Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball

n/a

NAOMI 2
GameCube

Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball

System(s): Sega NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, GameCube

Publisher: Sega Corporation

Developer:

AM2 of CRI^[1]

Sega-AM2

Distributor:

Infogrames Europe (Europe)

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-07^[1]	¥?	GDS-0014

JP	2002-07-19^[3]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)^[3]	DOL-P-GBSJ DOL-GBSJ-JPN
US	2002-08-14^[2]		DOL-P-GBSE DOL-GBSE-USA
EU (ES/IT/PT)	2002-09-27		DOL-P-GBSP DOL-GBSP-EUR
DE	2002-09-27		DOL-P-GBSP DOL-GBSP-NOE
ES	2002-09-27		DOL-P-GBSP DOL-GBSP-EUR
FR	2002-09-27		DOL-P-GBSP DOL-GBSP-FAH
UK	2002-09-27		DOL-P-GBSP DOL-GBSP-UKV
AU	2002		DOL-P-GBSP

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Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball (ビーチスパイカーズ) is a volleyball game originally released for the Sega NAOMI 2 arcade platform before being ported to the Nintendo GameCube. Sega Logistics Service announced it would end service on the arcade machines on March 31, 2017.^[4]^[5]

Gameplay

Teams

	United States of America

	Federative Republic of Brazil

	Australia

	Spain

	Japan

	Republic of Italy

	French Republic

	Republic of Cuba

Stages

	Mikasa Stage (Daytime)

	Swatch Stage (Sunset)

	Coca-Cola Stage (Starlight)

	Sega Stage (Daytime)

Production credits

Main article: Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

NAOMI 2 JP flyer

PDF

NAOMI 2 EU flyer

Print advert in big.N (DE) #2002-10: "Oktober 2002" (2002-09-18)
also published in:

big.N (DE) #2002-11: "November 2002" (2002-10-23)^[6]

Print advert in N-Zone (DE) #66: "11/02" (2002-10-16)

Artwork

Logo
Cover

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

NAOMI 2 version

NAOMI 2 GD-ROM, JP
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Disc

Arcade, EU

GameCube version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

big.N (DE)

81

^[7]

Consoles + (FR)

NTSC-J

93

^[8]

Consoles + (FR)

PAL

91

^[9]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[10]

Game Play 128 (FR)

85

^[11]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[12]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

83

^[13]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

86

^[14]

NGC Magazine (UK)

PAL

79

^[15]

Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel (FR)

PAL

70

^[16]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

80

^[17]

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

PAL

84

^[18]

Nintendo Power (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[19]

N-Zone (DE)

NTSC-J

85

^[20]

N-Zone (DE)

PAL

85

^[21]

Play (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[22]

	83
Based on 16 reviews

GameCube, US
Cover
Disc

GameCube, JP
Cover

GameCube, UK
Cover
Disc

GameCube, FR/NL
Cover

GameCube, DE
Cover

GameCube, ES/IT/PT
Cover

GameCube, AU
Cover

Technical information

Main article: Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32	7bd812c3
MD5	c18f2fae7fc17adfea6656213c76e097
SHA-1	ec8732c318dd6facf97da6c12e054220dc5f1dc5

1,459,978,240

Disc (US)

✔

CRC32	35d1d351
MD5	75591d7514b72276a32f4a0faa424f32
SHA-1	35e7b5edd64196dc84b9e39bcde8a9d9f39b6fa8

1,459,978,240

Disc (EU)

?

CRC32	a71e628a
MD5	400b37a71b352c6be8a3e6f6c16e447d
SHA-1	79f800dcbc73537aeb44fcfac70100714dafc7b3

1,459,978,240

Disc (JP)

External links

Official website (Arcade)
Official GameCube version website on Sega-am2.co.jp
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): GameCube
Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, US (archive)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 177
↑ http://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1083 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-03 20:29)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/gc/beachspk/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:28)
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf
↑ File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf
↑ big.N, "November 2002" (DE; 2002-10-23), page 87
↑ big.N, "November 2002" (DE; 2002-10-23), page 84
↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 126
↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 2002" (FR; 2002-1x-xx), page 142
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2002" (US; 2002-09-03), page 195
↑ Game Play 128, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 72
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 96
↑ Hyper, "November 2002" (AU; 2002-10-02), page 56
↑ MAN!AC, "10/2002" (DE; 2002-09-04), page 56
↑ NGC Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-09), page 76
↑ Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 107
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-13), page 72
↑ Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 118
↑ Nintendo Power, "August 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 143
↑ N-Zone, "09/02" (DE; 2002-08-21), page 68
↑ N-Zone, "10/02" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 56
↑ Play, "September 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 74

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[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p177-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 177

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20021203202947.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fgames.2Fgamepage.2Fgamepage_main.jsp.3FgameId.3D1083-2] ttp://www.nintendo.com/games/gamepage/gamepage_main.jsp?gameId=1083 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-03 20:29)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20040821122826.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fgc.2Fbeachspk.2F-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://sega.jp/gc/beachspk/ (Wayback Machine: 2004-08-21 12:28)

[:File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement_2016-11_JP.pdf_p-4] File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-11 JP.pdf

[:File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement_2016-12.pdf_p-5] File:SegaProductsTerminationAnnouncement 2016-12.pdf

[:File:BigN_DE_2002-11.pdf_p87-6] big.N, "November 2002" (DE; 2002-10-23), page 87

[:File:BigN_DE_2002-11.pdf_p84-7] big.N, "November 2002" (DE; 2002-10-23), page 84

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_128.pdf_p126-8] Consoles +, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 126

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_131.pdf_p142-9] Consoles +, "Décembre 2002" (FR; 2002-1x-xx), page 142

[:File:EGM_US_159.pdf_p195-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2002" (US; 2002-09-03), page 195

[11] Game Play 128, "Septembre 2002" (FR; 2002-0x-xx), page 72

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p96-12] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 96

[:File:Hyper_AU_109.pdf_p56-13] Hyper, "November 2002" (AU; 2002-10-02), page 56

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2002-10.pdf_p56-14] MAN!AC, "10/2002" (DE; 2002-09-04), page 56

[:File:NGCMagazine_UK_072.pdf_p76-15] NGC Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-09), page 76

[:File:NLMO_FR_005.pdf_p107-16] Nintendo: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre 2002" (FR; 2002-xx-xx), page 107

[:File:NOM_UK_121.pdf_p72-17] Nintendo Official Magazine, "October 2002" (UK; 2002-09-13), page 72

[:File:NOM_UK_132.pdf_p118-18] Nintendo Official Magazine, "September 2003" (UK; 2003-08-15), page 118

[19] Nintendo Power, "August 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 143

[:File:NZone_DE_2002-09.pdf_p68-20] N-Zone, "09/02" (DE; 2002-08-21), page 68

[:File:NZone_DE_2002-10.pdf_p56-21] N-Zone, "10/02" (DE; 2002-09-18), page 56

[:File:Play_US_009.pdf_p74-22] Play, "September 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 74

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Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball

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Contents

Gameplay

Teams

Stages

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Photo gallery

Physical scans

NAOMI 2 version

GameCube version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References