Quicksilva

Quicksilva was a British games software publisher active during the early 1980s. Amongst the company's successes were Jeff Minter's Gridrunner, Bugaboo and Fred, two titles licenced from Spanish software house Indescomp S.A. Sandy White's Ant Attack and Zombie Zombie for the ZX Spectrum featured revolutionary 3-D graphics for which a patent application was made. The company was most successful during 1983-1984, during which time it released a Star Raiders-style game entitled Time-Gate and the first official home computer conversion of Atari Games' Battlezone. Also in 1984 they released Fantastic Voyage, which was an official licence from the film. In 1984 the company was bought by Argus Press Software which later became Grandslam Entertainment. Managing Director Rod Cousens and Software Manager Paul Cooper left to establish Electric Dreams Software. The company's release schedule slowed down after that point although it went on to produce popular games such as Glider Rider and the home computer versions of Elevator Action, both in 1986.