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===Awards=== In 1984 ''Pinball Construction Set'' received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Most Innovative Video Game/Computer Game" at the 5th annual [[Arkie Awards]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Kunkel |first1= Bill |author-link1= Bill Kunkel (journalist)|last2= Katz |first2= Arnie |author-link2= Arnie Katz|date= February 1984 |title= Arcade Alley: The 1984 Arcade Awards, Part II |journal= [[Video (magazine)|Video]]|publisher= Reese Communications|volume= 7|issue= 11|pages= 28β29|issn= 0147-8907}}</ref>{{rp|29}} One month later ''[[Softline (magazine)|Softline]]'' readers named the game the ninth most-popular Apple and Atari program of 1983.<ref name="stgame19840304">{{cite news | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1984&pub=6&id=16 | title=The Best and the Rest | work=St.Game | date=MarβApr 1984 | accessdate=28 July 2014 | pages=49}}</ref> ''Computer Gaming World'' in 1996 declared ''Pinball Construction Set'' the 50th-best computer game ever released,<ref name=cgw150>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | title=150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time | magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | date=November 1996 | issue=148 | pages=63β65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98}}</ref> and ranked it #1 in the magazine's list of the most innovative computer games.<ref name="cgw199611mostinnovative">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1996&pub=2&id=148 | title=The 15 Most Innovative Computer Games | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1996 | accessdate=25 March 2016 | pages=102}}</ref> ''Pinball Construction Set'' is an inductee in [[GameSpy]]'s Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://archive.gamespy.com/halloffame/september02/pcs/ GameSpy Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316041001/http://archive.gamespy.com/halloffame/september02/pcs/|date=2006-03-16}} from ''[[GameSpy]]''</ref> In 2008, ''Pinball Construction Set'' was honored at the 59th Annual [[Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards]] for "User Generated Content/Game Modification".<ref>[http://kotaku.com/342028/2008-tech-emmy-winners 2008 Tech Emmy Winners] from [[Kotaku|Kotaku.com]]</ref>
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