Because of the lack of quality pinball games on the ST besides Starball, the team settled with developing a pinball project with a "no compromise" approach for the STe as both Zetterberg and Brunnström had previously discussed creating a game that made use of the hardware features in the STe computer, while Jansson stated they did not wanted to make a "bad copy" of Pinball Dreams.
bɪkˈʌz ʌvðə lˈæk ʌv kwˈɔlᵻɾi pˈɪnbɔːl ɡˈeɪmz ɔnðɪ ˌɛstˈiː bᵻsˌaɪdz stˈɑːɹbɔːl, ðə tˈiːm sˈɛɾəld wɪð dɪvˈɛləpɪŋ ɐ pˈɪnbɔːl pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt wɪð ˈeɪ "nˈoʊ kˈɑːmpɹəmˌaɪz" ɐpɹˈoʊtʃ fɚðə stˈiː æz bˈoʊθ zˈɛɾɚbˌɜːɡ ænd bɹˈʌnstɹɜːm hæd pɹˈiːviəsli dɪskˈʌst kɹiːˈeɪɾɪŋ ɐ ɡˈeɪm ðæt mˌeɪd jˈuːs ʌvðə hˈɑːɹdwɛɹ fˈiːtʃɚz ɪnðə stˈiː kəmpjˈuːɾɚ, wˌaɪl dʒˈænsən stˈeɪɾᵻd ðeɪ dɪdnˌɑːt wˈɔntᵻd tə mˌeɪk ˈeɪ "bˈæd kˈɑːpi" ʌv pˈɪnbɔːl dɹˈiːmz.