Names for the number 0 in English no authoritative evidence that there has ever been any such word in Scots in the first place. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of the word "love" in English to mean "zero" was to define how a game was to be played, rather than the score in the game itself. Gambling games could be played for stakes (money) or "for love (of the game)", i.e. for zero stakes. The first such recorded usage quoted in the OED was in 1678. The shift in meaning from "zero stakes" to "zero score" is not an enormous conceptual leap, and
F-Zero (video game) mid-1990s. "BS F-Zero Grand Prix" contained a new track along with the original 15 tracks from the SNES game and four different playable vehicles. According to "Nintendo Power", the game was under consideration for a North American release via Game Pak. IGN states "BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2" features one new league containing five tracks, a Grand Prix and a Practice mode. Although the "F-Zero" franchise made the transition to 3D graphics on the Nintendo 64 with the release of "F-Zero X" in 1998, Mode 7 graphical effects continued to be used for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) installments ""