Silicon Dreams Studios Ltd. was a British

United Kingdom

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 software house

Software house

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 established in 1994 in Banbury

Banbury

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, Oxfordshire, who specialized in sports game

Sports game

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s, distributed in most part by Eidos Interactive

Eidos Interactive

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Their first major title was the 32-bit/PC edition of the official video game of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Olympic Games: Atlanta 1996 and Olympic Soccer, still released with US Gold. Under Eidos, they followed with two football

Football (soccer)

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 series, World League Soccer

World League Soccer

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and the three titles released in the Champions League

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series while in Eidos' possession, and finally with UEFA Dream Soccer , Worldwide Soccer 2000

Worldwide Soccer

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and Worldwide Soccer: Euro Edition

Worldwide Soccer: Euro Edition

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for the Dreamcast.. Their last title was Freestyle Street Soccer

Freestyle Street Soccer

Freestyle Street Soccer is a sports video game released in 2004 by Silicon Dreams. It is also known as Urban Freestyle Soccer in Europe....

, which failed to convince in both press and market.

While mostly known for their football games, Silicon Dreams also developed other games, including Chill

Chill (video game)

Chill is a PlayStation snowboarding video game published by Eidos Interactive in 1998 and developed by Silicon Dreams. The game was designed by Jez Sherlock. A Sega Saturn version of the game was completed and stated to be published by Sega, but in the end it was left out unreleased by the publisher...

, Dogs of War

Dogs of War (2000 computer game)

Dogs of War: Battle on Primus IV is a science fiction real-time strategy game developed by Silicon Dreams and published by TalonSoft. It was released in the United States on July 30, 2000....

and several Lego Group

Lego Group

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 licensed titles, such as Lego Soccer Mania

Lego Soccer Mania

Lego Soccer Mania, also packaged as Lego Football Mania, is a soccer game released on June 18, 2002. In a World Cup year, it's a simple football game based around different LEGO themes, including Pirates, Martians, adventurers and cowboys, as well as Lego Sports characters. A mobile phone version...

and Lego Island 2

LEGO Island 2: The Brickster's Revenge

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