Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

1001 Video Games

The Amiga version of Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Ideas that were scrapped

According to Eric Matthews during development saving a team to disk in order to take it to a friend's house, as well as player-designed home courts were discussed, but both ideas didn't make it in the final game. (Source: Amiga Power #2, 1991/6).

Version differences

The Genesis port is a very quiet port, a lot of sound effects have been left out. The MegaDrive version that went out in Japan had silver and gold teams rather than red and blue.

Awards

• Amiga Power
  • April 1991 - #3 Best Amiga Game of All Time
  • May 1992 - #3 Best Amiga Game of All Time
  • May 1993 - #4 Best Amiga Game of All Time
  • May 1994 - #3 Best Amiga Game of All Time
• EMAP Image's Golden Joystick 1991
  • April 1991: Best Soundtrack - 16 Bit
• Retro Gamer
  • October 2004 (Issue #9) – #43 Best Game Of All Time (Readers' Vote)
• ST Format
  • January 1993 (issue #42) - #31 in '50 finest Atari ST games of all time' list

Information also contributed by Graeme Boxall and Martin Smith