The name Quicksilva was inspired by a particular guitar solo in a track on the album Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
[1] Greater success followed with later releases, including a Star Raiders-style game entitled Time-Gate which reached the top of the ZX Spectrum charts in December 1982.
[5][6] Software Manager Paul Cooper ruled out an adaption of Briggs' When The Wind Blows stating "nuclear war can upset a lot of people".
Paul Cooper and Managing Director Rod Cousens left to establish Electric Dreams Software in 1985 when Argus moved the company from Southampton to London.
[16] It also produced popular original titles such as Glider Rider and two more arcade ports, Taito's Elevator Action in 1987[17] and the final[citation needed] Quicksilva game, Namco's Pac-Land in 1989.