Fun and memorable game from the ancient times.
I am from the Windows 98 era so ATARI was not something that I grew up with. Nevertheless, at some point, the nostalgia for ancient gaming kicked in, and I bought an ATARI 2600. I did not have that many games for it, nor did I complete very much, but I did play the simple game “Volleyball” a lot.
The game is as simple as it sounds. You play as two harps (which resemble two people standing in a half-duck like stance) who smash a square ball over a net. Like many ATARI games, you can play forever and the fun is only over when you say it is over.
I played this game a lot back in 2008 with my best buddy, purely for the fun and simplicity of it. Grab a beer and play some Volleyball.
Graphicly, this game is nothing special. You got a nice, yellow beach, a net, two players and a ball. In the background, the sea is visible and the sun is always shining.
In terms of sound, the sound of smashing the ball feels like a grenade impact every time, but the best (and worst) sound is the waves of the ocean, which sound like a building that collapses every ten seconds. That is just the beauty of ATARI.
When talking controls and mechanics, they work surprisingly perfect. The movement of your two player sprites is fluent and the hit detection of the square ball is spot on. This is the magic of analog joysticks.
Because the simple mechanics work so well, matches can be intense and, with the added noise of the explosive impact, it makes for a great experience, the way it was intended back in the dark ages.
Overall, I have nothing to complain here. If you have an ATARI 2600 and some free time, I would definitely recommend this classic.
I am from the Windows 98 era so ATARI was not something that I grew up with. Nevertheless, at some point, the nostalgia for ancient gaming kicked in, and I bought an ATARI 2600. I did not have that many games for it, nor did I complete very much, but I did play the simple game “Volleyball” a lot.
The game is as simple as it sounds. You play as two harps (which resemble two people standing in a half-duck like stance) who smash a square ball over a net. Like many ATARI games, you can play forever and the fun is only over when you say it is over.
I played this game a lot back in 2008 with my best buddy, purely for the fun and simplicity of it. Grab a beer and play some Volleyball.
Graphicly, this game is nothing special. You got a nice, yellow beach, a net, two players and a ball. In the background, the sea is visible and the sun is always shining.
In terms of sound, the sound of smashing the ball feels like a grenade impact every time, but the best (and worst) sound is the waves of the ocean, which sound like a building that collapses every ten seconds. That is just the beauty of ATARI.
When talking controls and mechanics, they work surprisingly perfect. The movement of your two player sprites is fluent and the hit detection of the square ball is spot on. This is the magic of analog joysticks.
Because the simple mechanics work so well, matches can be intense and, with the added noise of the explosive impact, it makes for a great experience, the way it was intended back in the dark ages.
Overall, I have nothing to complain here. If you have an ATARI 2600 and some free time, I would definitely recommend this classic.