The player can alter the angle of the table, and choose to play a three or five ball game. The game includes multiball.[2]
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, as well a bonus table that could be ordered for free when purchasing Silverball directly from Epic MegaGames.[citation needed]
Table
Game edition
Notes
Fantasy
Original Silverball
Shareware Table
Blood
Not playable in Shareware version.
Snooker Champ
Odyssey
Duel
Silverball Plus 2
Similar design as the Epic Pinball table "Magic".
Warbot
Similar design as the Epic Pinball table "Excalibur".
Nova
Silverball Installment
Similar music as the Epic Pinball table "Space Journey".
Reception
Computer Gaming World 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".[3]
Pelit found that "surprisingly" fewer bugs were in the shareware version, and that it was better.[4]