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Volleyball (1986)

Nintendo R&D3

Arcade · Family Computer · Family Computer Disk System · Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U

2.32 from 25 ratings

103 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 34 backlogged · 5 wish listed

How long? · 100% 2h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Volleyball is one of the fastest team games around, and this NES classic recreates the speedy sport in a way that anyone can play.
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Developers
Nintendo R&D3
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Sport
Themes
Non-fiction
Series
Nintendo Sports

Release dates

  • Jul 21, 1986 (Full Release) (Japan) Family Computer, Family Computer Disk System
  • 1986 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • Aug 10, 2007 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
  • Aug 10, 2007 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
  • Aug 21, 2007 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
  • Nov 12, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
  • Mar 12, 2014 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
  • TBD (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U

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Featured in lists

NSO Classics Collection - NES by Roach · 84 games · 2

Rating distribution

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6
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1 star
6
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ApramPepo

Review ApramPepo 2/5 · May 23, 2022

Early NES sports games were weird.

Not every early NES sports games are good, and the opposite goes as well.

But the majority are very much made for the purpose of it that: "we have these games" and nothing else.

The games are either bad in some aspects or just completely Simple. In the case of this game; the controls are terrible and there were way …

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Not every early NES sports games are good, and the opposite goes as well.

But the majority are very much made for the purpose of it that: "we have these games" and nothing else.

The games are either bad in some aspects or just completely Simple. In the case of this game; the controls are terrible and there were way too many color glitching happening all over.

So it's not a problem taking a look at it out of curiosity, but definitely skip it.

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Mazinkaiser

Review Mazinkaiser 2/5 · Dec 6, 2020

Volleyball - Scrambling About

Volleyball is one of the later sports games after the big launch titles on the NES and while it has some ambition the game feels a bit too clunky to manage and have a good time with.

The game is based on a twelve player match of volleyball to compete in either a men's or women's competition versus various world …

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Volleyball is one of the later sports games after the big launch titles on the NES and while it has some ambition the game feels a bit too clunky to manage and have a good time with.

The game is based on a twelve player match of volleyball to compete in either a men's or women's competition versus various world powers. It's fairly straightforward and the extra options add some difficulty and cool simulation bits.

As for the game itself, the movement of the actual team is a bit of a mess. The player can toss and serve the ball as well as receive, set, and try to set up a spike or block. Movement is done with three characters per front or back line at once, making lining up for the ball surprisingly frustrating. It's not quite sure based on where the shadow falls if the player is in the right spot to block or spike at times and will be fumbling about with both sets of teammates.

Other than that, there are 15 points to win a game. It gets pretty repetitive over time, but the player can also try to pull off some advanced moves like feinting, double spiking, quick set, etc.

Volleyball definitely wants to stand up with the best of the sports NES games but ultimately runs into frustrating limitations with its design.

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