Super Volleyball gets its spike on in the Arcade Archives

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Something a little more low-key from the retro fun-fans over at Hamster this week, as the labyrinthine Arcade Archives has been bolstered with the arrival of Video System’s hard-spikin’ Super Volleyball on PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

Released to the arcade market in 1989, before receiving home ports on the Sega Mega Drive and the TurboGrafx-16, Super Volleyball is an incredibly 🐈typical take ꦰon the high-jumping beach sport. Two teams of four players battle it out on a very basic 2D plane, with each team representing one of eight global nations.

While Super Volleyball features neat animation and some neat picture-in-picture cutscenes, it has a generally clunky vibe and seems dated, even by 1989 standards. The same year would see other sports titles such as Midway’s , Technos’, and Sega’s. By comparison, Video System’s release feels several years out of time and is admittedly a tough recommend in 2022.

You can check out the action in the video below, courtesy of YouTuber Super Volleyball is available to download🍸 now on PS4 and Nintendo Switch, priced at around $8.