Kings of the Beach

"Kings of the Beach" is a beach volleyball computer game made by Electronic Arts in 1988 for the Commodore 64, DOS and the NES.

Gameplay

The player can play as Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos.

The game features three modes of play; practice, match play and tournament. In the latter, you 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. While 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 gameplay controls for the console version are fairly simplistic, with the directional pad and two buttons doing all the work. In the PC version, players control three actions, bump, set, block/spike. Diving for the ball occurs automatically. The only 'advanced' moves in the game are the ability to dink or perform a one-handed Kong block (Stoklos' trademark).

Another endearing feature of the game is 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!

Passwords

In tournament mode, when you advance past each stage, you are given a password allowing you to resume the game where you left off. GameSpot provides a good [http://www.gamespot.com/nes/sports/kingsofthebeach/hints.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;cheats listing of passwords] for each level.

External links

*moby game|id=/kings-of-the-beach
*GameFAQs.com provides a fairly complete [http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/file/587387/28505 overview of the game]
*Stadium64 has an overview of the Commodore64 version [http://s64.emuunlim.com/gameinfos/kingsofthebeach/kingsofthebeach.htm]