dreamcast. Now, almost a decade later, does

Easy to pick up gameplay; Good looking courts; Very arcade type of experience

Gameplay isn't deep enough; Lack of commentators; Game is too easy

The very first Virtua Tennis on the Sega Dreamcast was a wonderfully fun title that provided my friends and I with an insane amount of hours of enjoyment. Over the years, sequels to the original have kept to the tried and true template that started in 1999.