History VideoGame / Silverball

In the early Nineties, the shoddy PC port of ''VideoGame/PinballDreams'' was touted by UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} computer users as [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars evidence of the technological superiority of their platform.]] In response, James Schmalz and Digital Extremes created ''Silverball,'' using assembly language to make full use of the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer hardware. As with ''Dreams,'' the games were played from a top-down view, either with the entire table visible at once or with a scrolling playfield two screens tall.

* LikeThatShowButWithMecha: "Warbot" is the same game as "Excalibur" from ''VideoGame/EpicPinball'', but with a robot theme.

* NoPlotNoProblem

* SpellingBonus
* TopDownView

'''Silverball''' is a [[DigitalPinballTables pinball computer game]] developed by James Schmalz of Digital Extremes, and published by [=MicroLeague=]. It was Schmalz's first foray into DigitalPinballTables, and serves as a predecessor to ''VideoGame/EpicPinball''.

In the early Nineties, the shoddy PC port of ''VideoGames/PinballDreams'' was touted by UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} computer users as [[UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars evidence of the technological superiority of their platform.]] In response, James Schmalz and Digital Extremes created ''Silverball,'' using assembly language to make full use of the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer hardware. As with ''Dreams,'' the games were played from a top-down view, either with the entire table visible at once or with a scrolling playfield two screens tall.

In the early Nineties, the shoddy PC port of ''VideoGames/PinballDreams'' was touted by UsefulNotes/{{Amiga}} computer users as [[ConsoleWars evidence of the technological superiority of their platform.]] In response, James Schmalz and Digital Extremes created ''Silverball,'' using assembly language to make full use of the UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer hardware. As with ''Dreams,'' the games were played from a top-down view, either with the entire table visible at once or with a scrolling playfield two screens tall.

In the early Nineties, the shoddy PC port of ''VideoGames/PinballDreams'' was touted by {{Amiga}} computer users as [[ConsoleWars evidence of the technological superiority of their platform.]] In response, James Schmalz and Digital Extremes created ''Silverball,'' using assembly language to make full use of the IBMPersonalComputer hardware. As with ''Dreams,'' the games were played from a top-down view, either with the entire table visible at once or with a scrolling playfield two screens tall.

* SpellingBonus

In 1994, after the success of ''VideoGame/EpicPinball'', [=MicroLeague=] released ''Silverball Plus 2'', which featured the four tables from ''Silverball'', and two more tables recycled from ''Epic'' -- "Duel" and "Warbot". Once again, players could send in a brochure to get the bonus "Nova" table.

* Blood
* Fantasy
* Odyssey
* Snooker Champ

* SpellingBonus

In 1994, after the success of ''VideoGame/EpicPinball'', [=MicroLeague=] released ''Silverball Plus 2'', which featured the four tables from ''Silverball'', and two more tables -- "Duel" and "Warbot". Once again, players could send in a brochure to get the bonus "Nova" table.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: "Blood" features an ovah-headed horned devil with a forked tongue.

''Silverball'' is a [[DigitalPinballTables pinball computer game]] developed by James Schmalz of Digital Extremes, and published by [=MicroLeague=]. It was Schmalz's first foray into DigitalPinballTables, and serves as a predecessor to ''VideoGame/EpicPinball''.

''Silverball'' is a 1993 pinball computer game developed by Digital Extremes and Epic Games (formerly EpicMegaGames) and published by [=MicroLeague=]. It is basically a set of ''Epic Pinball'' 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''.

* "Fantasy"
* "Blood"
* "Snooker Champ"
* "Odyssey"

These tables do not appear in ''Epic Pinball''.

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 three tables which appear only in some versions or can be added into other versions by copying and/or editing the game files:
* "Warbot" - this table is the same as the ''Epic Pinball'' table "Excalibur"
* "Duel" - this table is almost the same as the ''Epic Pinball'' table "Magic"
* "Nova" - this table is unique to ''Silverball'' (but uses the same music as "Space Journey" from ''Epic Pinball'').

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!!This VideoGame contains examples of:
* NoPlotNoProblem: This game does not have a plot. This game does not need one.
* {{Pinball}}: That's what this game is about!
* ScoringPoints: That is basically the point to playing a Pinball game.
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''Silverball'' is a 1993 pinball computer game developed by Digital Extremes and Epic Games (formerly EpicMegaGames) and published by MicroLeague. It is basically a set of ''Epic Pinball'' 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''.

''Silverball'' is a 1993 pinball computer game developed by Digital Extremes and Epic Games (formerly 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 created by James Schmalz and paved the way for the development of ''Epic Pinball''.

These tables do not appear in Epic Pinball.

The shareware version included the Fantasy table and nonplayable versions of Blood, Snooker Champ and Odyssey in which the plunger does not work.