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Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is a computer game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts. It was released for the Apple II and Atari 800 in 1983 and was later ported to other platforms, such as the Commodore 64 and PC. Download high resolution version (640x646, 65 KB)video game box cover This work is copyrighted. ...
Download high resolution version (640x646, 65 KB)video game box cover This work is copyrighted. ...
1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ...
A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ...
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Bill Budge (born ~1954) is a computer game programmer and designer. ...
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. ...
The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
Atari built a series of 8-bit home computers based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU, starting in 1979. ...
1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ...
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PCS created a new genre of computer games—the "builder" or "construction set" class of games. In PCS, users constructed their own virtual pinball arcade machine, by dropping controls onto a table. Controls included bumpers, flippers, spinners and other standard pinball paraphernalia. Attributes such as gravity and the physics model could also be modified. The user could save his creation and develop custom artwork to go along with it. Tables could be saved on floppy disks and traded with friends. Pinball is a type of coin-operated arcade game where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass case. ...
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Pinball Construction Set is still recognized as one of the most important games in video game history.
History Budge originally published and distributed this game via his publishing "company" (really just him and his sister), BudgeCo. In the more competetive publishing era of the 1980s, however, he willingly allowed EA to publish his game when they approached him in 1983, since he didn't really want to be an entrepreneur. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...
1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Budge was inspired to program the game after developing Raster Blaster, the first pinball game for the Apple II. He encountered many hurdles in trying to develop an open-ended pinball development tool, most of these existed because of the Apple's relatively limited processing power and graphics capabilities. The Apple II was one of the most popular personal computers of the 1980s. ...
Pinball Construction Set was ported to the numerous home computers of the era, including the Commodore 64 and as a PC booter. PCS went on to sell over an astounding 300,000 copies in all platforms. In computing, a port (derived from seaport) is usually a connection through which data is sent and received. ...
The home computer is a consumer-friendly word for the second generation of microcomputers (the technical term that was previously used), entering the market in 1977 and becoming common during the 1980s. ...
The Commodore 64 (C64, CBM 64) was a popular home computer of the 1980s. ...
One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ...
In the 1990s, Budge went on to port his game to the Sega Genesis under the name Virtual Pinball. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...
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See also Screenshot from the Rivers of Light adventure in Adventure Construction Set Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is a program used to construct Ultima_type games, written by Stuart Smith and published in 1984 (or 1985) by Electronic Arts. ...
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