Brutal Deluxe doesn't live up to their name - in fact they're the worst team Speedball has ever seen. As their manager, it is your job to transform their fortunes. As well as the league system, which consists of 2 8-team divisions and challenges you to advance to the top, there are also 2 cup tournaments, one of which is played out over 2 'legs' with the aggregate score deciding who progresses.

You can play the matches as well, which is the real meat of the game. They consist of 2 90-second periods, and the gameplay is futuristic, fast and frantic, with heavy tackling encouraged to retrieve the ball. Power-ups and tokens appear on the pitch, including ones to make your players extra-tough or freeze the opponents.

The sides of the pitch each include a score multiplier, which you can run the ball through to increase the value of your scoring - the opposition can sometimes immediately grab the ball and nullify this. There are also 5 stars which are worth 2 points each if you hit them (more if you have the multiplier activated), but these can also be cancelled out by the opposition hitting the same star, and their points values only become set after the half. Next to the stars there are 'portals' which throw the ball out the opposite side of the pitch, in the direction it was going.

You get money for the results, and by collecting the silver tokens which appear on the pitch at random intervals. Between each match you can spend these either on improving your existing players as far as they can go, or on buying better ones and fitting them into the team. Your original players can only be improved to a certain extent, so remembering where your signed players are and making use of them is important.

A variety of tokens also appear during the match, some of which boost your team's power for a short period of time, and one freezes the opposition.

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Alternate Titles

"Speedball 2" -- Master System title

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Speedball series

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Speedball 2 (Brutal Deluxe)	Genesis	$2.75
	New Pair Black 9" Zipper Cover Car Headrest Dvd Monitors, 2 Wireless Dual Channel Headphones, 32 & 8 Bit Games and Controllers, and inc. 2 Cigarette Power Adapters Free!	Amiga CD32
	Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
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User Reviews

Awesome futuristic sports game!	DOS	Roedie (5234)
Yet to be bettered	Amiga	Johnny "ThunderPeel2001" Walker (424)
Clearly inferior to the Amiga version.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4418)
Brutal. Fast. Fun.	DOS	Gothicgene (83)
The #1 future sports game!	DOS	Vince (4)
Even better than the Amiga version	DOS	Mussan Smith (2)
Made me purchase an Atari ST	Atari ST	Neepie Lantern (482)

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The Press Says

Sega Force	Genesis	Nov, 1992	92 out of 100	92
Pixel-Heroes.de	Commodore 64	Jul, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Sega Force (UK)	Genesis	Jan, 1992	90 out of 100	90
Your Commodore	Commodore 64	1991	90 out of 100	90
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox 360	Oct 18, 2007	8 out of 10	80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Nov, 1991	9 out of 12	75
Power Play	Genesis	Feb, 1992	73 out of 100	73
IGN	Xbox 360	Oct 26, 2007	5.8 out of 10	58
Jeuxvideo.com	Game Boy Advance	Sep 11, 2002	11 out of 20	55
Gaming Nexus	Xbox 360	Jan 31, 2008	C	50