''Silverball'' is a 1993

pinball Pinball games are a family of games in which a ball is propelled into a specially designed table where it bounces off various obstacles, scoring points either en route or when it comes to rest. Historically the board was studded with nails call ...

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developed by

Digital Extremes Digital Extremes is a Canadian video game developer founded in 1993 by James Schmalz. They are best known for creating ''Warframe'', a free-to-play cooperative online action game, and co-creating Epic Games' ''Unreal'' series of games. Digital ...

and

Epic MegaGames Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, Mar ...

and published by MicroLeague. It is basically a set of ''

Epic Pinball ''Epic Pinball'' is a 1993 pinball video game developed by James Schmalz and published by Epic MegaGames. The initial release pre-dated Schmalz' Digital Extremes name. The game is played seen from a 2D top-down view within a scrollable window wi ...

'' tables distributed through retail. Silverball was the first set of pinball games created by James Schmalz and paved the way for the development of ''Epic Pinball''.

Tables

The shareware version included the "Fantasy" table and nonplayable versions of "Blood", "Snooker Champ", and "Odyssey" in which the plunger does not work. There are also two tables which appear in the later released ''

Silverball Plus 2 ''Silverball'' is a 1993 pinball video game developed by Digital Extremes and Epic MegaGames and published by MicroLeague. It is basically a set of ''Epic Pinball'' tables distributed through retail. Silverball was the first set of pinball games c ...

'', as well a bonus table that could be ordered for free when purchasing ''Silverball'' directly from Epic MegaGames.

Reception

Computer Gaming World ''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American computer game magazine published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 1993. It expanded greatly through t ...

'' stated that "the ball's action is a bit strange", behaving like rubber instead of steel. The magazine concluded that "''Silverball'' ranks high for those who don't mind the unrealistic ball action".

References

External links

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List of past games from Digital Extremes
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