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Professional Underground League of Pain

A combination of ice hockey, basketball, and bare-knuckle fighting, Professional Underground League of Pain is a futuristic sports game with few rules and loads of violence. The object of the game is to throw…

28 March 1997

Professional Underground League of Pain is a fighting developed by Beyond Reality Entertainment, released 28 March 1997 on PlayStation and DOS.

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What Professional Underground League of Pain is

Professional Underground League of Pain is a fighting game developed by Beyond Reality Entertainment and released in 1997. It was published by Psygnosis Limited. It is available on PlayStation and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A combination of ice hockey, basketball, and bare-knuckle fighting, Professional Underground League of Pain is a futuristic sports game with few rules and loads of violence. The object of the game is to throw a plasma ball into a round goal that is suspended above the middle of a hockey-sized arena. Before you or your computer opponent can make a basket, the ball must be charged. Each team's charger is located in their opponents end of the court. Be careful, though: If the ball is charged with your opponent's color and you make a basket, your opponent gets the points. The same rule applies for the opposing team. There are different zones on the court and depending on where a player is…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Professional Underground League of Pain launched on 28 March 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64 and Need for Speed II.

Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Doom 64, Need for Speed II.

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When did Professional Underground League of Pain come out?
Professional Underground League of Pain was released on 28 March 1997 for PlayStation and DOS.

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