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Haunted House by Paradox, Crack by LSD

Speedball by Image Works, Crack by Was (Not Was)

Exolon by Hewson, Crack by Was (Not Was)

Atax by Ramware, Crack by Was (Not Was)

Crack'ed by Atari, Crack by Was (Not Was)

Time Blast by Micro Value, Crack by Bob

Speedball


I must admit I've mostly played Speedball 2 back in the day (and I've played that a LOT!) and because I got the first quite late, I never gave it a proper chance until now.

The formula is the same though. One pitch, 2 goal posts, grab the ball and send it to the opponent's post. No rules, no fouls, nothing. Beat the crap out of the goalkeeper and then shoot the ball? No problemo! Grab every icon you see along the way, it'll help you in various ways (some act as currency, so in the next match you can buy powerups, bribe the opposite coach, etc). There's no sense of dribble or controlling the ball with the feet as the player in possession of the ball keep it in his hands, so you have a lot of freedom in your movements. In the middle of the field there's also a pacman-like wrap zone where once the ball enters there, it appears on the other side. The playfield scrolls vertically only, so you can see most of the action more easily (in contrast with the second game which has horizontal scrolling too).

The game took me a bit to get accustomed to, but after that the game plays fine. Graphics and sound are nicely drawn and are not confusing. So all things considered, a fine game worthy of your time!