The captain and three of the other members are constrained to one side of the main court, while the other three stand at the sidelines surrounding the competing team.

The player's life bar represents the number of remaining members, as each character is usually eliminated after taking three or four shots.

The game begins with a match between Dallas and Chicago to determine who will represent the United States in a worldwide dodge ball tournament.

The winning team will then compete in the world cup and face against the following regions: England, Iceland, China, Africa (Kenya in later versions) and Japan.

After defeating Japan, the player's team is awarded with the world cup by a ninja and the game begins a new cycle starting with England.

The character who awards the trophy to the player's team at the end of the game is a thinly-disguised parody of the comic book superhero Superman.

The PlayStation 2 version, released in Japan on January 26, 2006, was published by Hamster as part of the Ore-tachi no Gēsen Zoku series.

Another Japanese sequel, titled Kunio-kun no Dodgeball da yo Zen'in Shūgō (くにおくんのドッジボールだよ全員集合!, lit.

A Neo Geo sequel, simply titled Super Dodge Ball, was released in 1996 and co-published with SNK.

An official sequel was released by Arc System Works and Aksys Games for the Nintendo DS titled Super Dodgeball Brawlers in 2008.

Although not an official part of the series, Miracle Kidz (a developing team composed of former Technos Japan staff members) released River City Dodgeball All-Stars!!

In Japan, Game Machine listed Super Dodge Ball on their January 1, 1988 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.