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Speedball is being updated.
This is quite possibly the finest game ever made, and itís being updated with online play capabilities for the PC (might be other formats as well, I donít really care).
If you have never played this game, then you should be ashamed that you are so young as to miss out on the finest video-game experience ever.
This was before we called them video-games, they were known as ìComputer Gamesî and you could eat things like Spangles and Chewitts whilst you waited.
It was on the Amiga and rocked big time.
Whatís it about?
Two teams in an arena.
The metal-ball comes out and you have to punch, kick, shoot, bomb the other team until you can score by slamming into the hole/goal.
Imagine American Football without the nancy protective gear and bombs or chainsaws.
Occasionally you could cripple a player enough that he was carted off by robots with the cry of ìIce CreamÖIce Creamî as the prone body was spirited away.
For every match you won, you earned money to spend on improving players abilities, thus making them even more psychopathic and blood-thirsty.
There were leagues, championships and a two-player mode where you could trounce your mate and dance like a bear when you killed his best players.
Excellent.
And itís being updated and polished.
You should be moist at the prospect of playing this legend in two-player sports-related violence.
This is quite possibly the finest game ever made, and itís being updated with online play capabilities for the PC (might be other formats as well, I donít really care).
If you have never played this game, then you should be ashamed that you are so young as to miss out on the finest video-game experience ever.
This was before we called them video-games, they were known as ìComputer Gamesî and you could eat things like Spangles and Chewitts whilst you waited.
It was on the Amiga and rocked big time.
Whatís it about?
Two teams in an arena.
The metal-ball comes out and you have to punch, kick, shoot, bomb the other team until you can score by slamming into the hole/goal.
Imagine American Football without the nancy protective gear and bombs or chainsaws.
Occasionally you could cripple a player enough that he was carted off by robots with the cry of ìIce CreamÖIce Creamî as the prone body was spirited away.
For every match you won, you earned money to spend on improving players abilities, thus making them even more psychopathic and blood-thirsty.
There were leagues, championships and a two-player mode where you could trounce your mate and dance like a bear when you killed his best players.
Excellent.
And itís being updated and polished.
You should be moist at the prospect of playing this legend in two-player sports-related violence.
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Hey! hippies are cool! sit down, be peaceful, smoke pot. the only way to spend ur time.
as for speed ball 2 ... We're no worthy, we're not worthy!
I hope we'll still be able to electrify the ball...heheheheh.
as for speed ball 2 ... We're no worthy, we're not worthy!
I hope we'll still be able to electrify the ball...heheheheh.
Speedball 2 was one of the best ever games on the Amiga!!
I read somewhere that Speedball Arena could be on its way to PS2 - Hope this is true!!
I read somewhere that Speedball Arena could be on its way to PS2 - Hope this is true!!
The Speedball games were great. I hope it comes out for a console because I always prefer console pads to PC pads.
Goatboy wrote:
> Anyone know if Speedball 2010 on PS1 is any good?
All this talk has made me
> remember just how amazing this was.
Fantastic, I'm buying the PS1 version at
> the weekend.
Ice Cream! Ice Cream!
Its not bad at all!! Not as good as Speedball 2 but still great fun!!
> Anyone know if Speedball 2010 on PS1 is any good?
All this talk has made me
> remember just how amazing this was.
Fantastic, I'm buying the PS1 version at
> the weekend.
Ice Cream! Ice Cream!
Its not bad at all!! Not as good as Speedball 2 but still great fun!!
Damn.
Just have to buy the original then!
Just have to buy the original then!
Umm..they pulled it from opening weekend for re-shoots after disastrous test-screenings.
Ah well
Ah well
I used to love electrifying the balls ('scuse me) and throwing them at the opposition.
The videogame equivalent of Rollerball.
Which I see is also being remade. Hope that's good, too!
The videogame equivalent of Rollerball.
Which I see is also being remade. Hope that's good, too!
Anyone know if Speedball 2010 on PS1 is any good?
All this talk has made me remember just how amazing this was.
Fantastic, I'm buying the PS1 version at the weekend.
Ice Cream! Ice Cream!
All this talk has made me remember just how amazing this was.
Fantastic, I'm buying the PS1 version at the weekend.
Ice Cream! Ice Cream!
I read it in OPSM2 a while back, but forgot to tell you guys...
I really want this game to be good.....
I really want this game to be good.....
I read about this, ooh, 2-3 months ago... thought everyone knew!
I bought DBZ (Dead Ball Zone) on PSone a few years ago, because it was very similar to Speedball 2 on the old 'miggy, but it was a poor interpretation.
Here's hoping that it lives up to the original games.
YH is right to question whether or not the new version will compare, but remember... unlike many remakes/updates, this is being done by the same team/company that made the originals, so it's not going to be polluted by a third-party's interference; this will be from the purest source!
Here's hoping!
I bought DBZ (Dead Ball Zone) on PSone a few years ago, because it was very similar to Speedball 2 on the old 'miggy, but it was a poor interpretation.
Here's hoping that it lives up to the original games.
YH is right to question whether or not the new version will compare, but remember... unlike many remakes/updates, this is being done by the same team/company that made the originals, so it's not going to be polluted by a third-party's interference; this will be from the purest source!
Here's hoping!
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