Selvom Frogster Interactive er i sving med at lave en helt ny udgave af Bitmap Brother’s Amiga-hit, Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe, har det ikke afholdt Empire & Crawfish fra ville give Xbox 360-ejerne en smag af originalen. I august måned vil en “HD-version” af Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe blive udsendt til Xbox Live Arcade, og Empire lover allerede nu, at denne udgave vil være tro imod originalen. Dagens pressemateriale omfatter en lidt vag beskrivelse samt to screenshots, som ikke er helt så high-definition at se på som man kunne forvente.

LONDON, ENGLAND, June 11th, 2007 – Empire Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings (NASDAQ: SSTR), today announced that it will bring the furious excitement of the classic Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe to the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft via Xbox LIVE® Arcade. The highly anticipated title was recently voted one of the most wanted games for Xbox LIVE Arcade in an article by the Computer and Video Games website. Its arrival will please both hard-core fans and new generations of gamers who have yet to experience what some believe is the finest combat sports game ever made.

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The Bitmap Brothers classic, Speedball, was first released for the Amiga in 1990 and quickly became a huge success. However it wasn’t until the release of its sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe that the title reached new gaming heights and sold over 2 million units. It is still considered by many to be one of the best games of all time. The Xbox LIVE Arcade version is a perfect conversion of Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe but with the addition of an all-new High Definition version, more teams and downloadable content.

This new Xbox LIVE Arcade version of Speedball II will enhance this classic game, whilst still retaining all the classic elements that have made it a firm favorite amongst gamers.

6 KOMMENTARER

  1. Det enste problem ved emulator løsningen er at PC joystick er meget ringere end de gode gamle Amiga500 joystick. Nææ, ka sku bedre betale sig at slutte Amigaen til tv-et og smide Brutal Deluxe original disken i amagian

  2. #3:
    unfair, solgte min A500 (med 240mb HDD) i sin tid, så har den ikke mere… og har lige smidt mit gamle PC analoge joystick ud… men tror nu at et joypad ville fungere ret godt.

  3. hvis det er tro mod originalen mener jeg ikke spillerne understøtter analog alligevel det er frem tilbage til siderne og diagonalt eller stå stille

  4. nej nej understøtter ikke analog… men det er (var) trods alt et joystick.

    men ok venter nok bare til den nye udgave, da jeg alligevel ikke ahr en xbox360