This game shouldn't be good. It's a rehash of a game that was released almost a decade before. Very little has been added to the gameplay by the intervening 10 years. It should not be a good game.
However, this is Speedball 2100, the PlayStation rehash of the now legendary Amiga cult classic "Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe". Yes, one of the greatest games released on the greatest gaming platform ever seen in the early 1990's.
The game itself is clearly inspired by the original Rollerball movie. It's a space-age version of handball, with added ultra violence. Concentrate on scoring goals, or having members of the opposing team stretchered off - you'll get the same number of points for either!
The aim of the game is to take your team of no-hopers, the hapless Brutal Deluxe and form a squad of players that will within two league seasons win the league title and depose the strongest team in the game, the mighty Super Nashwan.
Brilliant fun.
The graphics are a marginal improvement and the only change worth noting in the gameplay is analogue 360 degree rotation, rather than the 8 positions available on the Amiga. The gameplay, however, was always brilliant on the Amiga - every bit as brilliant as anything that had ever previously been released and it remains superb.
Roll on the now rumoured Speedball 3.
However, this is Speedball 2100, the PlayStation rehash of the now legendary Amiga cult classic "Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe". Yes, one of the greatest games released on the greatest gaming platform ever seen in the early 1990's.
The game itself is clearly inspired by the original Rollerball movie. It's a space-age version of handball, with added ultra violence. Concentrate on scoring goals, or having members of the opposing team stretchered off - you'll get the same number of points for either!
The aim of the game is to take your team of no-hopers, the hapless Brutal Deluxe and form a squad of players that will within two league seasons win the league title and depose the strongest team in the game, the mighty Super Nashwan.
Brilliant fun.
The graphics are a marginal improvement and the only change worth noting in the gameplay is analogue 360 degree rotation, rather than the 8 positions available on the Amiga. The gameplay, however, was always brilliant on the Amiga - every bit as brilliant as anything that had ever previously been released and it remains superb.
Roll on the now rumoured Speedball 3.