The top 10 Amiga games of all time

Stuart Sumner
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In the final part of our rundown of the best titles ever to appear on the feted Commodore Amiga, we reach the top ten. But which paragon of software entertainment got the top slot?

7. Speedball 2

 

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Released in 1990 as the sequel to the brilliant Speedball, Speedball 2 is that unlikeliest of things - a sequel that actually improves on the worthy original.

Set in a violent cyberpunk future, Speedball is a sport that combines handball, rugby, football and hockey, then amps up the brutality. In fact, this is spelled out in the team name of the player's club: Brutal Deluxe.

With nine players on each side, points are scored by throwing the ball in the opposition's goal, hitting various targets on the walls, or injuring opposing players. And all of these scoring systems can be multiplied by throwing the ball up one of two special ramps.

This makes for a high-stakes game, with the adrenaline really pumping in close game when your opponent suddenly gains a score multiplier. It then becomes a mad scramble to throw the ball the other way up the ramp to cancel out their multiplier, then attempt to repeat the trick to introduce a multiplier of your own.

There are also mild RPG-like elements to the game, with money earned through wins being spent either on levelling up your players' attributes, or purchasing a variety of candidates from the transfer market.

The game was hugely successful both critically and commercially, and for our money represents the peak of revered development studio Bitmap Brothers. Various remakes have been released for the PlayStation, Xbox and PC since, with the most recent, Speedball 2 HD, released on Steam in 2013. According to both press and user reviews, none has quite captured the quality and charm of the original.

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