Silverball Studios

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British video game developer

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Field	Value
name	Silverball Studios Limited
former_name	Fuse Games Limited (2002-2009)
type	Subsidiary
defunct
fate	Merged into Barnstorm Games
foundation
founder	Adrian Barritt
Richard Horrocks
location	Burford, Oxfordshire, England
industry	Interactive entertainment
homepage	silverballstudios.com
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Silverball Studios Limited, formerly known as Fuse Games Limited, was a British video game developer known for developing pinball games. It served as a second-party developer for Nintendo for much of its existence.

History

Fuse Games Limited era

The company was founded in 2002 by Adrian Barritt and Richard Horrocks, makers of the award-winning Pro Pinball series of computer games. As an idea to show what they were capable of, they developed a Mario pinball demo and pitched the idea to Nintendo, who then hired the company to make Mario Pinball Land for the Game Boy Advance. The whole game was made by just five people. Later, Fuse Games developed Nintendo DS games, the most notable being Metroid Prime Pinball, a pinball adaptation of the GameCube game Metroid Prime. The studio also became the only developer outside Japan to create a Touch! Generations game, with Active Health with Carol Vorderman.

Silverball Studios Limited era

In 2009, the company nearly went bankrupt after completing Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon for DSiWare, but reformed as Silverball Studios. The company attempted to revive the Pro Pinball series through Kickstarter in 2012. The project's goal was unsuccessful, and the company eventually merged into Barnstorm Games as the in-house development team. Afterwards, the Kickstarter was revived in 2013, but was limited to the single table Timeshock!. This campaign reached its goal and the Ultra Edition of Pro-Pinball: Timeshock! was released for several platforms.

Games

Source:

Game Boy Advance

Mario Pinball Land (2004)

Nintendo DS

Metroid Prime Pinball (2005)
Active Health with Carol Vorderman (2009)
Pinball Pulse: The Ancients Beckon (2009)
Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2010)

Wii

Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails (2010)
American Mensa Academy (2012)

iPhone

Mensa Brain Test (2010)
Frogger Pinball (2011)

Nintendo 3DS

BearShark: The Game (2013)

Windows/Xbox 360 Arcade

American Mensa Academy (2012)
Pro Pinball: Timeshock! - The Ultra Edition (2014)

References

(2004-09-20). "Fuse Games on Mario Pinball".
Harris, Craig. (2005-05-18). "E3 2005: Metroid Prime Hunters Creator Interview". IGN.
"GamesJobsDirect | Recruiters List".
MCV Staff. (2009-12-04). "Silverball opens following Fuse closure". MCV.
"Pinball News - First and Free".
(15 May 2019). "Silverball: Crowdfunding involves the consumer".
"Pro Pinball®: Revived & Remastered".
"Barnstorm Games - Company History".
"Interview | Barnstorm Games Talks Pro Pinball, Metroid Prime Pinball and Mario Pinball Land Page 1 - Cubed3".
"Pro Pinball: Timeshock! - the ULTRA Edition".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309183422/http://www.silverballstudios.com/games.html Games]

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