These days pretty much every sports game is licensed with a real world league and aims to be more or less a simulation of the actual sport. Back in the 90s, however, video game sports were much more creative. You had games like Mutant League Football and Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball which took real sports and added a unique video game twist. Then you had things like Speedball, which was a game that basically created its own cyberpunk sport that was a mix between hockey and handball. A sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe was released in 1990 on many of the various home consoles and computers of the time, and was just recently given the HD treatment with the release of Speedball 2 HD on Steam.
Mastertronic and the Humble Weekly Bundle are offering 14 PC games, including many for Mac and Linux, to support the charity organizations, GamesAid and SpecialEffect, and of course, the developers.
Pay whatever you want and decide who your money goes to - the choice is entirely yours!
The Humble Bundle is one of the few industry trends I really love, from these last few years.
Start 2014 off right by watching The Retro Game Review - which looks at all of the latest retro gaming happenings - including the newest (oldest?) ports and remakes, hardware and accessories, homebrew releases, fan translations, and much more.
This month it looks at a new way to play classic NES titles, a stack of homebrew releases, and a trio of RPG translation patches.
IncGamers' resident Speedball 2 veteran Peter Parrish is none too impressed by this 'HD' remake.
