Ready, Steady, GO! — Sports Games

Amiga lovers of the beautiful game are well-catered for on Antstream with the inclusion of all three original Kick Off games

– of which the first two scored 96% and

94% respectively in ZZAP – and Gremlin’s

Footballer Of The Year II. Also available is

Kick Off’s great rival, the fast and flowing

Sensible Socccer and its update, Sensible

World Of Soccer from Sensible Software, an altogether different experience to the control and pass mechanics of Anco’s game. Away from footie there’s Face-Off Ice Hockey from Krisalis and the ultra-violent Brutal Football. Talking of ultra-violent, futuristic sports sim Speedball and its brilliant sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe are both playable on Antstream and also great fun to play against another human player. These Bitmap Brothers games scored impressively upon release back in the day, the first game acquiring a sizzling 91% in issue 45 of January 1989 and its sequel going even better with 96% and a Gold Medal just over two years later. Show me the ice cream! Also available: Winter Games (US Gold/Epyx), California Games (Epyx), Hole In One (Gremlin).