Malibu Beach Volleyball
Game Boy
Developer: Tokyo Shoseki Publisher: Activision
By: GammaBetaAlpha
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Table of Contents
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How to Play [HOWT]
Donations/Amazon [DONT]
Contact Info [CONT]
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How to Play
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[HOWT]
The back of the box says that Malibu Beach Volleyball has four teams,
each with their own 'special shot'. I think this more apt to describe the Lynx
version of the game, as Malibu Beach Volleyball for the GameBoy is stripped
down in comparison. Being one of the earliest games for the portable system,
it is also on the primitive side.
That said, Malibu Beach Volleyball is, obviously, a volleyball game.
More specifically, it is for beach volleyball with two-player teams.
Each match can be played to the best of one or three games. The
player's team will start off serving. Each point the player wins adds onto his
own score - if he misses a play, the serve switches to the opponent's end,
without adding a point on for the opponent. Every play the opponent wins after
that adds a point to his side, until he loses possession of the ball. Like
classic volleyball, a game is played until one side has 15 points, or has at
least 2 more points in case of a 14-14 point tie.
Every play is started off with a serve, by tossing the ball up into the
air. You have two choices in making a serve: you can either wait for the ball
to come down to earth and hit it back with the A button, or press the B button
to perform a super jump into the air and hit the ball with the A button while
level with the ball.
Once the ball is over the opponent's side of the net, wait for a while
for them to hit it back. You can jump right in front of the net to block it
back at this point in time and it will usually be a successful block resulting
in a point.
When it comes over to your side, you will notice an X mark in the sand
somewhere, which is the approximate location the ball will land. If you hit the
B button, it will send the ball right back to the opponent's side of the court.
If you hit the A button, you will send the ball off to your partner (hitting
the A button again will return it back to the first person, where the A button
will send it over the net as a Bump). If you opt to send it to your partner,
when control switches to the other person, you can jump into the air with the B
button and Spike the ball with the A button.
Be careful not to try to hit the ball before it lands - doing so will
cause your character to fall in the sand, and it takes a vital second to get
back up again, a second in which the ball may land and lose you possession of
the ball or give the opponent a point.
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Controls
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A - Bump the Ball, Spike (while in the Air)
B - Jump
D-Pad - Move around
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Contact Info
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[CONT]
Although I believe I have found everything there is to find in this
game, there is occasionally the possibility of some super secret level in an
obscure game that was never found because it was too obscure, or the like. If
you have anything that you feel needs to be includes, feel free to email me at
gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
This particularly counts with this game - as I have no manual, I have no
idea how to execute the 'special shots' that are claimed to be within the game.
If anybody knows of a way to do them, presuming they exist, it would be quite
particularly helpful to get that info
If you have any other information to contribute or notice any errors,
again, shoot me a notice at gammabetaalphafaqs AT gmail DOT com
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