Speedball

Genre:

Sports

Year:

1988

Developer:

Bitmap Brothers, The

Publisher:

Image Works

Perspective:

Top-down

Theme:

Fighting, Sci-Fi / Futuristic

Releases:

DOS (1988), Amiga (1988), Atari ST (1988), Commodore 64 (1989), SMS (1990), NES (1991)

Also known as:

KlashBall

The makers of movies, computer games are still trying to show us different visions for the future, but most often they focus on war, transport, or life in general. Rarely makers also address how different sports may arise in the future and that is what the game Speedball is trying to do. This is the original sport from the distant future, which is played on a small court. There are two teams and each team has a total of 5 players. It is played with a steel ball and the object of the game is to score more goals to the hole on the opponent's end. This is a very tough sport where players are wearing hi-tech suits, allowing them to go through fights and not get hurt. The game probably most closely resembles the current handball, it's much rougher, but also more entertaining. Game controls of the game are very simple - the player controls the direction of the player by the arrows and shoot the ball with enter. It is interesting that before each match, you can bribe the referee and get the head-start, or better support for your team.