World Beach Volleyball 1991 on Game Boy is one of those weirdly charming sports games that shouldn’t be as fun as it is. The controls are simple—just a couple of buttons for bumping and spiking—but the timing actually matters, and matches can get surprisingly tense. The pixelated players move in that stiff, old-school way, but somehow it works for beach volleyball.

You pick from a handful of teams (I always went with Brazil, no idea if stats even mattered), and then it’s straight to the sand. The ball physics are janky in the best way—sometimes a spike just sails way out of bounds, and you’re left staring at your little guy shrugging. The music’s got that classic Game Boy bleep-bloop energy, and honestly, it’s kind of perfect for quick matches between bus stops or waiting for class to start.

It’s not deep, but it’s got that early ‘90s vibe where games didn’t need to be. You’ll probably play a few rounds, laugh at the absurd misses, and then come back to it months later when you’re in the mood for something simple and nostalgic.