GPL Arcade Volleyball - DOS Volleyball oldschool
game remake for GNU / Linux remake
Do you remember that oldschool
Arcade VolleyBall game which
was so popular on 16 bit (8086 XT) computers.
I remember this game from the years I was 12 years old, back in the
days where we the gamers distributed all the DOS games on
360 KB
5.25" diskettes
I was looking over the games available to install on my Debian GNU
/ Linux today just to be happily suprised to find
GPL Arcade
Volleyball an identical game remake of the old
Arcade
Volleyball 8086 classic freeware game.
I remember we spend many hours with friends playing on the old
Manifactured in Bulgaria Pravetz 16!
computers
During communism and post communism
Pravetz was the only
computer brand we could buy from the market, as there was
limitations on the exported and imported tech equipment within the
USSR union.
Pravetz computers are a literal remake of 16 bit IBM 8086 computers
and the computer design and integrals was stolen from
IBM 16 bit
8086 / 8088 PC architecture
Arcade Volleyball has set a mark on my generation and I
believe many people will remember the times this game was a hit
with a bit of Nostalgia ;)
Besides being an identical remake of
PC Arcade Volleyball ,
GPL Arcade Volleyball is even expanded as it includes extra
features which the original game lacked. Game includes:
- Network Volleyball client / server Game (up to 4 players)
- 6 Game Themes which completely change the game look & feel
to be modernistic
Here are few
GAV screenshots of the different existing game
Themes:
Yisus GAV Theme gameplay screenshot
GAV - Unnamed Theme Gameplay
GAV - FaBeach Theme Gameplay
GAV supports both Window and fullscreen modes. To enable
Fullscreen mode, while inside the game use:
Extra -> Fullscreen (Yes)
Saving preferences is also something which I if I recall correctly
the original game lacked. This is done by navigating to:
Extra -> Save Preferences
GAV is said to support Joystick in resemblance to the
original DOS game, though I've never tested it with a joy.
One of the greatest GAV game (hacks) is the Inverted Theme.
Selecting it inverts the order in the game, where the game player
becomes the volleyball ball and the ball becomes the player
;)
GAV does not yet not have a Free / Open / Net BSD port as
far as I currently see, anyways since the game is
Free
Software probably soon a port will be available for BSDs as
well.
The default GAV game controls are a bit untraditional. By default
the one player game starts you play Volleyball game player
positioned on the left.
For left player the default control keys are:
- z - move player left
- c - move player right
- left shift - jump
Right player controls are:
- Left - left (arrow key)
- right - right (arrow key)
- jump - up cursor key
GAV supports also a shortcut key for switching between
windowed and full screen game mode by pressing
F10
Installing the game on Debian and Ubuntu Linuces is done
with:
linux:~# apt-get --yes install gav
Unfortunately gav does not have a definition to be added to GNOME
or KDE Applications menus, thus to start the game after installed
one has to do it manually by typing either in gnome RUN (Alt+F2) or
on command line:
linux:~$ gav
Happy playing ;)