Editing Pinball Construction Set (section)

{{Infobox video game
|title = Pinball Construction Set
|image = Pinball Construction Set Coverart.png
|caption = "Album cover" box
|developer = BudgeCo
|publisher = BudgeCo{{vgrelease|NA|[[Electronic Arts]]|EU|[[Ariolasoft]]}}
|designer = [[Bill Budge]]
|released = '''1982:''' Apple<br>'''1983:''' Apple (EA), Atari, C64<br>'''1985:''' IBM PC<br>'''November 1985:''' Mac<ref name="CE1985">{{cite magazine |title=1985 Index |magazine=[[Computer Entertainer]] |date=January 1986 |volume=4 |issue=10 |page=6 |url=http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/computer_entertainer_jan86.pdf#page=6}}</ref>
|genre = [[Pinball]], [[game creation system]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Commodore 64]], [[IBM Personal Computer|IBM PC]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]]
}}

'''''Pinball Construction Set''''' is a video game by [[Bill Budge]] written for the [[Apple II]].{{r|softline198211}} It was originally published in 1982 through Budge's own company, BudgeCo, then was released by [[Electronic Arts]] in 1983 along with ports to the [[Atari 8-bit computers]] and [[Commodore 64]].

The game created a new genre of video games: the [[game creation system|construction set]]. Users can build and play their own virtual [[pinball]] machine by [[drag and drop|dropping]] [[Pinball#Bumpers|bumper]]s, [[Pinball#Flippers|flipper]]s, [[Pinball#Spinners and rollovers|spinner]]s, and other parts onto a table. Attributes such as [[gravity]] and the [[physics]] model can be modified. Tables can be saved to [[floppy disk]]s and freely traded; ''Pinball Construction Set'' is not needed to play them.{{r|davies198405}}

Versions were released for the [[IBM PC compatible]]s (as a [[self-booting disk]]) and [[Mac (computer)|Mac]] in 1985. EA followed ''Pinball Construction Set'' with ''[[Music Construction Set]]'', ''[[Adventure Construction Set]]'', and ''[[Racing Destruction Set]]'' all from different authors.