But even then, gameplay boils down to a lot of button mashing. Speedball is more fun played against a human opponent. In fact, while you can play a Speedball tournament or cup against many teams in single-player, you're always the blue team and your opponent is always the red team. It doesn't help that all your teammates look alike. You can't select which team mate to command - the game automatically assigns the player closest to the ball to you. As the ball is tossed around the area, the camera will zip across to follow, and then it takes a moment to figure out which player you're now controlling. Adding to the frustration is the fact that, while the court is rather large, the camera is zoomed-in to a small portion of it. Whatever you're attempting to pull off, a computer-controlled player is bound to barrel over you and steal the ball. It's difficult to take advantage of all these options, though, especially for the new Speedball player.

There are also power-ups waiting to be picked up and teleport holes that will transport the ball from one end of the court to the other. There are three ways to score points: throw the ball into your opponent's goal, hit one of numerous targets set around the arena, or injure a member of the opposing team to the point they are removed from the game. I give developer Bitmap Brothers props for creating a new 'sport' with their game, but the mechanics boil down to a lot of button mashing and frustration. Speedball 2 originally appeared on computers in 1990.

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