Jon 'Log' Blyth writes:
Speedball isn't a hard game to describe. Futuristic ultraviolent sport: job done. It is, however, difficult to overstate how universally loved it was when it first swung onto the 16-bit computers back in the early '90s."
You may have played the rerelease of the original game on the 360. Disappointing, wasn't it? Disappointing, but a timely nudge from mother reality that nostalgia is an idiot mistress. Kylotonn's game is more fun than that frustrating, hectic, memory fart.
But at this stage, it doesn't quite manage to be anything other than an interesting, glitchy reprise. Our most solemn, sincere advice would be to wait for February's boxed version, when everything could - hopefully - be more stable and friendly.
The Independent: "The single greatest sporting videogame ever created."
"The single greatest sporting videogame ever created."
I second that :)
winning a match 300/400 - 0 is fun (especially when the points are from physically beating the team >:) )
I remember Speedball 1. I'm pretty sure if this gmae got a remake then it would be Esport worthy.
Neocrisis: The Bitmap Brothers classic futuristic sports game will be going live on Sony Playstation 3 and PSP next week as a Minis game.
We all love a good game – if we didn’t then we wouldn’t be here now, on this site, am I right? Well like all good things video games “came” from somewhere. From those early days of pubescent sweat infused bedrooms. From the fledgling start-ups trying their utmost to get financial backing from anyone other than their parents before their company sank. All these classic games that formed the foundations for the massive multi-billion pound/dollar industry we see today had one thing in common – the dedicated people behind them.
This could be perfect game for XBLA and PSN. PC isn't the ideal platform for this kind of game IMO.