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V’Ball has been announced as this week’s release in Hamster Corporation’s Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 lines of emulated coin-op titles for modern formats, following last week’s release of Combat School, on which we reported at the time.
As you may have been able to guess from its title, V’Ball is a volleyball game, and it was originally released into arcades by Technos back in 1988.
Hamster Corporation describes V’Ball as follows: “control two young men as they enter a beach volleyball tournament and aim for the championship. Enjoy a variety of actions, such as controlling where the ball flies during serves and spikes, or delivering a more powerful spike by tapping rapidly. This is the story of their success. The rest of the story is up to you.”
The game received contemporaneous ports to the Famicom/NES and Sharp X68000, but these Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 versions of V’Ball are the game’s first home releases for almost 35 years.
The Arcade Archives version of V’Ball is released on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 from today (August 13, 2026), priced at $7.99 USD or local equivalent.
Meanwhile, the Arcade Archives 2 version of the game, which adds a new Time Attack mode, will be released from today on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, priced at $9.99 USD or local equivalent.
As usual, purchasers of the Arcade Archives version of the game on Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 4 can upgrade to the Arcade Archives 2 version at a later date, on Nintendo Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 respectively, for $2.99 USD or local equivalent.
