<s>
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade-style	O
football	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Teque	O
London	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Millennium	O
Interactive	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Brutal	O
Sports	O
Series	O
franchise	O
,	O
which	O
continued	O
with	O
Wild	B-Application
Cup	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
,	O
also	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Featuring	O
a	O
different	O
take	O
on	O
football	B-Application
,	O
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
puts	O
heavy	O
emphasis	O
on	O
the	O
violent	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
and	O
it	O
resembles	O
war	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
a	O
sports	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
published	O
by	O
Telegames	O
instead	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
third-party	O
title	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jaguar	B-Device
version	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Messe	O
Sansao	O
in	O
July	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reception	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
with	O
many	O
reviewers	O
favorably	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Speedball	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Brutal	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
from	O
The	O
Bitmap	O
Brothers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
is	O
a	O
seven-a-side	O
football	B-Application
game	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Mutant	B-Application
League	I-Application
Football	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
deviates	O
from	O
other	O
american	B-Application
football	I-Application
titles	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
in	O
several	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
following	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
gameplay	O
featured	O
in	O
other	O
football	B-Application
simulators	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
tackling	O
players	O
and	O
lob	O
the	O
oval-shaped	O
football	B-Application
into	O
the	O
goalpost	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
rules	O
once	O
a	O
match	O
starts	O
and	O
characters	O
not	O
in	O
possession	O
can	O
actually	O
hit	O
opponents	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
the	O
ball	O
and	O
even	O
kill	O
them	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
bloodier	O
and	O
arcade-styled	O
gameplay	O
approach	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
teams	O
are	O
composed	O
of	O
vikings	B-Application
,	O
lizards	O
,	O
goats	O
and	O
rhinos	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
vikings	B-Application
are	O
playable	O
in	O
both	O
League	O
and	O
Knockout	O
modes	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
lizards	O
,	O
goats	O
and	O
rhinos	B-Language
are	O
only	O
playable	O
in	O
Unfriendly	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
post-apocalyptic	O
futuristic	O
sci-fi	O
world	O
,	O
where	O
genetically	O
engineered	O
bi-pedal	O
robots	B-Algorithm
have	O
replaced	O
humans	O
in	O
the	O
Brutal	O
Football	B-Application
League	O
,	O
which	O
originated	O
as	O
a	O
disguised	O
population	O
control	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thanks	O
to	O
the	O
invention	O
of	O
robots	B-Algorithm
by	O
Professor	O
I.M.	O
</s>
<s>
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
originally	O
entered	O
development	O
in	O
June	O
1992	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
James	B-Application
Pond	I-Application
3	I-Application
as	O
a	O
side-scrolling	B-Application
beat	I-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
role-playing	O
game	O
hybrid	O
titled	O
Axequest	O
,	O
however	O
artist	O
Anthony	O
Hager	O
stated	O
that	O
although	O
the	O
original	O
project	O
looked	O
like	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
"	O
too	O
different	O
to	O
catch	O
on	O
"	O
,	O
forcing	O
the	O
team	O
in	O
making	O
an	O
original	O
title	O
but	O
make	O
it	O
"	O
less	O
original	O
"	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
gameplay	O
and	O
settle	O
down	O
with	O
a	O
sports	O
thematic	O
with	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
both	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
were	O
in	O
development	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
MicroProse	O
in	O
Europe	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Beastball	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
ports	O
were	O
advertised	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
and	O
listed	O
for	O
a	O
1994	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
even	O
being	O
reviewed	O
by	O
GamePro	O
magazine	O
but	O
neither	O
was	O
ultimately	O
released	O
,	O
though	O
a	O
ROM	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
was	O
leaked	O
online	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
collector	O
at	O
the	O
SegaAge	O
forums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brutal	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Football	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reception	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
