<s>
Tennis	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
called	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Activision	O
co-founder	O
Alan	O
Miller	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1981	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tennis	B-Application
offers	O
singles	O
matches	O
for	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
players	O
;	O
one	O
player	O
is	O
colored	O
pink	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
blue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
serving	O
and	O
returning	O
shots	O
,	O
the	O
tennis	B-Application
players	O
automatically	O
swing	O
forehand	O
or	O
backhand	O
as	O
the	O
situation	O
demands	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
shots	O
automatically	O
clear	O
the	O
net	O
and	O
land	O
in	O
bounds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
differs	O
from	O
professional	O
tennis	B-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
player	O
must	O
win	O
at	O
least	O
two	O
out	O
of	O
three	O
six-game	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tennis	B-Application
received	O
an	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Competitive	O
Game	O
"	O
and	O
an	O
honorable	O
mention	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Sports	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
3rd	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arkie	O
Award	O
judges	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
Tennis	B-Application
is	O
as	O
far	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
primitive	O
Pong-style	O
games	O
from	O
which	O
it	O
derives	O
as	O
gasoline	O
is	O
from	O
the	O
dinosaurs	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
specific	O
praise	O
was	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
realistic	O
illusion	O
of	O
depth	O
"	O
and	O
its	O
competitive	O
aspects	O
which	O
allow	O
for	O
"	O
hard	O
fought	O
contest[s]	O
 "	O
and	O
"	O
glorious	O
comebacks	O
from	O
the	O
brink	O
of	O
defeat	O
"	O
and	O
which	O
give	O
"	O
more	O
methodical	O
players	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
taste	O
victory	O
against	O
the	O
kings	O
and	O
queens	O
of	O
hand-eye	O
coordination	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Covered	O
in	O
Video	O
magazine	O
's	O
1982	O
Guide	O
to	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
,	O
Tennis	B-Application
was	O
characterized	O
by	O
critics	O
as	O
"	O
not	O
terribly	O
complicated	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
also	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
very	O
good	O
sports	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
"	O
.	O
</s>
