U.S. Championship V’Ball

U.S. Championship V’Ball
Language: English
Date Calendar: 1988
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Description

U.S. Championship V'Ball, renamed Super Spike V'Ball for its NES conversion, is a lesser-known coin-op. It challenges players to bump, set, and spike their way to a beach volleyball championship. Teams of two travel the USA and the world, visiting venues like Chicago, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and Australia. This game can be played by 1-4 players simultaneously, although on the NES a Satellite or Four Score device (and extra controllers) are required for three or four players.

Alternate Titles

• "V'Ball: U.S. Championship Beach Volley" -- Japanese Arcade / Sharp X68000 title
• "Super Spike V'Ball" -- North American / European NES title

Trivia

References

Two of the playable characters are named Billy and Jimmy, a direct reference to the Double Dragon games, also developed by Technos.

Releases

The game was released in both a standalone one-game format, and together with Nintendo World Cup on a single game cartthat was packaged with the NES Sports set, which contained the NES, four controllers, and a four-player adapter.

Related Web Sites

• Howard & Nester do Super Spike V'Ball (A regular feature in Nintendo Power magazine, Howard & Nester was a comic strip about two game whizzes who would one-up each other, while disclosing hints and tips, in the settings of various recently-released games for the NES platform. In the March/April 1990 two-page installment, Nester learns the downside of playing too close to the net.)