<s>
Tennis	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
British	O
studio	O
Smart	O
Dog	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubi	O
Soft	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
in	O
1997-1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
held	O
a	O
63%	O
on	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
four	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
magazines	O
likened	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
3D	O
version	O
of	O
Pong	B-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
limited	O
control	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
over	O
where	O
the	O
ball	O
goes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
its	O
core	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Pong	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Pong	B-Application
is	O
fun.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
IGNs	O
Jay	O
Boor	O
,	O
while	O
agreeing	O
that	O
Tennis	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
is	O
fun	O
,	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
shallow	O
and	O
limited	O
control	O
left	O
it	O
with	O
no	O
credibility	O
as	O
a	O
real	O
tennis	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
criticized	O
the	O
absence	O
of	O
licensed	O
real-world	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
similarly	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
limited	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
ball	O
makes	O
Tennis	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
"	O
an	O
arcade	O
treatment	O
of	O
a	O
sport	O
that	O
ought	O
to	O
be	O
fun	O
and	O
exciting	O
but	O
winds	O
up	O
being	O
mostly	O
boring.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
summed	O
up	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
only	O
PlayStation	B-Device
tennis	O
game	O
worth	O
buying	O
,	O
Arena	O
may	O
still	O
leave	O
gamers	O
wishing	O
for	O
more.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
quotation	O
of	O
GamePro	O
referring	O
to	O
Tennis	B-Application
Arena	I-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
tennis	O
game	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
was	O
pulled	O
from	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
the	O
review	O
's	O
overall	O
middling	O
assessment	O
and	O
put	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
