<s>
He	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
games	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
(	O
1981	O
)	O
and	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
purchased	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
began	O
writing	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
Pong	B-Application
clone	O
,	O
called	O
Penny	O
Arcade	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
wrote	O
using	O
his	O
own	O
custom	O
graphics	O
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
California	O
Pacific	O
published	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
four	O
of	O
Budge	O
's	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
games	O
in	O
1980	O
as	O
Bill	B-Device
Budge	I-Device
's	I-Device
Space	I-Device
Album	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1981	O
,	O
his	O
reputation	O
was	O
such	O
that	O
BYTE	B-Application
wrote	O
in	O
its	O
review	O
of	O
Budge	O
's	O
Tranquility	O
Base	O
,	O
a	O
Lunar	B-Application
Lander	I-Application
clone	O
,	O
that	O
"	O
Consistently	O
excellent	O
graphics	O
are	O
a	O
trademark	O
of	O
Bill	O
Budge	O
's	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
marketed	O
his	O
games	O
commercially	O
with	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
salesman	O
who	O
traveled	O
from	O
store	O
to	O
store	O
;	O
he	O
and	O
the	O
salesman	O
agreed	O
to	O
split	O
profits	O
of	O
selling	O
his	O
games	O
50/50	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
does	O
not	O
enjoy	O
playing	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
having	O
to	O
play	O
pinball	B-Application
for	O
months	O
while	O
developing	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
as	O
"	O
sheer	O
torture.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
more	O
enjoyed	O
writing	O
fast	O
graphics	O
libraries	B-Library
for	O
game	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
created	O
the	O
3-D	O
Game	O
Tool	O
,	O
a	O
program	O
allowing	O
rudimentary	O
creation	O
of	O
wireframe	O
images	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
for	O
use	O
in	O
games	O
or	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
first	O
became	O
interested	O
in	O
writing	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
while	O
working	O
for	O
Apple	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
craze	O
among	O
the	O
engineers	O
there	O
and	O
it	O
occurred	O
to	O
him	O
that	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
fun	O
programming	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
point	O
he	O
wrote	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Things	O
like	O
physics	O
and	O
collision	O
detection	O
were	O
difficult	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
's	O
1MHz	O
6502	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
formed	O
his	O
own	O
company	O
,	O
BudgeCo	O
to	O
distribute	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
followed	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
with	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
,	O
a	O
more	O
general	O
tool	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
arbitrary	O
pinball	B-Application
tables	O
,	O
including	O
how	O
the	O
components	O
are	O
wired	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
components	O
he	O
already	O
had	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
developed	O
for	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1983	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
game	O
publishing	O
arena	O
had	O
become	O
too	O
complex	O
for	O
Budge	O
,	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
really	O
want	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
entrepreneur	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
EA	O
's	O
distribution	O
,	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
eventually	O
sold	O
300,000	O
copies	O
over	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
this	O
,	O
Budge	O
disbanded	O
BudgeCo	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
says	O
was	O
something	O
of	O
a	O
relief	O
for	O
him	O
,	O
since	O
he	O
was	O
really	O
just	O
a	O
programmer	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
interested	O
in	O
being	O
an	O
entrepreneur	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
,	O
Budge	O
attempted	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
construction	O
set	O
construction	O
set	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
abandoned	O
the	O
idea	O
after	O
determining	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
complex	O
a	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
wrote	O
MousePaint	B-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
program	O
MacPaint	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
MousePaint	B-Device
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
II	O
and	O
interface	O
card	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTEs	B-Application
reviewer	O
stated	O
in	O
December	O
1984	O
that	O
he	O
made	O
far	O
fewer	O
errors	O
when	O
using	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
with	O
MousePaint	B-Device
than	O
with	O
a	O
KoalaPad	B-Application
and	O
its	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
that	O
MousePaint	B-Device
was	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
more	O
efficient	O
,	O
and	O
predicted	O
that	O
the	O
mouse	O
would	O
receive	O
more	O
software	O
support	O
than	O
the	O
pad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
ported	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1993	O
as	O
Virtual	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
afterward	O
,	O
Budge	O
worked	O
for	O
3DO	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
3D	O
engine	O
for	O
Blade	B-Application
Force	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
left	O
Sony	O
after	O
six	O
years	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Budge	O
retired	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
was	O
honored	O
at	O
the	O
59th	O
Annual	O
Technology	O
&	O
Engineering	O
Emmy	O
Awards	O
for	O
"	O
User	O
Generated	O
Content/Game	O
Modification	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
is	O
an	O
inductee	O
in	O
GameSpy	O
's	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
.	O
</s>
