Brutal Sports Football

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Description

Similar to Speedball 2, Brutal Sports Football is an ultra-violent sports game. Matches last 7 minutes, and the aim is to get the ball into the goal, kept by a net-minder. The oval ball can be thrown or kicked, this resulting in frequent up-and-under type kicks.

Violence is the pivotal element of gameplay: rather than rare occurrency, punching, stomping, use of weapons, and even decapitations are what the game action is rife with, and key to victory. Bonus and non-bonus items appear on the pitch, such as bombs to throw at opponents, rabbits to speed up the current player, or tortoises which slow him down.

Teams are a total of eleven and consist of seven humans and aliens, some of whom have unique skills. There's a lot of blood and flailing limbs, giving things a gruesomely humorous edge. Victory is achieved not only by scoring more goals than the opponent team but also decapitating all the players of it but one. The player is offered choice among a single match, knockout cup, and leagues to advance trough (for a total of four of them).

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Alternate Titles

• "Crazy Sports Football" -- German title
• "Crazy Football" -- German PC title
• "Brutal Sports Series: Football" -- In-game title
• "Brutal Football" -- European title
• "Beastball" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Theme: Future sports / Brutal sports

User Reviews

21st-century mayhem on a football field.	Jaguar	Bruce Clarke (72)
A fun variation on computer sports, and worth checking out	Amiga	Martin Smith (66822)
Hilarious and fun futuristic sports game.	DOS	Neepie Lantern (535)

Critic Reviews

Amiga Computing	Amiga	Oct, 1993	90 out of 100	90
Pelit	Amiga	Jan, 1994	88 out of 100	88
Power Unlimited	Amiga CD32	Sep, 1994	8.5 out of 10	85
Amiga Format	Amiga CD32	May, 1994	81 out of 100	81
CU Amiga	Amiga	Dec, 1993	81 out of 100	81
Amiga Dream	Amiga CD32	May, 1994	80 out of 100	80
Amiga Format	Amiga	Dec, 1993	77 out of 100	77
Amiga Joker	Amiga CD32	May, 1994	72 out of 100	72
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Jaguar	Sep, 1994	7 out of 10	70
Power Play	Amiga	Nov, 1993	70 out of 100	70

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Trivia

Cancelled versions

Both a Genesis and SNES version were in development but were ultimately cancelled. However, the Genesis version was actually reviewed in the December 1993 edition of GamePro; it was given a 2.5 out of 5.