One of the greatest future sport simulations ever released on any platform. Bitmap Brothers created a jewel.

User Rating: 9.5 | Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe AMI
Year: 2095 File: Speedball
Corruption and violence force the game underground. Unregulated and ungoverned, the game degenerates into a fiasco.

Year: 2100 File: Speedball 2
Attempting to regain public interest the sport is reorganized. Speedball 2 is born. Five years later, a new team emerges. The new team is "Brutal Deluxe".

There are new teams, stadium and new rules. The arena is bigger, the players are tougher and the action is faster then ever before. The challenge is this: Take control of the worst team in Speedball history and turn them into champions.

Game puts you in the control of Brutal Deluxe team, and lets you control them in two modes. One is manager mode (less played for me) and the manager + play the matches mode (highly played).

Your team starts at the begging of the season parked in the Second Division.
Each season lasts 14 weeks. If you finish in 1st place you enter a playoff against the team 2nd from bottom in the 1st division. Finish bottom and the shame will haunt haunt you for the rest of your career!
10 points are awarded for a win, 5 points for a draw, plus 1 point for every 10 you score. Point difference is significant if you tie on points with another team.

Winning isn't all you need to do to progress trough the table of the Second Division. Money coins are scattered on the playing field. Once you have enough of them you can buy new players or improve stats for the players that are in your team already.
All the stats that you improve, are experienced in the match. Your players will slide faster, tackle easier or be tougher to tackle among other things.

Winning the match isn't about just beating the opponent team to death (but there is some fun to it :D ). The playing field has some nice bonus gadgets which let you improve your score. Ramps, stars, electric buzzers, teleports are there to improve score and help you score a goal.

Controls are easy to master, but the matches will always be addictive no matter if you are in second division or first division.
That is the main strength of the game. Bitmap Brothers invested so much in details that this game shines almost 20 years since its debut.
I highly recommend this game to anyone. This is the true masterpiece and the dictionary example of addictive classic.