Volleyball

a.k.a. バレーボール

published by Nintendo in 1986-07-21, developed by Pax Softnica, running on Famicom Disk System

type: sport
genre: Volleyball
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player, shared-screen

languages: eng

Personal review

Volleyball is one of Nintendo's early sports titles. In Japan, Volleyball was only released on the Famicom Disk System. Basically there are three difficulty levels. Training, women and men, with men being the fastest and thus most difficult mode. Of course there is also a player vs. player mode. This Volleyball game might be the best Volleyball game you could play at its time on your TV screen, but it is yet far from perfect. Controls are hard to master. Spikes are very hard to time and need much practice. The computer player's spikes on the other hand are extremely hard to counter and are lightning-fast, especially in men mode. Graphics and sound are rather disappointing; well at least the strange hip movement of players that are standing still gave me a smile.