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Manufacturer | Epoch Co. (developed with Magnavox) |
Type | Dedicated home video game console |
Generation | First generation |
Release date | Japan: September 12, 1975 |
Introductory price | 19,000 Japanese yen |
Units sold | Not clear; around 10,000, 20,000 or 3 million |
Successor | TV Game System 10 |
The TV Tennis Electrotennis (Japanese: テレビテニス,[1][2] Hepburn romanzination: Terebitenisu, meaning Television Tennis,[2] commonly abbreviated as TV Tennis or Electrotennis) is a dedicated first-generation home video game console that was released by Epoch Co. (developed in cooperation with Magnavox)[3] on September 12, 1975[1][2] for 19,000 Japanese yen[1][2] only in Japan. It was the first video game console released in Japan.[1][2][3]
It was released several months before the release of Home Pong in North America. One unique feature of the TV Tennis Electrotennis is that the console is connected wirelessly to a TV, functioning through an UHF antenna.[4] Depending on the source, it sold about 10,000,[2] 20,000[5] or 3 million units[1] in its lifetime, including about 5,000 units in the first year.[citation needed]