Gottlieb
Volley Pinside Rating
This game received 51 approved Pinsider ratings and currently rates 7.891 /10
Volley
Score breakdown
Score breakdown in the 4 main categories:
Game Design: 8.107
Artwork: 7.494
Sounds/Music: 3.526
Other Aspects: 7.952
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La Quinta, CA
8.169/10
2 years ago
A classic Gottlieb drop target game. Had one in my collection twice and if I had more room I'd still have one.
Surrey, BC
7.692/10
3 years ago
This is a simple and fun game to play. The side targets is what makes this game really fun to play. The backglass art is simple, and the playfield art being well balanced yet simple. Overall a fun game to play.
8.538/10
3 years ago
Great game, especially if you like drop targets.
I like the tennis theme, backglass is good, and the cabinet art is better than earlier games with random shapes.
Most of the game is those drop targets, which can be so frustrating and so addictive. I have only played a few wedgeheads, but I think this is my favorite. For sound, it has the Gottlieb chimes, so can't beat that in an EM.
I like the tennis theme, backglass is good, and the cabinet art is better than earlier games with random shapes.
Most of the game is those drop targets, which can be so frustrating and so addictive. I have only played a few wedgeheads, but I think this is my favorite. For sound, it has the Gottlieb chimes, so can't beat that in an EM.
9.740/10
3 years ago
Basic rule set but very fun & addicting to play. Challenging as well since you need to work to get 5000pt drop targets or else you only get 500. I like the art work and backglass even though im not an avid tennis player. The machine I play on has coloured led lighting so.it makes the game stand out. Hard game to flip over 100,000points, I did it a few times, pretty challenging. I love the classic chimes. I prefer this game over el-dorado since they are both drop target based pins, but I find volley more enjoyable to play and it's rule set. I would deffently consider one you find a decent one! I just adjusted my grade on volley, August 20 2020, reason being the more I play this pin, the better and more fun it gets, this pin gets alot of playtime, just scored 198500points. This pinball is so undervalued and certainly doesn't get the respect it should
8.206/10
4 years ago
Here you have one of the most fun games of the 70s, cleverly disguised as a boring game no one would be interested in.
The only reason this isn't on my wishlist is my lack of space. This is a sorta sorta kinda mix of Lightning Ball and Cleopatra and it plays at least as well as either of those. (I feel certain the blue, yellow, and green colors were taken from Lightning Ball on purpose.) There's a ton of fun (and grrrr frustration) in trying to light more than one drop target bank on one ball.
Not the most enthralling theme in the world but at least it's G-rated. Might hear some not-G-rated speech before long if dad keeps missing shots to the upper rollovers. Fun game and looking forward to seeing it again at a show.
*Wife approval* "I think I remember this one!" That's pretty good praise from her, after she dutifully accompanied me to a couple of shows with hundreds of games.
The only reason this isn't on my wishlist is my lack of space. This is a sorta sorta kinda mix of Lightning Ball and Cleopatra and it plays at least as well as either of those. (I feel certain the blue, yellow, and green colors were taken from Lightning Ball on purpose.) There's a ton of fun (and grrrr frustration) in trying to light more than one drop target bank on one ball.
Not the most enthralling theme in the world but at least it's G-rated. Might hear some not-G-rated speech before long if dad keeps missing shots to the upper rollovers. Fun game and looking forward to seeing it again at a show.
*Wife approval* "I think I remember this one!" That's pretty good praise from her, after she dutifully accompanied me to a couple of shows with hundreds of games.
8.000/10
6 years ago
Great for both old and new players. Simple ruleset but still fun to shot all those drops.
8.000/10
8 years ago
Never played this colorful late 1970’s drop target game until i added it to my collection of wedgeheads. This game at the top arch reminds me a little like Jacks Open with the open side area where the ball can be brought back into the top rollovers.. The drop targets are arranged closely, nice and tight for super rebounding from one drop target bank to another when most of the drop targets are down. Knocking down the drop targets are easy to do which I always find fun and is especially good that they always reset after you get all three colored banks down. When a player does get all three colored banks down the SPECIAL lights and alternates on one of the colored top arch rollover lanes and isn’t that easy to score for SPECIAL. A player must stay out of the center 500/5000 point rollover lanes for sure if he wants to extend his playing time. Flipper return lanes are quite friendly and gives a player a good chance flipping the ball all the way back up to the top colored rollover lanes to light the drop targets for 5000 points or to get the SPECIAL when lit. Simple game rules to understand and just a blast to play because of the in your face drop target arrangement.My high score is 306,000 and 10 replays,but i only have the game about two months now and could change at any time. Don’t pass this sleeper of a wedgehead by, you’ll be missing out on this wacky and fun drop target extravaganza.
9.128/10
9 years ago
Great drop target game and really compliments the games sitting beside it, Atlantis and Jacks Open. Love the shot where you ricochet (volley?) the ball off all three banks..then back to the flipper for another try. Of course getting into the upper lanes lights the corresponding bank and increases each drop to 5000 points rather than 500. This will stay lit the rest of the game, whether the banks get reset or not. That is the whole key to this game. Keep shooting for the upper play field / lanes and ignore the drops, until at least ball 4. Very colorful and is supposedly based on the famous 1970's Bobby Riggs/Billie Jean King battle of the sexes.
9.179/10
10 years ago
This is the game that started it all for me in collecting! I bought on in 1978 and sold it in 1982 and regretted it ever since. It was my "holy grail" machine to find one in great shape again, and in 2012 that happened! This is one pinball I will never sell.
This is in my opinion the best 1970's wedge head (single player) that Gottlieb ever made, and that's saying a lot, because there are so many good ones! 15 drop targets there for the taking, but make sure you get the colored roll overs at the top for each bank first. This is one of the rare wedge heads that combined the likelihood of high score replays and "special" replays. Another rare feature is that the special does not stay lit when you get it - you have to knock down all 15 targets again!
Very high scores are possible (in contrast to my King Pin which is right next to it), yet achieving the special is also rewarding. Triple plays (knocking down one target from each of the three banks) is possible, but only one will score points (because this is an EM, it takes the score motor time to reset). I love the "flow" of this game, and it has that "come back for just one more game" intangible quality that makes it great.
The added factor for me is the nostalgia of the game - it was my "first." Plus, who can resist the tennis playing girl with the size 14 shoes?
This is in my opinion the best 1970's wedge head (single player) that Gottlieb ever made, and that's saying a lot, because there are so many good ones! 15 drop targets there for the taking, but make sure you get the colored roll overs at the top for each bank first. This is one of the rare wedge heads that combined the likelihood of high score replays and "special" replays. Another rare feature is that the special does not stay lit when you get it - you have to knock down all 15 targets again!
Very high scores are possible (in contrast to my King Pin which is right next to it), yet achieving the special is also rewarding. Triple plays (knocking down one target from each of the three banks) is possible, but only one will score points (because this is an EM, it takes the score motor time to reset). I love the "flow" of this game, and it has that "come back for just one more game" intangible quality that makes it great.
The added factor for me is the nostalgia of the game - it was my "first." Plus, who can resist the tennis playing girl with the size 14 shoes?
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