Fast paced and hard hitting, Speedball 2 HD combines full contact sports with association football and comes out pretty well. Since this title has some flaws and lacks online multiplayer, it isn't going to win the top division, but it holds its own and is certainly fun to play.
Speedball 2 HD2013
Speedball 2 HD
2013 Mastertronic58Mediocre
Playtime
ShortTypically 8 hours
Playable on
- Steam DeckVerified
- Steam MachineVerified
Available on
- $9.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- December 5, 2013
- Developer
- Vivid Games
- Publisher
- Mastertronic
- Themes
Overview
Speedball 2 HD is a modern reincarnation on the classic, futuristic cyberpunk sports game Speedball, originally developed by the Bitmap Brothers and first released for the Atari ST in 1990. A brutal mix of handball and ice hockey placed at break-neck pace.
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Reception
Press53
Players63
MediocreWorthwhile- Metacritic53from 10 reviews
- OpenCritic53from 6 reviews
Speedball 2 HD is a purchase for those who want to rekindle the early 90s, the glory days of gaming, the Amiga, the Master System, the Atari... however the resultant fire will barely light the soul, sizzling out all too quickly.
It’s a sad reality, but the time for Speedball 2 HD stays where it once originated, many years ago. This sort of thing is acceptable on a Megadrive, but archaic sports structures don’t make for well-oiled games in the present.
Speedball 2 HD plays worse, looks worse and is far, far easier than the Amiga version from almost 23 years ago.
Speedball 2 definitely has the speed down, but the barebones multiplayer limits the fun.