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There is no way a developer can "abandon" their copyright through any form of inactivity or withdrawing their software from sale. This is something users who access sites like abandonware should remember.

Claiming that the software is no longer supported, available for purchase or even that the required hardware (computer or console) is no longer in existence - and therefore people can download (or host for download) the software is against the law.

The (non-legal) loophole that some sites manage to escape prosecution is some old games - it can be difficult to determine who actually holds the copyright on some titles. But even if you cannot determine who holds copyright on a game, doesn't make the software "free" and "available for all". It is still protected.

The existence of copyright doesn't "disappear" when hosted on an abandonwarez site, and "reappear" when a site such as GOG resumes to make the titles available for purchase. The copyright existed all along, and GOG approaches the owners (or vice versa) to obtain permission to sell the title (on behalf and pay the owner or copyright holder for it).

To portray GOG as "the baddies" who took something that was available for free and started to sell it themselves (and made the good guys stop giving it away) is an oversimplification. Legally the software was never allowed to be given away for free and the "abandonwarez" sites were actually breaking copyright law all along (and they have no legal option but to remove it from their sites and cease making it available for download "free").

Thanks for the update. I'd better delete that particular game from the above post.

I agree with you Campy. It's one of the reasons I've usually used Abandonia when posting games in this forum becasue they always removed games that were still found to be selling or as in the case of GOG re established as commercial products.

I had considered not posting any more abandonware games in the free games project(and in fact had said I was going to stop in one thread some months back), but as there are literally thousands of games still available for free that are considered abandonware I may restart posting some though will of course remove them if GOG end up with the rights. :)

Abandonia is good about pulling games down when new copies being sold or they are contacted by the company that owns the game rights. I like that about Abandonia. They do leave there extras up (maps, manuals, etc.) and their description/review of the game. GOG got another one. In this case, GOG provides a couple of extras that weren't available at Abandonia. GOG has sales pretty frequently and I would guess that at least a couple of times each year they will have a half off sale that will make this available from them for $3.

I'm afraid, Ultima VIII: Pagan is no longer free on Abandonia.
It's now called Ultima VIII: Gold Edition and the buy button goes to GOG.com:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/ultima_8_gold_edition

graylox

19.06.12

Sorry, I was more intent on getting the basics posted over the weekend; I forgot to mention it was a DOS game that would need an emulator like DOSBox. I didn't even get the images posted till today. Thanks Idunno for clearing the problem up for roblou. I'm still not with it at the moment. :(

You'll find a decent tutorial on using the DOSBox in the game discussion forums, posted by Wizzard of Oz when we first started this project. You can find it HERE

Idunno thank you so much for all of the information. These forums are full of really good people. Thank you.

Hi, Roblou.

'Bureau 13' is a game designed for DOS, not Windows. You can still run the game through a software emulator for DOS.

A Wiki about the Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) is here:
http://strategywiki.org/wiki/Category:MS-DOS

An emulator for DOS can be found here:
http://www.dosbox.com/

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the above emulator can be found here:
http://www.progammax.webs.com/index800.html

Screenshot of 'Bureau 13' running in Windows 7 (via DOSBOX & Progammax):

I cannot install this program, can someone help me out. I clicked on the setup.exe and made the selection of save and exit, but nothing happens.

Thanks WR nice game! :)

I'll post images later today. Need to go lay down for a while. :)

Bureau 13

Bureau 13 was a GameTek production loosely based on the popular pen-and-paper roleplaying game of the same name. You play members of a highly classified government agency, whose mission is to identify, track and exterminate all forms of paranormal and supernatural phenomena. To accomplish this you must set up a team using your six Bureau 13 field operatives, each with his or her own unique skills and abilities.

When you first begin the game, you will watch a small video highlighting the mission. Take care to read everything carefully, as clues are hidden in the briefing. Then it is time to choose the two operatives you will use. You can choose between Isaac Richards (the hacker), Delilah Littlepanther (the mechanic), Father Jonathan Blank (the priest) and Jimmy Suttle (the thief). In addition to these "normal" agents, you have two supernatural ones as well: Alexander Keltin (the vampire) and Selma Gray (the witch). Different agents will have alternative solutions to some of the puzzles in the game, so there is more than one way to finish the game. However, there is always a solution to the problem close by. If you can't pick the lock or use the vampire to "mist" through the door in order to gain access to a building, you can simply break the door down. (Not very subtle, but it gets the job done).

Since you are members of a highly classified government agency, stealth is emphasized in the briefing. You should try to leave all things the way they were when you arrived, meaning you should always close all doors after you leave - or see your score drop. However, this is to me one of the most pointless and stupid things in the entire game. I understand the importance of leaving a scene undisturbed in order to make it look as if no-one was there, but...!

First of all, this is only limited to the closing of opened doors, drawers, windows, lockers and the like. You can't put down items you don't need anymore, so if you take a remote control you can't put it back to where you took it from. Also, you can break glass without seeing your score drop. (Won't someone miss their remote control? And what about a seemingly undisturbed scene having a recent break-in?) Another thing that would at least get my attention is Delilah Littlepanther. This very beautiful agent walks around in her underwear, and to top it off she is wearing a huge, experimental, mechanized battlesuit! If this is the agency's idea of travelling incognito, then it is a miracle to me how they have managed to stay secret for so long. I would have loved to see more actions available to the player. For instance my idea for the police station break-in would leave no apparent clues (at least not for as long as the sheriff is in the hospital). I would have locked the evidence room door, placed the key back in its drawer and closed it, turned the power on, closed the fusebox, exited the room, and closed all doors behind me. The only thing the game would allow me to do, however, was to close all doors. So when the policeman returns, he will find the power turned off - walk into the sheriff's office to turn it back on - notice that the shelves in the evidence room are empty (as the security monitor is in the sheriff's office) - notice that the key to the evidence room is missing - see that the evidence room door is unlocked... It would take him three seconds to launch a warrant for the two people who just happened to visit the station a minute before all this happened.

Although the game is based on an RPG, the game itself is more of an adventure/puzzle game. The story is very linear, and just like in every other adventure game you will walk around picking up every little thing that isn't nailed down (and some that are). All your agents have been outfitted with specially issued infinite pockets, so you will have no problem bringing all your precious possessions with you. This includes such items as a big waste-basket of metal (right front pocket) and a three-meter-tall tree (inner left pocket). The realism of the game sort of fades away at this point.

Another thing that could have been improved is the talking. Dialogues take a long time to finish, and you can't fast-forward during them. So you must have a great deal of patience in certain scenes. There are also a couple of glitches in the game that must be mentioned. From time to time, the game will notice items on the screen that are not there. The reason is simple; the items are now in my carry-all jacket, but to the game they are still on the screen - so-called ghost images. You will also notice that the graphics might get screwed up at times (like when you close the fuse-box in the delivery boy's dressing room, and it leaves a black blob in the wall where the door used to be), but the biggest bug will have to be Eddie Houston's coffee table: By examining it you will be told that it is in fact a two-lane highway leading east!

When it comes to the graphics in the game, they are very atmospheric and cinematic (except for the occasional glitches mentioned before). The animations are also very pleasing to the eye, and the music in the game enhances the feel. In fact, the music is so good that the original game CD featured an audio track as well. That way you could play the music on your stereo if you wanted. The most confusing aspect of the game (at least in the beginning) is the controls, but after a very short time it will be easy to navigate through the game. However, I must mention a few things in order to ease your suffering. To swap between the characters you must move the cursor to the top of the screen and right-click. This will take you into an agent menu which lists inventory, special skills and the agents themselves. Click on the left or right badge to swap between them. All the objects you can interact with will change the colour of your cursor, and by right-clicking you will browse through the available options like Open/Close, Move, Examine, Talk to and so on. There are also shortcuts on the keyboard for the most commonly used actions like (T)alk and (O)pen/close.

All in all, Bureau 13 is a very entertaining game. The puzzles are just difficult enough to make you think a little, and most of them have quite logical solutions. It is a game which I thought was really interesting and fun to play, and one that I would recommend to anyone who likes to play adventure games which make you use your brain. Just don't expect too much realism from it.

Reference accessed HERE April 2011

There’s a walkthrough and game documents available from the download page HERE,

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You can download Bureau 13 HERE

Thanks, wizz, that you keep an eye on the developments and us informed.

DosBox has been updated again to version 0.74. My instructable has been updated to indicate this change. In order to use the new version, you'll need to delete the old version and copy over your custom mount to the conf file. In this version of DosBox, the conf can be found as the DOSBox 0.74 Options.dat file in the DOSBox folder, or under the options folder for your DOSBox Start Menu folder as DOSBox 0.74 Options. I've also added a 6th step to indicate the useful commands and the extra mount that dolores suggested along with the fullscreen suggestion from ibwebb.

or even easier: I have a 386 with win 3.11 still going strong ;)

why do that the hard way when you can do it easier ways like the ones we mentioned?

DOSBOX is quite easy to use! {it's for DOS games that won't run natively in Win XP.}

Install DOSBOX on XP, Vista or Win 7 (it will be listed in start menu programs)

Copy DOS game folders to a new folder called DOSGAMES (no spaces!) on your C:\ drive.

For a game called astro in astro folder in dosgames folder

Run dosbox and type

mount c c:\DOSGAMES
press enter
c:
press enter
cd astro
press enter (cd instruction opens astro game folder)
astro.exe
press enter (use game exe name) and the game runs.

You may need to look in the game folder to find the name of the game exe file. Either use windows explorer or at game folder prompt type dir and press enter at the dosbox prompt. You might need to experiment to find the exe or bat file that works! You NEED to type in the .exe or .bat extension.

If it says illegal command, you may have missed out one of the steps, or misspelt something! Check you've followed the pattern correctly! Especially for : use or not of colon.

Just follow this pattern for each game.

Press the alt and enter key at the same time to play full screen / exit full screen.

If dosbox doesn’t seem to respond, make sure you click the mouse within the dosbox window if game uses a mouse!

P key or 'enter' key starts many dos games. Q or Esc leaves game. Exit at the prompt quits dosbox!

[**** You can install the games to other hard drive letters if you have extra hard drive(s). Just use the correct drive letter and install folder name in the above procedure. ****]

Eg For games installed on D:\ drive in mygames folder you would use the sequence

mount D D:\MYGAMES
D:
cd astro
astro.exe

You have to use eight letters or less and NO spaces in the names for the main folder name and game folder name!

You may need to change your screen display to a lower setting eg 1024 x 768 or 800x600 perhaps 16 bit for some older games.

There are online tutorials if you wish to try configuring dosbox itself eg for screen resolution.

Wiki has a page http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/GAMES listing games that need DOSBox!

Posted. http://fgotd.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/week-28-bioforge/

I was going to post Bioforge as one of my week 102 games, and had created the review, (well cut and pasted several images and an old review from Abandonia (fully referenced/acknowledged) together), then discovered Wizzard had posted the game way back in week 28. (I still forget to check G@rgoyles game synopsis) we didn't have the ability to add images to the posts back then, so I decided to replace wizzards post apart from his introduction as it was from the same source as mine. I've just tarted it up a little to improve the presentation by adding several images to the review and some videos of the game play.

It's a great game, that, at the time of it's release was very innovative with respect to improved visuals and game mechanics. you can read all about that in the review above. :)

With respect to my last post above, I never did get back to playing The wheelman. I think I only bought it becasue I like Vin Diesels movies and anything GTA like, lol.

Thanks Wrascally Wabbit! Dinosaurs and recycling! Added to your folder.:)

no, they are not free. please check your sources.. they are owned by TakeTwo.

actually to quote (from TakeTwo's 2007 Annual Report - http://ir.take2games.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-07-15029 )

Software Content and Licensing

We have established a portfolio of successful proprietary software content. We own all of the intellectual property rights associated with the following brands: Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Bully, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Sid Meier’s Railroads!, Sid Meier’s Pirates, Manhunt, Red Dead Revolver, Max Payne, Smuggler’s Run, Spec Ops, Bioshock, Top Spin, Amped, Links, Railroad Tycoon and Xcom.

The first two in the series are free now, though you will still see them included in XCom packages. I almost bought the Steam pack, but decided not to as I already have similar games.

actually the XCOM series are not abandonware.
they are owned by TakeTwo now and sold through them and Steam....

no prob.

but could you please tell me from what game this screenshots were? i mean they looked very like command and conquer but it didnt look like original interface. so was it a mod maybe?

Hi Zanza, Thanks for pointing that out. you are right. I had too many images uploading at the time and they have got mixed in with XCOM

hey whiterabbit,

the third and fifth ingame-screenshots you posted for x-com seem to be from another game. they look like command and conquer.

I've got more games to post for tomorrow. These include abrilliant puzzle game called Drod (there's a whole series of DROD games available , but this one is the only freeware one. gorgeous graphics and excellent game play. There will hopefully be one of the original Need for Speed games, though i've been having problems getting it to work. There's an iso image of soldiers at war an excellent WWII strategy game (I've still got an original CD of this game), plus a little known Lemmings game called Lemmings Paintball. Theres also teo more big games, but I'm still not sure of their legality yet. one is called PlanescapeP: tormnt a brilliant rts game from 1999 (gorgeous rich graphics plus another futuristic rts called L.E.D. Wars (I got a copy of it free with a purchase of Mortyr many years ago. Finally I have a great retro space shooter that's reminicient of the arcade games from the 1980's. he viewpoint is isometric rather than side scrolling or top down. It's actually a remake so the graphics look excellent. What's it called? Zaxxon Retro Remake.

If I have the time I may add a few more games to make up for the lack of many games over the last week, especially if i have to scrap the ones i'm not sure about.. wizzard has been extremely busy getting ready for his wedding, plus work, so hasn't had much time to post every day. Though the games he posted earlier this week were excellent.

Seeing as ther is no Game Giveaway this weekend, i've dug out some excellent games for you for today and tomorrow (watch out for Sundays games later today (I'm not going to force myself to get up early to post them, so will post them later today). Today we have a great little pixilated side scrolling platform game involving dinosaurs in Prehistorik 2, then an excellent strategy game with UFO: Ememy Unknown (it's placed 78 in the the EDGE Online's list of games 100 games you should have on your computer; I'll have another one from the list tomorrow, (I think I may have already posted this sometime in the past, but it's well worth posting for a second time as i'm sure many will have missed it. I've also included a couple of games for the kids with the two EcoQuest titles, (though they are not just for the kids)and the final game for today is an earlier version of speedball, which was released at the end of the last century (lol).

Most of the games play via XP, if one doesn't, try DOSBox. (I haven't had time to test any of the games in DOSBox yet)

Prehistorik 2 (1.02Mb)

The game runs fine in XP. Once unpacked you’ll have to manually place the games folder whever you wish to place it then create a desktop shortcut.

"Eat and beat your way through 150 screens of awesome, nourishing fun and relive the Prehistorik epic in this incredible platform game. Armed with your Diner Club Anticus, proven to be the ancestor of the baseball bat, you start in pursuit of the Hilarious Maxidocus and take on armies of hairy spiders. Explore the virgin icefields of Antarctica, lush tropic jungles, and the dark and mysterious caverns of the shady continent. Don't worry about beatin' and meatin', it's for the good of the T-bone tribe. The hunt for lunch is on; come and get it!" -- Ad Blurb. Prehistorik is a solid conversion of Titus' Amiga platform hit. The game's highlights are the zany humor, inventive levels, and humorous antics of both your caveman and the enemies. What I like in particular about the game is the many creative weapons you can find and use, as well as secret paths that lead to bonus items. The music is also quite catchy, and better than most games of its type (unfortunately, the PC music, as usual, can't compare to the rocking tune of Amiga version). The sequel Prehistorik 2 boasts even better graphics, as well as all-new levels and monsters. It also removes a semi-annoying requirement in Prehist orik that you must collect a certain amount of food before proceeding to the next level. This makes the game more fun, as you no longer need to roam around levels over and over, looking for that one last food. Overall, both games are fun, "feel-good" platformers that provide just the right level of challenge for the dexterity challenged (like me), with fun levels that are difficult, but not too difficult to frustrate you. Both are highly recommended!

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvfGNkA94k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpm8-e58kcA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4IQ26Y2Zhs

Download:

http://takegame.com/action/htm/prehistorik2.htm

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UFO Enemy Unknown aka X-COM: UFO defense (3.38Mb)

UFO: Enemy Unknow was developed by Microprose back in the early 90’s. There are two executables: try "ufo defense.exe" first, as it seems to work better. If you experience any video card problems or lockups, "ufo.exe" should work okay.

You're the chairman of a worldwide organization with the purpose of combating alien invasions on Earth that become more frequent and violent by the minute, as well as researching on alien technology you come across. Your funds come from the trust the rich countries of the world put on you: if you manage to keep aliens away from civils and have an overall good reputation, the countries will gradually decide to grant you more money to keep working. If not, they might decrease the level of investment, and could even ally with the aliens! The basic difference is that in Enemy unknown the action happens on land (ie. cities or the countryside of just any continent) and Terror from the deep takes place pretty much only underwater, using subs and very special survival material.

This beginning of the X-COM series (the two first games) is *very* challenging, almost too much. But it's rewarding. It offers a unique management game, where you have to deal with scientists, research, production of equipment, purchases/sales, headquarters, air ships, strike teams... as well as one of the best tactical strategy games ever developed. Once your strike team reach an UFO crash, land or wreckage site, or intervene on an alien invasion on some big city, the game turns into a thrilling tactical hunt through a number of different landscapes, from urban to countryside, from jungle to desert, and the underwater landscapes in Terror from the deep. And here you can ruin everything all in one wrong turn. The humans are dangerously vulnerable to the alien weaponry, while some of the UFOs bring beings that resemble war machines all too well.

There aren't many commands, but you'll have to get used to rules of safety in the field and management of the base, and that's why the game is so challenging. Even experienced players may need luck sometimes. I can't think of a flaw, the game works fine, it is just perfect, all you'll have a hard time doing is adjusting to the challenge of it. Terror from the deep plays slightly better than its predecessor, but both games are nearly flawless.

Overall, the fun factor of these games is undeniable. I don't know a boy of my generation who hasn't played at least one of them, and if you didn't, believe me: fix it before it's too late.

Reference http://abandoneer.com/games.php?gameid=24

[quote]Base building, turn-based strategy, RPG like squad development, resource management – UFO enemy Unknown could have been sprawing, but smartly interlocks it all into singularity. Building the base that houses the squad that’s equioed to attack the alien base to capture the cmmander to research him to advance the story – UFO puts you in charge of everything.

Such involvement lends missions great consequence and enthralling tension, with every soldier both vital and mortally vunerable

Reference “The hundred best games to play today” http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-100-best-games-to-play-today?page=0%2C2 (see entry 78)

Download:

http://abandoneer.com/games.php?gameid=24

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EcoQuest - The Search for Cetus

Installation:

There is no installer included with the download package. you have to manually install both EcoQuest games and then create your own desktop shortcuts. Although both games are supposed to work within windows I had problems getting them to work. with thhis game it ran fine in windows apart from the audio which wouldn't initialize, whereas the second game I couldn't get to work at all. you'll find help files within the games folders that give tips on how to play the game.

Don't let DOSBox put you off setting this up for the children. It's a decent educational game with gorgeous images.

In EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus, you play a little boy named Adam who is the son of an ecologist and was brought up to value preserving the Earth. The game starts with Adam moving to a new location, with no friends. What’s a new kid to do? Well, if you answered "Make friends with a talking dolphin and begin an undersea adventure to save the ocean," you’d be correct! What begins as a simple friendship with the talking dolphin, Delphinius, soon explodes when he requests aid from you to help his undersea city. Leaving the surface world behind, Adam begins an adventure involving the discovery of his role in a prophecy of a human boy removing the human waste in the ocean, defeating the flesh-eater, and freeing Cetus, the city's protector. In the end you save the city while learning many important life lessons.

The gameplay is similar to any other Sierra game of the time, with a basic point-and-click interface. The graphics are on par with King’s Quest 5 and make for a great game. This game also introduces the recycling icon, whereby Adam can collect trash in his recycling bag! Not only do you learn important ecological principles, but these principles aren’t force-fed to you. This game was originally designed for teaching young kids the importance of preserving the Earth, yet is fun for all ages. The only reason this game got a 4 rather than a 5 is its length. After logging a decent hour - maybe two hours - of game play I discovered I was already three quarters of the way done. Due to such short game play and the somewhat linear plot, this game only scores a 4 with me. Also the puzzles are fairly straightforward with usually very little trouble involved in solving them.

In the end, this game is a decent adventure game for all ages. It may be short, but during that short period it’s a lot of fun. A quick note; the code for the door in the beginning is 9721. Sorry to give it away but if you can discover this number without using a guide, be my guest. So sit back, grab your recycling container, turn off all your unnecessary light sources and get ready for some light ecological fun!

[i]Works in XP or DOSBox

Forum comments:

http://www.abandonia.com/en/forum?url=showthread.php?t=614

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Download

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/182/EcoQuest+-+The+Search+for+Cetus.html

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EcoQuest 2 - Lost Secret of the Rainforest (6.42Mb)

I had difficulty getting this game to work in windows though there are supposed to be windows install files within the games folder. It works perfectly well via DOSBox though.

After releasing EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus in 1991, Sierra followed up with this bright, fun sequel.

In EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest, you play young Adam Greene who, with his father Noah, an ecologist, arrives in a third-world country to study the rainforest. After becoming separated from his father Adam ventures alone into the rainforest, to discover the secret of the mysterious Forest Heart, find the lost City of Gold and attempt to help the endangered Grove People.

The game is targeted mostly at the younger end of the market, but adults would also enjoy the lush graphics and the interesting information about ecology and rainforests revealed by your e-corder. The game seemed a little tedious at first, with a little too much help popping up, but when Adam reaches the rainforest and climbs the giant tree smothered in exotic flowers, birds and creatures, it becomes rather fun... like a tropical version of the Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton.

If you like wandering around lush forests and interacting with wee beasties, and performing heroic deeds while being presented with educational tit-bits along the way, as I do, then you'll enjoy this game. However, if you prefer your action to come fast and furious, then this gentle, thoughtful game might not appeal. But you do get to play around with an e-corder.

Using Windows 98 and DOSBox, I received a 'Your Hardware Has Not Been Initialised' error message at the start of the game. I tried opening the game in pure DOS but received the same message. I went back to using DOSBox, but this time when the error screen appeared, I clicked 'Esc' and the screen closed and the game introduction started. By the way, the music and sound effects proceeded to work fine. However, a warning to those using Windows XP: I found this message on another abandonware games site: A slowdown utility *must* be used to run the game -- otherwise you will get a faulty "888.pal not found" error.

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Download:

http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/215/EcoQuest+2+-+Lost+Secret+of+the+Rainforest.html

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Speedball 2 (<1Mb)

Way back in the year 2095 the Speedball-league was unregulated and ungoverned due to corruption and violence. Five years later in an attempt to regain public interest the sport was reorganised: Speedball 2 was born. Another five years pass till a new team emerges. The name of this team is Brutal Deluxe.

Speedball is some kind of a rugby-soccer-handball-mix plus NO penalties for fouls. In fact one of the things you do most of the time is to beat the crap out of the other team. While doing so you try to hit the opponents goal (after you tried to get rid the keeper), collecting coins for extra money, beamers or speed-ups and hitting the extra-point-goals at the sides of the court. The metal-ball you play with is held in the hand and you can pass it to your team mates if you are oppressed too much. Each game has two halfs of 90 seconds. Before a game starts you can upgrade your players by buying power ups and training units.

The gameplay itself is very fast and that is marvelous! You really get into it.
The only two bad things are that you never know the name of your current character which would be fine to know when buy the upgrades and the second is that it‘s quite confusing which player will be yours when your current player disappears from the screen. The computer switches to the player that is nearest to the ball. But sometimes you run in the wrong direction for a time.

There are different game modes that can be played in single player mode: Tournament, League and Manager Mode. When playing the latter you just buy and sell players and get them upgraded and equipped. The computer makes the hard work and controls all of your players during the match.

Maybe the best thing in this game is the multiplayer mode. It is great to play against your friends.

If you decide to play the Tournament be sure to do some practising rounds first. Well at the beginning your team Brutal Deluxe is nothing more than a bunch of losers and you have to fight quite hard to earn your money. But by the time it gets more and more brutal. I bet you‘ll love it!

The graphics are not superb but very nice for a sports game. Everything is done is the typical Bitmap Brothers metal-look. The sounds could have been better but it‘s OK because the gameplay compensates everything. If sounds and graphics are more important to you, you probably should try the Amiga version or get the PlayStation version Speedball 2100 which was released autumn 2000.

The game is most fun when you play fullscreen and with a joystick - that really beams you back to the late 80s/early 90s.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4s2IimFn-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdk2u51ufc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwG2JEtV41U

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Download

http://www.abandonia.com/games/592/

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Yes, it is still valid, for when I tried the ATI offer it started downloading it.

Thanks Wizz, I hope all is well with you?

W.R.

Here are the links, not sure they're valid anymore, but the pages are still active.

Nvidia

ATI

I too have missed playing HL2 on the weekends. I've not had much time lately to do anything on the weekends though. This weekend I'm vegging out and no one will be able to move me much further than the couch!