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 (78737)
Hilarious and fun futuristic sports game.	DOS	Neepie Lantern (531)

Critic Reviews

Amiga Computing	Amiga	Oct, 1993	90 out of 100	90
Amiga Format	Amiga CD32	May, 1994	81 out of 100	81
ST-Computer	Jaguar	Oct, 1994	80 out of 100	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	Oct, 1994	80 out of 100	80
Amiga Dream	Amiga CD32	May, 1994	80 out of 100	80
Amiga Power	Amiga CD32	Jun, 1994	78 out of 100	78
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Dec, 1993	9 out of 12	75
Amiga Computing	Amiga CD32	Jun, 1994	70 out of 100	70
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Jaguar	Sep, 1994	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	Jaguar	Oct 10, 2006	B-	67

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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.