Game Boy

Tennis is one of the original launch-era Game Boy titles and an early demonstration of Nintendo's handheld vision.

It was among the first games to show off the system's link-cable multiplayer, which became a big part of the Game Boy's social appeal, and it is widely remembered for Mario appearing as the umpire, a small touch of early-Nintendo charm on an otherwise straightforward sports game.

More from the Museum's Journal: Sports on the Game Boy: The Early Nintendo Line, and the Plumber Hiding In It.