260 · Kings of the Beach
Kings of the Beach is a two on two beach volleyball game. You must quickly move your team about on the sand performing serves, thumps, and spikes to not only out-perform but also out-smart the opposing team.
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Show notes
- Dig it!?
- NES Longplay
- Introductions
- Overview
- Play as Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos. The game features three modes of play: practice, match play and tournament.
- Gameplay
- Tournament
- progress through five beaches (San Diego, Chicago, Waikiki, Rio de Janeiro, and Australia) filled with increasingly challenging opponents as you attempt to win it all.
- Characters
- Smith and Stoklos are joined by Ron Von Hagen, Tim Hovland and Mike Dodd as the only 'real' volleyball players featured in the game
- EA spiced up the competition with some notorious characters from other games, including Hard Hat Mack and Lester from Skate or Die and Ski or Die.
- the ability to 'argue' calls with the referee, which occasionally allows players to get a point overturned. However, if players argue too much, the referee may penalize them with a red card and deduct a point.
- Tournament
- The original game box had a press-on body tattoo inside.
- Sequels and Spinoffs
- EA would never make another Volleyball Game.
- EGL
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