Speedball 2100 (PS)

Speedball 2100 is a game that is available for the Playstation. I believe that previously two more had been released, but this was a long time ago on the Amiga, where the old format of using tapes to play games was used. Speedball is a fast action sports game that is set 100 years in the future, so naturally you would expect the technology to have advanced and evolved by then. The game starts with an animation telling you the main background and outline of the game. It is from this that you can discover that there is no war or fighting, but there is Speedball! If the title does not give it away, it actually tells you the setting of a century into the future in ...  Read the complete review

Speedball 2100 is a game that is available for the Playstation. I believe that previously two more had been released, but this was a long time ago on the Amiga, where the old format of using tapes to play games was used. Speedball is a fast action sports game that is set 100 years in the future, so naturally you would expect the technology to have advanced and evolved by then. The game starts with an animation telling you the main background and outline of the game. It is from this that you can discover that there is no war or fighting, but there is Speedball! If the title does not give it away, it actually tells you the setting of a century into the future in ...  Read the complete review

Speedball 2100 Set in the future, Speedball is a sports game and is like a cross between mindless violence, football, American football, Ice Hockey and Rugby. In fact, you name a contact sport and there is probably a piece of it in here. It was originally a smash on the Amiga and everyone was playing it. The Bitmap brothers (its creators) had a few other hits around at the time of similar success rates. Gods and Chaos Engine came from the same stable. It was the early 90s and many modern gamers were cutting their teeth on these classics. How refreshing it was to see the game re-released on the Playstation a year ago! Its been touched up a ...  Read the complete review

Personally, I wouldn't say so, but it is very close behind! I'm a fan of Speedball 2, from the good old days when the Megadrive was the market leading console, so I had high hopes for this new game. The project was a beset by lots of delays, and the game was originally due to come out in may, ended up turning up much later in the year. In fact, I downloaded Speedball 2 on a megadrive emultaor, to get myself back into the style of the game, and was surprised at how closely the new game follows the old one. This isn't a major problem, but may annoy some older gamers, but why mess with perfection? The graphics have finally been made ...  Read the complete review

Having owned speedball 2 on the mega drive I had high hopes for this classic game. Unfortunately it delivered very little. The game play is just the same as it always was, with the league system, transfers and the like, but that's it. The graphics are bigger and brighter, but the view is the same 2-d view from above. Compared to 3-D sport simulations (fifa 99 etc..) it is distinctly lacking. You can also edit your team names and there faces, but from above everyone looks the same anyway so there seems little point. Also the introduction of bronze silver and gold leagues has been done very badly. If you complete the bronze league you don't get ...  Read the complete review