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| Super Doubles Tennis | |
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 Super Doubles Tennis screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | Data East |
| Publisher(s) | Data East |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | 1983 |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Two players simultaneously |
Super Doubles Tennis is an arcade game released by Data East in 1983.
The game puts four players on a tennis match - two humans and two computer-controlled players. If one player decides to play without company, the computer takes the role of the player's partner.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Super Doubles Tennis on their November 1, 1983 issue as being the fourth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month. [1]
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