The original (pre-EA) cover at for Pinball Construction Set is also a serious banger. I'd describe this one as an IKEAwave aesthetic.
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I believe I have a copy of original Bill Budge's for Apple DOS, but who knows whether the diskette still works.
jul 20, 2025, 11:07 pm • 2 0 • view
For anyone like me who saw this and immediately wanted to play it: Game source code (Atari 800 version): github.com/billbudge/PC... Atari 800 emulator: atari800.github.io
jul 20, 2025, 8:50 pm • 3 1 • view
Mmm, looks like they photographed a bunch of pinball parts in a desk organizer and dug out the Letraset sheets too
jul 29, 2025, 6:26 am • 0 0 • view
Reminds me more of German kits
jul 20, 2025, 8:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Also they would had to make the "set" and photograph it
jul 20, 2025, 8:41 pm • 0 0 • view
Whoa, had never seen this. Kind of incredible?
jul 20, 2025, 6:46 pm • 1 0 • view
genuinely beautiful, wow
jul 20, 2025, 8:23 pm • 0 0 • view
If I'm remembering correctly, this specific set set off the trend of games having level editors, like Exicite Bike
jul 20, 2025, 8:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Oh hold on… This is like Thomas Salter Electrical Lab 1, which I had as a child and is quite responsible for how I am today.
jul 29, 2025, 6:42 am • 6 0 • view
The program most responsible for luring me into a graphic design career path. I would spend hours in the pixel editor to make playfield designs, several years before the debut of MacPaint.
jul 29, 2025, 2:27 pm • 1 0 • view
Reminds me of the Sim City cover. I'd always wondered if it was informed by this
jul 20, 2025, 9:02 pm • 1 0 • view