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Bill Budge

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About Bill Budge

Bill Budge is a retired American video game programmer and designer. He is best known for the Apple II games Raster Blaster (1981) and Pinball Construction Set (1983).

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After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not.
Even though Raster Blaster was only a video game, I was learning about designing stuff. I got good at drawing.
It always helps to be a good programmer. It is important to like computers and to be able to think of things people would want to do with their computers.
I started on an Apple II, which I had bought at the very end of 1978 for half of my annual income. I made $4,500 a year, and I spent half of it on the computer.