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From: Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Well, that's unexpected (Speedball reboot)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 19:46:28 -0800
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On 11/10/2024 7:21 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:59:58 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 02/11/2024 05:13, Justisaur wrote:
>>> On 10/30/2024 2:33 AM, JAB wrote:
>>>> On 29/10/2024 16:16, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember "Speedball"? You probably don't.
> 
> 
>> I can't say I remember playing it in the arcades but by then my visits
>> to them where in decline. I did play Xenon when I visited the computer
>> museum in Cambridge though!
> 
> The Bitmap Brothers had a string of hits, mostly on the Amiga and
> Atari ST. They were more successful in Europe, where the 8-bits
> reigned supreme while IBM/PC compatibles, Apple and consoles were
> second fiddle. "Speedball" (1 and 2), "Gods", "Cadaver", "Xenon" (1 &
> 2), "Chaos Engine" (a.k.a. Soldier of Fortune), "Steel Soldiers" and
> "Z" were all extremely well-reviewed games.

Gods was a favorite of mine on the ST.  One of my favorite platformers, 
which few I even liked.

-- 
-Justisaur

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