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2 | [[caption-width-right:300:''Cunning Developments'' logo]] |
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4 | Silverball Studios (previously Cunning Developments, then Fuse Games) was a UK VideoGame company best known for their various [[DigitalPinballTables digital pinball games.]] |
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6 | As Cunning Developments, the company received critical acclaim for their ''VideoGame/ProPinball'' line of digital pinball games for the Platform/IBMPersonalComputer. Whereas earlier computer pinball games used a scrolling top-down playfield, the ''Pro Pinball'' titles used pre-rendered views of modelled pinball tables, providing photorealistic graphics, fast action, and complex rulesets that rivaled the RealLife {{Pinball}} games of the time. After developing four ''Pro Pinball'' games, the company tried to branch into console gaming with ''Endgame'' for the Platform/PlayStation2, which was quickly ignored by critics after its release in 2002. |
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8 | Out of the ashes of Cunning Developments came Fuse Games founded by ''Pro Pinball'' developers Adrian Barritt and Richard Horrocks. Seeking to show off their talents, they developed a prototype video pinball game with Creator/{{Nintendo}}'s [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros famous plumber]], then pitched it to Nintendo of America in Seattle. Nintendo was sufficiently impressed to sign the company, and their demo became ''VideoGame/MarioPinballLand''. Fuse Games went on to develop more games for Nintendo, but went into voluntary liquidation in 2009 when some of their shareholders departed. |
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10 | The company reformed a month later as Silverball Studios, serving as a developer for Barnstorm Games to create titles for a variety of platforms. In 2012, the company attempted to revive the ''VideoGame/ProPinball'' series through Kickstarter, recruiting veteran pinball designer Creator/PatLawlor to develop a new table for the series. Unfortunately, the Kickstarter project failed to reach its funding goal; the studio then went into liquidation, and has been fully absorbed by Barnstorm Games. |
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13 | !!Games produced as Cunning Developments: |
14 | * The ''VideoGame/ProPinball'' series: |
15 | ** ''[[VideoGame/ProPinballTheWeb Pro Pinball: The Web]]'' |
16 | ** ''[[VideoGame/ProPinballTimeshock Pro Pinball: Timeshock!]]'' |
17 | ** ''[[VideoGame/ProPinballBigRaceUSA Pro Pinball: Big Race USA]]'' |
18 | ** ''[[VideoGame/ProPinballFantasticJourney Pro Pinball: Fantastic Journey]]'' |
19 | * ''VideoGame/{{Endgame}}'' (a light gun shooter) |
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21 | !!Games produced as Fuse Games: |
22 | * ''VideoGame/MarioPinballLand'' |
23 | * ''VideoGame/MetroidPrimePinball'' |
24 | * ''Active Health with Carol Vorderman'' |
25 | * ''Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon'' |
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27 | !!Games produced as Silverball Studios: |
28 | * ''Thomas and Friends: Hero of the Rails'' |
29 | * ''Mensa Brain Test'' |
30 | * ''Frogger Pinball'' |
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