App recommendation...Speedball 2.

Those of you with smartphones might play games on them. This might be a useful recommendation!

I remember fondly the first computer Dad bought for the house. It was a Commodore Amiga 500, and I can even remember the cartoon packaging it came in, complete with a "Simpsons" game and a "Captain Planet" game. There was a lot of great games enjoyed on that machine, and to be honest, there was some worthwhile typing and printing of letters as well.

One of the games I remembered recently was Speedball 2. This was a game by the Bitmap Brothers (remember others, like cadaver, gods, and magic pockets?), and it was (is?) great fun. A team of 9 robots and 3 subs (you'll need them when your players are knocked out) chasing a steel ball around a closed court. The ball could be electrified for harming your opponents, you scored as many points for knocking out an opposing player as for a goal, and there was no such thing as a yellow card system. Brutally simple, and great fun.

After every game you win some money which you can use to upgrade your players in the gym, or save up for higher quality players on the transfer market. This will be needed after you graduate to the next division!

Now it's released on the iOS for iPhones and iPods and presumably iPads as well! You can download it from the appstore, and it plays really well on the iPhone - one thumb to move and another to throw/tackle (or you can use the accelerometer and tilt the phone) is a joyous way to play. Download it and enjoy racking up 300-10 scores against the baddies!