Guardians of the PaST : Speedball


Title Screen		A brutal game of Speedball begins! (1/8)
Splash Screen	Resolution : Low

Overview

What's in the Box (8/8)

Related Items (15/17)

Cheats/Tips

Publisher

Type of Release

Retail

Developer

The Bitmap Brothers

Country of Release

France (200 F)

United Kingdom (£24.99)

Year

1988

Language

English

Origin

Original Atari ST Game

Packaging

Box: 2 Piece Cardboard & Internal Tray

Genre

Sport - Futuristic

Requirements

System

ST / STe

Required MB

½ mb

Controls

Joystick

Display

Colour Monitor / TV

Players

1 - 2 Players Simultaneously

Hard Drive Installable

Technical Details

Number of Disks

Protection

(Unknown)

Drive Type

(Unknown)

Software Version

Preservation Status

Development Team

Music and Sound Effects

Graphics

Code

Cover Illustration

Links

Prequel

Related To

Sequel

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe

Series

Software Notes

From The Box

Speedball – total action – total aggression – the ultimate sport from the Bitmap Brothers

“Speedball is fast, furious and graphically very stylish”
Computer Gamesweek 94%

“Never in the field of reviewing has such an excellent game been played by so many for so long. A must buy!”
The One 90%

“Speedball is going to be a monster hit”
C&VG hit

Inspiration

The Influence of Rollerball

The futuristic sport and setting for Speedball was obviously inspired by the 1975 cult classic Rollerball. The movie portrays the ultra violent scenes of Rollerball in a very similiar manner and even the costumes used are almost identical. Most noticable in the movie poster is the spiked fist. This same imagery is used to good effect when it comes bursting through a wall in the games intro sequence.

It was nothing new for a game to be inspired by a movie. The Rick Dangerous games where inspired by Indiana Jones and Flash Gordon. Even the classic Elite drew on '2001 A Space Odyssey' for certain elements in the game, the most famous probably being the Blue Danube playing when docking.

Rollerball was directed by Norman Jewison and starred James Caan and Ralph Richardson.

Development

Although development started on the ST, dual development with the Amiga version soon followed.

Source: Mike Montgomery (The Bitmap Brothers)

Factoid

Hidden Message!

Hidden amongst the code on the disk is the following message from the game developers 'The Bitmap Brothers':

'DEDICATED TO : CND, GREENPEACE, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH & AMNESTY.IF YOU'VE RIPPED THIS OFF, SEND THEM A DONATION.'

(The Bitmap Bros)

Trivia

Astronomy Inspiration

The team names used in Speedball (Mira, Dorado, Perseus etc) are all astronomical terms for stars & constellations!

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