![]() The game doesn’t disappoint in regards to the addictive nature of its lineage. After all, its reliance on a tried and tested formula does span back literally generations of entertainment. So, with that said, it shouldn’t need too much tweaking in terms of providing that basic, yet addictive rivalry set up. Even Nintendo themselves crept into the gaming industry with their own versions of it in the form of the Color TV-Game 6 console. The simple competitive structure of bat and ball was so influential that many takes on the concept soon surfaced. Stripped down to its code, it is a modern incarnation of Magnavox Odyssey’s table tennis – a game released on the first home console ever built and providing heavy inspiration for Atari’s much more popular Pong. Ultra Space Battle Brawl is nothing new in terms of ideas and gameplay. The end result? Ultra Space Battle Brawl, apparently. One that sees three decades worth of arcade classics such as 1972’s Pong, 1984’s Warlords and a string of 90’s Capcom fighting classics collide. Now, instead of people carrying out this bond, imagine an intergalactic tournament bound in close association with a reality full of Burts from Sesame Street, setting out to compete against one another to improve upon their somewhat depressing livelihoods. Using organised sport, or games, to feed the chemical hunger that’s still hard-wired into each and every one of us. Humans, on the other hand, have only merely evolved from such primal necessities. ![]() Whether it be in the form of vegetation fighting its way closer to the sun, or animals in the wild proving dominance over food and mating rights for survival. The nature of competition spans way back to the beginning of time.
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