
	Where results make sense

Topic: Pinball Construction Set

Related Topics

Adventure Construction Set

Music Construction Set

Skyfox

Burnout 3

Will Harvey

Archon (computer game)

Need for Speed

Starflight

EA Games

Electronic Arts

Madden NFL

Battlefield 1942

Ultima

Ultima Online

San Mateo, California

In the News (Thu 3 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Pinball Construction Set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is a computer game by Bill Budge published by Electronic Arts.
		Pinball Construction Set is still recognized as one of the most important games in video game history.
		Pinball Construction Set was ported to the numerous home computers of the era, including the Commodore 64 and as a PC booter.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pinball_Construction_Set (361 words)

	Pinball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The very first pinball games appeared in the early 1930s and did not have flippers; after launch the ball simply proceeded down the playfield, directed by static nails (or "pins") to one of several scoring areas.
		Visual Pinball, released by Randy Davis in 2001, is a simulation tool that not only allows a user to play simulations of popular real-world machines, but also allows them to create new tables (playfields).
		Visual PinMAME is a project that combines the Visual Pinball program with an emulator that uses ROM images from electronic pinball machines to both control the behavior of the simulation in Visual Pinball and to reproduce the sounds and score displays of the actual tables.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pinball (5625 words)

	pinball
		Pinball is a type of coin-operated arcade game in which a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass case.
		Pachinko is a cousin of pinball, but the games are very different, in that Pachinco simply involves shooting many small balls one after the other into a nearly-vertical playfield while Pinball is about the manipulation of the small number of balls currently in play.
		Pinball games have often been featured in popular culture, often as a symbol of rebellion or toughness.
	www.fact-library.com /pinball.html (2794 words)

	Adventure Construction Set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adventure Construction Set (ACS) is a program used to construct Ultima-type games, written by graphic adventure game pioneer Stuart Smith and published in 1985 by Electronic Arts.
		It provided a graphical editor for the construction of maps, placement of creatures, etc, then let the designer use those to create a standalone game that can be shared with friends.
		As technology continued to improve, ACS was followed over the years by more powerful construction kits, culminating in the current world of the shooter game and their mods.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adventure_Construction_Set (448 words)

	Home Computer Games: Micro Pinball Wizardry
		Budge showed that a pinball simulation could be refined to a point where it carries nearly all the excitement of the real game.
		Designing your own pinball games is as much or more fun than actually playing pinball on them, and Pinball Construction Set makes the process a breeze.
		Pinball Construction Set is not as yet available for the Atari computer, but there is no reason to doubt that it will become available in Atari format soon.
	www.atarimagazines.com /cva/v1n2/micropinball.php (1157 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pinball Construction Set
		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.
		Look up Entrepreneur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Entrepreneur is a loanword from the French language that refers to a person who undertakes and operates a new venture, and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks.
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pinball-Construction-Set (1112 words)

	gamebase64.com - The Gamebase Collection
		I know that the idea of designing your own pinball machine may not grip you in the places that count, but this is probably too simplistic a label to put on this game anyway.
		Pinball Construction Set is a pinball table designing utility, allowing you to design, create and play your very own pin table.
		Pinball Construction Set is an icon-driven program, so using it is simple, and designing a table takes very little time.
	www.gamebase64.com /oldsite/gameofweek/6/gotw_pinballconstrset.htm (1308 words)

	Creative Computing chats with Bill Budge.
		She is the public relations manager at Electronic Arts, and was calling to see if I was interested in interviewing Bill Budge, author of Pinball Construction Set.
		BB: It will be a construction set, but the key thing is that the user will be able to actually program something.
		In place of the little bit map editor in the Pinball kit that lets you turn on the dots, this one will have a full graphics editor that might be half the size of the Pinball Construction Set.
	www.atarimagazines.com /creative/v10n9/166_Creative_Computing_chats_.php (2499 words)

	GameSpy.com - Hall of Fame
		When the video games came, most pinball manufacturers considered them nothing more than a novelty, with an appeal that would be short-lived.
		Nevertheless, pinball still had its share of fans, and unsurprisingly some companies tried to re-create the pinball experience on the video screen.
		Pinball Construction Set is exactly what it says it is -- a set of tools for building your own virtual pinball table.
	archive.gamespy.com /halloffame/september02/pcs (796 words)

	Pinball Game Page
		This Construction set was raved about at the time of its release (c.
		I would like to see a good Pinball Construction set on the PC, where you could even add overhead tubes and ramps, pop-up targets, and back-screen games you find on newer pinball machines.
		If you need the documentation for Pinball Construction Set, it isn't yet available at Project 64 unfortunately (But they do have the manual, they just haven't typed it yet!).
	www.geocities.com /cdsixfour/gamepag4.htm (986 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pinball Construction Set ======================== Written by Bill Budge Symbol Reference Sheets: ICON COMMANDS To activate a command, touch it with the hand and press the joystick button once.
		SETTING GRAVITY, BOUNCE, KICK AND SPEED A pinball player's dream, the world icon lets you change how heavy the ball is, how fast it moves, and how much kick and bounce you have in your game.
		SETTING SOUND AND SCORE VALUES The AND gate icon lets you decide on the score and sound for each target, bumper, etc., and it lets you wire pieces together to create special bonuses to aim for.
	www.textfiles.com /apple/DOCUMENTATION/pcs.txt (4115 words)

	The Workflow Institute Blog: Business Construction Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You could construct your own pinball game by dropping parts onto the table (or alter the table itself).
		Pinball Construction Set is a great analogy to a Business Process Management System.
		You could start with one of six sample pinball layouts and adapt them to be harder, simpler, trickier, or whatever.
	www.internettime.com /wfblog/archives/001493.html (298 words)

	Brian Thomas - Page 1
		The first interactive program I created was a Pinball Construction Set template called "Tabbing Thomas." All I could put up on the company bulletin boards was an ad for the game (that I put up the day I quit my job).
		Pinball Construction Set, developed in the early 1980's, was a landmark in the history of computer software.
		However, as exciting as Pinball Construction Set was to play with, it had severe limitations as a platform through which to communicate challenging ideas -- your whole argument had to be woven into four to five simple instructions for playing the game.
	members.aol.com /hcheaven/interviews/thomas/thomas1.html (816 words)

	AtariAge Forums -> Any good console Pinball games out there?
		Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies, and Pinball Illusions are all very good, although they'll probably seem a little dated by today's standards.
		AFAIK Pinball Construction Set was made by EA and released only on C-64.
		Pinball Construction Set was awesome, but has dated visuals these days.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=45919 (1052 words)

	Gamasutra - Designer's Notebook - "The Unique Design Challenge of Pinball Simulations"
		Pinball machines are not violent, but they are energetic, almost aggressive.
		When you first start up a pinball game there's a great deal of clacking and flashing as all the mechanical devices reset to their initial positions.
		Pinball did, and it was serviceable but didn't leave a lot of room for details.
	www.gamasutra.com /features/20051003/adams_01.shtml (1979 words)

	Pinball Construction Set - Reader Review - GameFAQs
		On the left, you had your pinball ''machine.'' On the right were crowded the pieces you dropped into it.
		I'm a bit rough on the pinball terminology, but there are a lot of gadgets that you can run the pinball over to get points.
		Pinball Construction Set had no huge flaws besides the need to re-touch graphics for many of the colors if you moved an item to its natural position by a barrier.
	www.gamefaqs.com /computer/apple2/review/R18898.html (892 words)

	GameSpy:
		Pinball Construction Set was the brainchild of Bill Budge, otherwise known as the god of Apple II graphics design.
		When Budge set out to develop a tool to build virtual pinball tables, he really pulled out all the stops, as is evident from PCS's innovative interfaces and built-in editors.
		Obviously Pinball Construction Set was way ahead of its time, and that more than anything earns it a place of prominence in the GameSpy Hall of Fame.
	www.gamespy.com /articles/491/491450p2.html (570 words)

	Popbumper Q&A with Visual Pinball Developers! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pinball construction Set turned me off as it was too limited, Pinball Wizard 2000 was just what I was looking for and I made a few tables wrestling with German instructions and DOS.
		Visual Pinball is a game designing tool, used to handle the ball physics, user interaction, sounds, and graphics of created pinball tables, and can be used for a variety of other purposes.
		Potential pinball buyers who are not local like to see their game virtually before they spend a lot of money.
	www.popbumper.com /articles/vpin/vpin.htm (4928 words)

	The Tower of Pin - News (Interview with Bill Budge)
		The interview asks questions about how the pinballs he developed came to be and also investigates the history of computers a little...
		I had seen an arcade pinball, and had learned enough about hi-resolution graphics to realize that a very nice simulation could be done on the Apple.
		I could be wrong, but I think computer pinball should strive to exploit its special advantages, rather than just be a copy of real pinball machines.
	www.pcpinball.com /news/interviews/bill_budge.html (2093 words)

	MacPinballs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sierra continued to produce pinballs for the Mac and the second in the series of 3D Ultra Pinballs, Creep Night (1996), was a substantial improvement over the first.
		However the Timon and Pumba jungle pinball on the Disney Lion King CD is an acceptable pinball: although not very realistic physics-wise, at least it is funny.
		When you are a pinball fan and read about all these PC pinballs which will never be ported on the Mac you may feel jealous (until you read the analysis of each and realise that the best pinballs get ported to the Mac).
	www.ccr.jussieu.fr /gmpib/basile/pinball.html (3428 words)

	Pinball Construction Set for PC Booter \| reviews, previews, cheats, walkthroughs, FAQs, downloads and videos!
		Pinball Construction Set for PC Booter, not rated
		Considered the first "construction set" game that launched the concept and genre.
		Construct your own pinball game by dropping parts onto the table (or alter the table itself).
	www.gamepublic.com /pc-booter/pinball-construction-set (107 words)

	The Tower of Pin - Files (Demos: Pinball Construction Set) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pinball Construction Set (PCS) is not just old, it is ancient by most players' standards.
		It was first released in 1983, with the Mac version appearing in 1985.
		It is in B/W. If you have an old "toaster", a Plus, SE or Classic, and enjoy pinball, you should get this game if you can (on newer computers it runs to fast).
	www.pcpinball.com /files/demos/mac/pcsd.html (84 words)

	pinball construction kit bally
		The pinball construction kit is a new U6 game rom and a toolset to reprogram your existing early bally (1978 - 1983) or stern pinballs.
		The average coil in a pinball is a momentary coil.
		Pck set and reads the lamps at the adress $20A and $20C.
	www.pinball4you.ch /okaegi/pro_pck.html (1670 words)

	Bill Budge
		Not only was it the first true construction set, it sported the first modern user interface used in a game, complete with icons, "mouse" cursor, and an intuitive "drag and drop" method of working.
		I was exposed to GUI's at Apple, and I had the pinball simulation from "Raster Blaster." I saw that it would be a small step to do a construction set.
		Construction sets are an exciting category, and I wish there were more of them.
	www.dadgum.com /halcyon/BOOK/BUDGE.HTM (1783 words)

	Pinball emulators - Review - Emulating pinball machines
		Pinball always has had an enormous attraction in the gaming scene, and it was only a matter of time before anyone was going to try and emulate those too.
		You could place pinball objects on a playing field, and thereby create your own pinball table.
		This is the area where you ‘create’ your own pinball table, or incorporate an already available one.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /applications/pinball-emulators/243124 (1041 words)

	Pinball Games, huh. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I hate pinball games - even Bill Budge's legendary Pinball Construction Set couldn't ignite the fires after Atari's brutal 2600 Pinball drenched whatever latent desires I harboured.
		Pinball, I reasoned, is simply not something that's any fun.
		Now I totally hate real life pinball, as I've mentioned, so when I found a Saturn fantasy-style pinball game from TecnoSoft (The makers of the seminal Thunder Force series of shooters) I snapped it up.
	atarilabs.com /meat/2000/1201_pinballbliss.shtml (741 words)

	Psycho Pinball - PC Preview - Coming Soon Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I started off with the "Pinball Construction Set" on the Commodore 64, then on to the PC with games from Epic Megagames, 21st Century Entertainment's "Pinball Dreams" and "Pinball Fantasies" (one of my favorites), and other windows-based pinball games from StarPlay and Amtex.
		"Psycho Pinball" can play from one to four players on each table, and there are several panel games (with a total of 10).
		Also included are twelve different surface types of varying friction like rubber and metal, over 200 sound effects, three difficulty levels with five speed options from Fogey to Psycho, and an unbelievable inter-table animation of 20 frames per second.
	www.csoon.com /issue3/psycho_p.htm (300 words)

	Visual Pinball: Build Your Own Pinball Machine
		What I had discovered was that there was an application called Visual Pinball which allows for aspiring pinball fans to create their own tables or recreate ones from yesteryear.
		RD: Pinball Construction Set was a big start; I played with that a lot in school and I was surprised that nobody had copied it afterwards.
		At some point in 1997-98, I was learning how to write ActiveX controls and a friend of mine kept a couple of pinball machines at work, and I saw a connection between the two as a bunch of separate components that talked to each other to make a whole.
	www.digitalgamedeveloper.com /2003/02_feb/features/dlvprdi22103.htm (743 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)