As the organisation gives rise to anarchy, the game is forced underground, but five years later, in an attempt to regain public interest, Speedball 2 is born.
Each team has nine players on court rather than five, and targets on the floor and walls can be hit for bonus points.
[9][10][11] The music, written by Simon Rogers and remixed and coded by Richard Joseph, won the 1991 Golden Joystick Award for Best Soundtrack.
"[12] That same year, PC Gamer UK named it the 30th best computer game of all time, calling it "totally convincing and very stylish".
This version, released in September 2000, failed to win over gamers and press because it lacked the speed and gameplay of the originals.
Empire Interactive released Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe onto Xbox Live Arcade on October 17, 2007.
Frogster Interactive Pictures released a remake developed by Kylotonn, Speedball 2 Tournament onto Steam in November 2007.
[30] In February 2011, Tower Studios released another updated version called Speedball 2: Evolution, developed by Vivid Games for iOS and MacOS.