MD Speedball 2 - Brutal Dlx vs Revolver

The king of all future sports: Speedball! Making its debut on the Commodore Amiga (and still up to today, the best version ever), Speedball and mostly its sequel, Speedball 2 where quite fun to play. This is a very good game I recorded for your viewing pleasure. Further versions of the game exist on Playstation (Speeball 2100) with some fancy 3D graphics, and average GBA conversion of Speedball 2, wich is a real shame, because the GBA should have been the best version of all. As it is, this Megadrive/Genesis conversion is the closest thing to the Amiga original, keeping faithful to the usual Bitmap Brothers standard for games.

Speedball 2 will soon see two new remakes: One out for XBLA, based on this version, but with switchable HD graphics and online multiplayer and a PC official remake based on the Unreal Engine and will feature tons of online multiplayer options.

Fact: This game was responsible for me and my friends breaking the biggest number of joysticks at the time. Not out of anger, but of pure head-on competition.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• MD
• Megadrive
• Genesis
• Speedball
• Two
• Bitmap
• Brothers
• Brutal
• Dlx
• Revolver
• Shiryu

[lordnipple]

I started a fan page for Dan Malone (the artist on this game) on facebook recently, and via various links and posts I managed to contact Dan himself to talk to him about it, he was very touched his work was still loved...I mean, his work is classic! He even started to upload concept sketches from The Chaos Engine and also the original arena design for Speedball 2.

Search for The Incredible Art Of Dan Malone on facebook

[ShiryuGL]

@lordnipple Already a fan, thanks. =)

[uofm97]

This looks a lot cleaner than the Playstation version, which I have. That version's playing surfaces were too dark at times.

[ShiryuGL]

@uofm97 The Greatest Speedball 2 Game ever would be the customization of the PSX version with the graphics and sound of the Amiga version. Sadly, the Bitmap Brothers did not take the chance to do just that on the XBLA version of the game , and now, looks like Speedball 2 is lost forever. =\

[uofm97]

@ShiryuGL I think there should be a Speedball game for the newer consoles. I the graphics capabilities on the PS3 and XBox 360 would make for a pretty killer update. What do you think?

[ShiryuGL]

@uofm97 I would love to see the game hit DS or Wii, but we must be careful with HD ports. As you can see from the PSX version, the games doesn't really work as fluid in 3D. Thus, I think it's best to remake this using sprites. sadly, I think this will never happen now, with all focus now being on the Speedall II PC game based on the Unreal Engine. It's good, but not as good as this original. =\

[PocusUK]

what not a single cry of "Ice Cream Ice Cream"?

[markowe]

Ohhh... I was waiting for "ICE CREAM, ICE CREAM!" too... :(

[tommynooka1]

fucking love this game. 1st time i injured someone, i thought it was the best thing ever XD. and i was playing it last night on my megadrive :D

[aliasbrush]

I was addicted to this game as a kid. I beat Steel Fury 999-0 (game wouldn't let me score anymore) and got over 700 points in the league. Epic days...

[alleygh0st]

I remember mail-ordering this game and I got the check back instead...was probably out of stock at the time. That said I never got to actually play it, just the 1st one on some friend's PC...

[notyoursavior78]

This game is bad ass!

[meathook3000]

That tune is so catchy....

[mezzer99]

I destroyed 3 joysticks playing this game. Epic.