Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]

Developed by The Bitmap Brothers and published by Image Works in 1990

This ultra-violent future-sports title is commonly regarded as one of the greatest games the Bitmaps created, not to mention being one of the defining multiplayer experiences on the Amiga.

In my original 2014 video I made the mistake of trying to train up the default player squad, rather than buying replacements from the transfer market.

For this video, we take Brutal Deluxe to the top of division 1 once again, building a team of some the ugliest bad-asses to ever hurl a steel ball!

So, grab some ice cream and enjoy Speedball 2 in QHD!

Time Codes
00:00 - Title Music
03:42 - League Division 2
01:18:34 - League Division 1

#speedball2
#amiga
#retrogaming

[johnny]

Ice cream ! Ice Cream !
Everyone here who played this game as an underage kid, is now at least 40 years old, or almost 50 if a teenager !

[nuwonder]

I'm not lying when I say that I just bought an Amiga500+1084 monitor just so I can play this game again with original feeling 😂

[badvoc]

Big shout out to all those who were there to experience this game, great times and fond memories!

[kevintamas]

Actually this game needs no comments but because of respect: This game was the best piece of software on the amiga! After you wrecked your joysticks in the player mode you can try the manager mode, but keep the save disc near you! Masterpiece!

[matthewdevereux]

Had this in the 1990s on my Amiga. Got a shock recently when, at the age of 45, I went into Guildford museum and they had a whole section devoted to the Amiga including copies of Amiga Power magazine that I used to read! Certainly a sobering moment when you find your youth ensconced into a museum piece. They also had a whole section on Bullfrog which was based in Guildford and I remember writing really bad democracy and politics games in Amos Basic on my Amiga and hoping to send it to Bullfrog to get a job with them, but sadly I only ever managed to do quite a lot of the graphics and never really got the games to function properly as games, although I remember reading and interview with Pete Molyneux and he said "I can teach anyone to program in C in a few months but I can't teach game ideas" which kind of gave me hope. Speedball 2 was a monster of a game and it might be quite fun in future decades if we get robots to play a version of it, could be a good sport.

[danb]

Can't wait till 2095 to go sit in the crowd, watch this brutal sport be played and finally get me one of them goddam icecreams

[JimSting]

Back in the day, Bitmap Brothers were unbeatable. They just put out hit after hit.

[MarcGameplays]

Great game! I finished it many times. Super Nashwan and Fatal Justice are really hard.

[willwilliam]

An absolute solid gold classic! Jaw dropping back then and still jaw dropping now in the 21st century.

[TheSkodric]

This gets my heart racing. The goal at 6:34 was poetry! I ended up more a fan of the manager mode which was really hard to beat, especially if you made it to 1st division. Thanks for sharing :)

[ShickDaft]

Back in the day this was my favorite game the video doesnt give you any idea just how addictive this game really was.

[PeteShakur]

“My earliest and most stand-out memory of Speedball 2 was figuring
out how to draw and animate the characters in a forced plan view in
eight directions, and make them look good in relation to the actual
pitch and walls. The graphical look had to be something original so
we ended up with a polished futurism style with an almost cathedral
everence, plus edge – lots of it! One thing I look back on fondly is the
name ‘Brutal Deluxe’ which is a combination of words from a tune
called ‘This Brutal House’ by Nitro Deluxe – a favourite tune at
the time. I’m really proud of Speedball 2, it’s my best game.”
-- Dan Malone (graphic design - Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe)

[Midwinter]

A beautifully designed game. The whole thing fitted into 512K.

[crueltygaming]

Great game I played this so much on the commodore Amiga. Excellent work my friend big like

[maxm]

One of my favourite games. I remember receiving it in the post, and so excited to play it. It's so smooth and polished, still looks good today. I couldn't believe how good it was, and the atmosphere was really exciting. Great graphics, sound, music and gameplay

Great memories playing this back between 1991-95. It was the one game I could come back and play every once in a while.

[shanak]

i am in my mid 50s and this brings back hours of memories. absolutely loved this game.

[marchapril]

When my best friend and I we were young adults, long after obsessively playing this game as a kids he and I put together a team in an organized ice hockey league. Our team name was the "Raw Messiahs". I can't even begin to tell you how many time we got asked "What the hell does that mean??". haha

[bprud]

Of all the games I've played in that era, this in the only one that's still unmatched and still worth playing today (works great with WinUAE and a gamepad). I've put it in the hands of younger gamers and they've had a blast !

[slothbearanonymous]

I'll rate your gameplay 8/10. A few tricks missing. For example, when fighting for the double points you can just stand still punching as it is a stronger attack than the slide kick and you can stand on top of the opposing player after punching him. But more importantly the plan for each match should be:
1. Double points
2. Collect coins
3. Win by biggest margin possible after all coins collected