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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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