Tag: Speedball 2
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, originally developed by Bitmap Brothers and released back in 1990, is a futuristic cyberpunk themed sports game that combined elements from both Ice Hockey and Handball, resulting in one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful sports game of the early 90s era. In a shining example of what positive outcomes can be produced by…
It has recently been announced, on the Lemon64 forums, that Ste’86 and Excess are working on Speedball 2 Ultimate, an incremental improvement to the classic Speedball 2:Brutal Deluxe developed by the Bitmap Brothers back in 1990, for the Commodore 64. While the actual game-play mechanic for Speedball 2 looks like it will remain unchanged, Ste’86 and Excess are looking to…
PC Gamer has a series of articles called “Why I love”, where the writers pick an aspect of PC gaming and talk about why they are awesome. On this article, Joe Donnelly talks about the Atari ST, which according to him, helped to compensate the absence of siblings during his childhood. The article is pure nostalgia, where the author talks…
“It is the future. Wars no longer serve a purpose and all international disputes are solved within the arena.” In a corporate world with corporations fighting for global domination the need for conflict has vanished leaving privately owned teams to battle each other in the most violent sport the human race has ever devised. ‘Speedball 2’, released originally on the…
