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General discussion (archive)Release: Speedball 2 HD(84 posts)(84 posts)
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Posted December 05, 2013
2326 AD Season!

Speedball 2 HD, a modern reincarnation of the Amiga ultra-violent Bitmap Brothers futuristic sports game, is available 20% off on GOG.com. That's only $7.99 for the first week.

[url=http://www.gog.com/game/speedball_2_hd][/url]The legendary 1990 Amiga "sports" classic, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe returns in the vastly updated form of Speedball 2 HD, bringing back all the classic excitement of the futuristic violent showdown. It looks, sleek but nostalgic and plays just as you remember, or better! Or maybe you never played Speedball 2? Well then, it's about time you tried. It comes with over 300 unique players featured in 28 teams--one of which you'll manage--representing 4 different planets. It provides hardcore, fast-paced gameplay, and takes absolutely no prisoners. Whether you like lite sports manager games, ball games, or simply enjoy brutal full-contact competition on your computer screen, this one has you covered. Try it out with a friend for maximum excitement!

Reach for the victory, and be sure there will be blood, sweat, and tears on the way in Speedball 2 HD, for only $7.99 on GOG.com. The 20% off release discount offer will last until Thursday, December 12, at 3:29PM GMT.
Posted December 05, 2013
Wishlisted for the Amiga goodness. Not really my genre of game, but will get if a bargain comes later.

And what's the deal with the scant extras? The other release today came bundled with the manual as the only extra. Which is pretty sad in itself that developers now consider that a bonus item, rather than something they should always provide for any sufficiently complex game. I guess the market in OSTs has convinced most publishers that they shouldn't be giving them away anymore.
Posted December 05, 2013
What's this ? I never heard of it before .
Posted December 05, 2013
Waits patently for Cadaver...
Posted December 05, 2013
Release Date 1990? Surely that's a mistake GOG.... trying to pawn off a remake as a classic :P

Edit: Just to clarify, the reason this is an issue is it'll appear under the pre-1995 release date filter and some of us don't worry too much about the specs of classic games because we presume they'll run on most things we throw them at.... this game for instance wouldn't work on my laptop whereas every classic I own on gog does.
Post edited December 05, 2013 by serpantino
Posted December 05, 2013
Great release. Wishlisted for now....

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Posted December 05, 2013
Wishted
Posted December 05, 2013
Wishlisted!
Posted December 05, 2013
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Licurg: What's this ? I never heard of it before .
you will love it :)
Posted December 05, 2013
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serpantino: Release Date 1990? Surely that's a mistake GOG.... trying to pawn off a remake as a classic :P
Yeah, the release date should read 2013, not 1990. This is not a classic release, sorry GOG.

Edit: ... and they just changed it to 2013.
Post edited December 05, 2013 by spindown
Posted December 05, 2013
So, unlike Chaos Engine, you cannot switch between enhanced and original graphics?
Posted December 05, 2013
I've got Speedball 2 on iOS, iPod. It's a fun game I've enjoyed playing... like soccer with arcade style power-ups.
Posted December 05, 2013
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Wishbone: To be perfectly honest, I'd have been much more interested in the original, especially the Amiga version.
The DOS port wasn't a bad effort at all though given the usual disparity between Amiga and PC versions of the time. The Amiga music was of course superior and much "meatier", but the game itself on the PC was a fair attempt.
Posted December 05, 2013
So, how is the title music? Does it resemble either of the two, or something else?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxomGCQRgFc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8kpclC56Hs

Does this game offer a non-HD version, with original(?) graphics and music?

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IAmSinistar: Wishlisted for the Amiga goodness. Not really my genre of game, but will get if a bargain comes later.
Not my genre either, usually sports games (football, ice hockey etc.) bores me to tears. But for some reason SB2 was different, I used to play it quite a lot, both by myself against the computer, and against my brother (and he liked it too, even though otherwise he never was that interested to gaming overall).
Posted December 05, 2013
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timppu: Not my genre either, usually sports games (football, ice hockey etc.) bores me to tears. But for some reason SB2 was different, I used to play it quite a lot, both by myself against the computer, and against my brother (and he liked it too, even though otherwise he never was that interested to gaming overall).
Thanks! I do recall this game being appealing to folks outside the genre back in the day, so hopefully it will have broader appeal on that count. I'm sure I'll still enjoy it, just not as much a priority against my current backlog as other Bitmap Bros games would be (Gods, for example).
Posted December 05, 2013
What the heck, here goes nothing. Buying.

And probably the answer to my music question is "something different", but similar in style. I could only find two trailers in Youtube with some music in the background. And yeah, it says "Ice cream!" too.
Post edited December 05, 2013 by timppu
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