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Tennis FC manual
Original
https://archive.org/details/tennis-hvc-te-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi
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d746ef0d87ac24aa713e54c19e407def3f4b1d1638fbe22d565c95c9835634b7
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https://archive.org/download/tennis-hvc-te-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi/Tennis%20%5BHVC-TE%5D%28FC%29%28JP%29%20-Manual%28600DPI%29_text.pdf
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2026-11-06
Licence
© Nintendo; scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Nintendo; scan in the Internet Archive item "tennis-hvc-te-fc-jp-manual-600-dpi".
Notes
The booklet packed with the Japanese Famicom cartridge HVC-TE. The item's date (1984-01-14) is the uploader's, a lead and not evidence. The pinned copy is the item's _text.pdf (the same scan with the Internet Archive's OCR layer, which is poor for Japanese: read the page images).

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Claims (7)

The Famicom booklet (HVC-TE) and the title screen it pictures are copyright 1983 and name only Nintendo; the booklet prints no release date.back cover (PDF p. 12)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), title-screen pictureManual
The Famicom booklet gives two games: Singles, one player against the computer, and Doubles, two players together against the computer. A match is three sets, won by the first to take two. Computer Entertainer's review of the NES game describes the same two.printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)Manual
A makes the player swing and serve, and B is for lobs. Controller II is used by the second player in doubles.printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)Manual
The computer opponent has five levels of strength, from 1 (beginner) to 5 (advanced), each told apart by the color of its uniform: light green, pink, light blue, reddish purple, and black. START pauses the game with a chime.printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), ポーズ機能Manual
On the player's serve the game sets the player behind the baseline and tosses the ball up, and the player presses A in time with the falling ball. The booklet says one spot gives a fast serve, and leaves it to the player to find. Returning the opponent's serve before it bounces gives the opponent the point.printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8), サーブprinted p. 6 (PDF p. 8), サーブprinted p. 6 (PDF p. 8)Manual
The booklet's shot section pictures eight shots, the serve, smash, forehand, backhand, forehand and backhand volleys, and forehand and backhand lobs, each played by pressing A or B to swing.printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)printed p. 7 (PDF p. 9)Manual
Scoring follows tennis: four points take a game, counted love, fifteen, thirty, and forty, with deuce at 40-40; six games take a set, with a tie-break from six games all, won by the first to 7 points with a lead of two or more; two sets take the match. Two wins in a row bring a trophy to the screen. The booklet notes that the rules differ somewhat from real play.printed p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールprinted p. 9 (PDF p. 11), glossary, タイブレークprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールprinted p. 8 (PDF p. 10), ルールManual