<s>
Bill	O
Budge	O
's	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
(	O
or	O
Rasterblaster	O
on	O
the	O
disk	O
label	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
pioneering	O
home	O
computer	O
pinball	B-Application
simulation	O
written	O
by	O
Bill	O
Budge	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
published	O
in	O
1981	O
by	O
Budge	O
's	O
company	O
,	O
BudgeCo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
resembles	O
the	O
Williams	O
Firepower	O
table	O
from	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
set	O
a	O
higher	O
bar	O
for	O
visual	O
fidelity	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
next	O
several	O
years	O
saw	O
a	O
flurry	O
of	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
pinball	B-Application
titles	O
:	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
Night	B-Application
Mission	I-Application
Pinball	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Budge	O
's	O
own	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
realistic	O
physics	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
Most	O
microcomputer	O
games	O
that	O
are	O
versions	O
of	O
existing	O
board	O
or	O
equipment	O
games	O
are	O
n't	O
worth	O
the	O
disks	O
they	O
're	O
printed	O
on	O
,	O
but	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
does	O
not	O
fall	O
into	O
that	O
category	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
was	O
voted	O
Softalk	O
magazine	O
's	O
Most	O
Popular	O
Program	O
of	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
stated	O
when	O
reviewing	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
that	O
it	O
"	O
ratifies	O
Bill	O
Budge	O
's	O
extraordinary	O
program	O
as	O
a	O
programming	O
tour	O
de	O
force	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
proof	O
of	O
Budge	O
's	O
technical	O
lead	O
over	O
his	O
rivals	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
Midnight	O
was	O
merely	O
equal	O
to	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
despite	O
being	O
nine	O
months	O
(	O
"	O
an	O
eternity	O
in	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
world	O
"	O
)	O
newer	O
.	O
</s>
