Speedball 2

Anyone who has not played Speedball 2 is missing a major part of life. Of course, the people I am likely to be referring to are the under twenty-fives. The modern gaming audience who think "Chuckie Egg" is something there mum used to make and that "James Pond" is my spelling mistake. The premise is simple, a futuristic violent sport contact ball sport has been driven underground but has had a resurgence in popularity in 2105 thanks to a new team known as "Brutal Deluxe". Pick your team and see if you can come out on top. Speedball 2 was undoubtedly the pinnacle of gaming excellence for the Commodore Amiga. Of ...  Read the complete review

SPEEDBALL 2 I've been sitting here, for a couple of days now, trying to devise a way to start this review on the violent futuristic sport simulation known as Speedball 2. As old as the hills, fairly redundant due to the deletion of the machine it could be played on (the mighty, mighty Amiga 500) and looking kind of basic in it's 2-D top down view compared to the three-dimensional graphical extravaganzas most modern games have on offer - the words "best game ever" seems a somewhat ridiculous opening statement for the masses to contend with. Foolhardy even! I'm likely to get laughed off the internet by the eleven to nineteen year olds who treasure ...  Read the complete review

Loosely based upon the classic film, Rollerball, Speedball 2 is simply sublime. In the not so distant future, sport has become increasingly competitive, resulting in the creation of the ultraviolent Speedball league. It is your job to guide the Brutal Deluxe team to greatness, either by controlling the team during matches, or in management mode. In two player mode, you can compete against a friend over two legs with an aggregate score. Matches take place with two teams of ten players in a large arena. Dotted around this arena are bonus point areas, score multipliers, goals, teleporters and electrofiers! Points are scored by scoring goals, injuring ...  Read the complete review

I remember playing this all the time against a friend of mine, even though I lost all the time it must be the funniest sports game I ever played. The first thing they did right was not to go into stupid complexity or daft shaped arena. The whole aim was to score more goals than your oppenent, although you could score extra points by hitting various wall targets. The pitch was your basic rectangular design with the goals set into each end with them positioned at the top and bottom of the screen. To tackle your oppenent you could either punch them of sliding tackle, this would award you the ball (which is carried) and deplete the opponents health. On ...  Read the complete review