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Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe is a video game based on a violent futuristic cyberpunk sport that draws on elements of handball and ice hockey, and rewards violent play as well as goals. The concept of the game is very reminiscent of the 1975 film Rollerball. The original game was developed by Bitmap Brothers and is one of their most successful titles. Speedball 2 is a sequel to the 1988 game Speedball.

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Originally released for the Atari ST in 1990, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe has been ported to a variety of additional systems, including the Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amiga CD32, PC, Commodore 64, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. And now in 2019, Speedball 2 has finally made it’s way to the Atari Jaguar!

According to the game’s story, the first Speedball league (founded in 2095) fails due to violence and corruption. As the organization gives place to anarchy the game is forced underground, but five years later, in an attempt to regain public interest, Speedball 2 is born. The game starts in 2105 with the emergence of a new team, Brutal Deluxe.

Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe is their very first 6MB Atari Jaguar game cartridge. Most Jaguar cartridges are either 2MB or 4MB in size.

Pre-Orders are open!

Resistance delivered another fine Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis demo at Revision 2019. Fullscreen NICCC 2000 features 3D realtime rendering at 25fps. It’s an overall wonderful tribute to the Atari STe Demo STNICCC2000.

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Reading in Between the Lines is a techdemo for SNES by Molive. Released at Revision 2019. This one utilizes the rarely used Super Accelerator 1 (SA1) chip.

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EasyRPG Player is an open source implementation of the RPG Maker 2000/2003 engine. Get a RPG Maker 2000/2003 game and place it in a direct subdirectory of the Player (boot.dol). After starting the Player a game browser will launch and you can pick the game. Valid games have the files “RPG_RT.ldb” and “RPG_RT.lmt”. You can also launch Player in standalone mode by placing the game directly in the Player directory.

Changes and release notes can be found here. The program has been updated few weeks ago in March 2019.

agar.gb by DJARKY is a remake of agar.io for Gameboy Color. Eat small cells and don’t get eaten by bigger ones.

Soko Banana is a brand new puzzle game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This bright and colorful puzzler brings hours of fun and challenge, making your way through dozens of hand-crafted levels.

Built on the classic idea of Sokoban, Soko Banana introduces a bunch of new game elements to add to the challenge. You visit banana warehouses on different islands, and the main goal is to get all the banana crates to the exit, using the environment to your advantage while avoiding traps and enemies.

There are also 3 stray bananas scattered around each level…

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Tube Rider 3D is a free homebrew Wii game by Genesis Project and Nuance. Ride the tube, avoid obstacles – even in 3D if you own one of these odd 3D glasses. Code by Widdy, music by Andy.

The Curse of Illmoore Bay by Second Dimension is an exciting new adventure for the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive currently on Kickstarter for funding. Heavily inspired by Saturday morning cartoons from the 90s. This horizontal scrolling action platformer that will take you through six different levels each with it’s own monsters and bosses, with tons of items to collect and powerful abilities to acquire.

The project is almost funded, but surely you still want to get it!

Old Towers by RetroSouls is a new homebrew game for the SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis. You play as a little explorers in a towers full of deadly traps and skulls. Your only weapons to help you win: quick-thinking and skill.

In Search of the Frisbee Tribe is a very short concept game by Panda Head Interactive. It’s about a spaceman crash landing on planet Frisb and trying to find his way home.