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Rebound	ball and paddle sport volleyball	1974	specs screenshots machines company oc_id source label value year of release 1974 label value companies Atari label value type game label value media arcade cabinet label value systems Arcade label value number of players 2 players (versus) title subtitle text image null title subtitle text image attract mode null title subtitle text image Arcade cabinet null title subtitle text image control panel null title subtitle text image close up null /museum/misc-arcade-video-games /companies/misc 446 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230605223942/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=446 2023-06-05

"Just like the real volleyball, Rebound is a game of skill designed for two players, with each player represented on the screen by a horizontal bar. The objective is to hit the ball over the electronic net and overt the net... back and forth, faster and faster until one opponent misses and a point is scored. With pratice, a player can even angle the degree of return. And, just like real volleyball, each player has three chances to return the ball on each volley. The action is highlighted by an audio 'Bleep' each time the ball is hit, adding to the overall action and excitement."

Rebound was Atari’s fourth coin-op game and was a simple version of volleyball that required two-players. Steve Jobs signed off on the wiring diagram for the cabinet. A schematic dated 11/31/73 describes this game as “Volleyball”. The game was like a vertical version of pong in which hitting the ball would send it on a parabolic path over four short lines that represented a net. The hardware featured a discreet logic design.

Spike was exactly the same game as Rebound, but released by Kee Games a month later.