<s>
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Bill	O
Budge	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
published	O
in	O
1982	O
through	O
Budge	O
's	O
own	O
company	O
,	O
BudgeCo	O
,	O
then	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1983	O
along	O
with	O
ports	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
genre	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
:	O
the	O
construction	B-Application
set	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
build	O
and	O
play	O
their	O
own	O
virtual	B-Application
pinball	I-Application
machine	O
by	O
dropping	O
bumpers	O
,	O
flippers	O
,	O
spinners	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
parts	O
onto	O
a	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tables	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
to	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
and	O
freely	O
traded	O
;	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
is	O
not	O
needed	O
to	O
play	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
followed	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
with	O
Music	B-Device
Construction	I-Device
Set	I-Device
,	O
Adventure	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Racing	B-Application
Destruction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
all	O
from	O
different	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Budge	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
pinball	B-Application
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
began	O
developing	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
in	O
July	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
write	O
another	O
game	O
(	O
"	O
all	O
the	O
current	O
(	O
arcade	O
)	O
games	O
are	O
either	O
maze	O
games	O
or	O
Pong	B-Application
;	O
I	O
did	O
n't	O
want	O
any	O
part	O
of	O
that	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
began	O
experimenting	O
with	O
game	O
and	O
graphical	B-Application
tools	I-Application
he	O
had	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
he	O
purchased	O
and	O
disassembled	O
an	O
old	O
Gottlieb	O
Target	O
Alpha	O
pinball	B-Application
machine	O
,	O
so	O
his	O
new	O
project	O
could	O
accurately	O
depict	O
its	O
components	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
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Budge	O
did	O
not	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
project	O
as	O
an	O
Apple	O
employee	O
from	O
1980	O
to	O
1981	O
he	O
was	O
aware	O
of	O
it	O
and	O
the	O
Graphic	B-Application
User	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
research	O
at	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
,	O
and	O
gave	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
a	O
Lisa-like	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
originally	O
published	O
and	O
distributed	O
the	O
game	O
via	O
his	O
publishing	O
company	O
BudgeCo	O
in	O
late	O
1982	O
;	O
the	O
box	O
art	O
was	O
a	O
photograph	O
of	O
the	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
disassembled	O
pinball	B-Application
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
and	O
other	O
projects	O
had	O
already	O
made	O
Budge	O
a	O
celebrity	O
among	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
owners	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
name	O
was	O
much	O
larger	O
than	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
on	O
EA	O
's	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
box	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Sets	I-Application
sales	O
had	O
surpassed	O
250,000	O
copies	O
by	O
November	O
1989	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
ultimately	O
sold	O
over	O
300,000	O
copies	O
in	O
all	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Sets	I-Application
scope	O
and	O
flexibility	O
on	O
a	O
48K	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
was	O
impressive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Wozniak	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
greatest	O
program	O
ever	O
written	O
for	O
an	O
8-bit	O
machine	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
thousands	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
their	O
first	O
experience	O
with	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1983	O
considered	O
the	O
software	B-Application
toy	I-Application
revolutionary	O
,	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
understand	O
because	O
of	O
its	O
representative	O
icons	O
and	O
drag-and-drop	O
method	O
of	O
constructing	O
a	O
table	O
;	O
the	O
magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
something	O
almost	O
magical	O
about	O
the	O
way	O
this	O
product	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nine-page	O
manual	O
was	O
considered	O
"	O
overkill	O
"	O
,	O
since	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
required	O
no	O
programming	O
knowledge	O
;	O
an	O
eight-year-old	O
had	O
no	O
problems	O
creating	O
his	O
own	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Atari	O
version	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
,	O
Video	O
magazine	O
described	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
remarkably	O
clever	O
and	O
easy-to-use	O
program	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
a	O
third-party	O
company	O
had	O
already	O
published	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
pre-made	O
pinball	B-Application
games	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
the	O
construction	B-Application
set	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoWorld	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
importance	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Scott	O
Adams	O
's	O
Adventureland	B-Application
,	O
and	O
predicted	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
is	O
sure	O
to	O
have	O
lots	O
of	O
children	O
and	O
grandchildren	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wrote	O
"	O
you	O
owe	O
it	O
to	O
yourself	O
to	O
pick	O
up	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Addison-Wesley	O
Book	O
of	O
Atari	O
Software	O
1984	O
gave	O
the	O
"	O
pinball	B-Application
wizard	O
's	O
dream	O
"	O
an	O
overall	O
A+	O
rating	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
as	O
"	O
exceptionally	O
human	O
engineered	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
received	O
a	O
Certificate	O
of	O
Merit	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
1984	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Video	O
Game/Computer	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1996	O
declared	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
the	O
50th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
ranked	O
it	O
#1	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
innovative	O
computer	O
games	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>
<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
and	O
Engineering	O
Emmy	O
Awards	O
for	O
"	O
User	O
Generated	O
Content/Game	O
Modification	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Coleco	B-Device
Adam	I-Device
combined	O
with	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
under	O
the	O
title	O
The	O
Best	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
was	O
completed	O
but	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
Budge	O
wrote	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
with	O
the	O
name	O
Virtual	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Budge	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
