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) released for the GBA in 2004 and is the first "F-Zero" game to have a built-in track editor without the need for an expansion or add-on. Annotations References Bibliography F-Zero (video game) F-Zero is a futuristic racing video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). The game was released in Japan on November 21, 1990, in North America in August 1991, and in Europe in 1992. "F-Zero" is the first game of the "F-Zero" series, and was one of the two launch titles (along with "Super Mario World") for the SNES