David Crane's Amazing Tennis
David Crane's Amazing Tennis — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is David Crane's Amazing Tennis on?
- David Crane's Amazing Tennis was released on Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
- When did David Crane's Amazing Tennis release?
- David Crane's Amazing Tennis was first released on December 31, 1992.
About David Crane's Amazing Tennis
A tennis game featuring both an exhibition and a tournament mode. In the head to head exhibition mode, the player can choose their opponent (with the higher ranked opponents being better than the lower ranked ones). The tournament mode allows for 16 different players to compete to become the champion. Both of these modes can be played on either grass, hard, or a clay court. The player can also choose whether to be either a left or right handed tennis player.
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- Developer
- Absolute Entertainment
- Publisher
- Absolute Entertainment
- Game modes
- Single player
Details via IGDB.
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | 1993 | $9 | $18 | — | 88% | Low |
Also released on: Arcade · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29
How often it sells
- Loose: about 6 times a year
- Complete: about 5 times a year
- Sealed: about once a year
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $2.93 in Oct 2018, $5.40 five years ago, and $9.19 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | $0.01 | $6.00 |
| Jan 2020 | $2.00 | $8.99 |
| Jan 2021 | $2.21 | $8.00 |
| Jan 2022 | $4.70 | $16.00 |
| Jan 2023 | $5.59 | $9.05 |
| Jan 2024 | $6.00 | $17.99 |
| Jan 2025 | $5.82 | $18.41 |
| Jan 2026 | $6.89 | $14.39 |
| Oct 2026 | $9.19 | $18.22 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | May 1993 | T-86036 | 099451825577 |
- Region
- NA
- Released
- 1993
- Authenticity
- Low
A designer-led tennis game that is an inexpensive North American-only Genesis cart.
This is the Genesis version of David Crane's Amazing Tennis, published by Absolute Entertainment in North America in May 1993 and developed by FarSight Technologies. The Super NES version had a worldwide release, but the Genesis one came out only in North America.
David Crane was an avid tennis player who had played tournaments and doubles with Activision co-founder Alan Miller, and he designed the game.
What the press said at the time
| MegaTech Issue 23 | November 1993 | 88% |
“Very playable, smart graphics. … In the two player mode, the guy at the far side can't see what's going on.”
Also on other platforms
Super NES
- Super NES. The game was also made available for the Nintendo Super System.
Before you buy
Among US carts it sits below the middle, so it is a cheap cart to buy.
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