Speed Maniax - A Super Cars-like game is recovered as a Demo for the Commodore Amiga

Retro racing fans have a rare opportunity to experience a piece of "lost" Amiga history with the latest demo 5 download of SpeedManiaX, a Super Cars like racer, that Luigi Recanatese says "is intended to represent the evolution of the game 30 years after its conception". While Aminet currently hosts the most recent version, Demo 5, which was uploaded in late April 2026, provided below is a bit of back story, as well as some gameplay footage from Saberman.

According to Gamesthatweren't who mentioned this game back in 2021-2023. SpeedManiaX (once known simply as Speed Mania) was a highly ambitious project that eventually evolved into a title called Brutal Speed. In issue 65 of Italian Games Machine, the game was previewed as an AGA chipset powerhouse featuring 8-directional scrolling and a vibrant palette of 128 colours, drawing comparisons to classics like Super Cars 2 and Neo Drift. Despite its promise, the original project was cancelled after the development team suffered a devastating hardware failure on their A4000 hard drive, resulting in the loss of nearly all data.

• This version only works on any Amiga with 2 Mb of ram chip. This limitation is because this is a demo. Not all features are  available. 
•  The developer, now primarily working at XTeam Software, notes that this release is strictly a demo intended to showcase the game's growth since its 1990s inception. As such, not all features are currently functional.

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