BudgeCo
| BudgeCo, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Incorporated |
| founding | 1980s |
| resolution | 1983 |
| Seat |
 United States
|
| management | Bill Budge |
| Branch | Software development |
BudgeCo, Inc. was an American computer game company from the early 1980s. The company was founded by Bill Budge , the developer and programmer of the Pinball Construction Set program .
Company history
BudgeCo's operation consisted only of Budge and his sister. He started the company to market his Pinball Construction Set and Raster Blaster games . The company was founded out of the need to find a way to deliver its own games to large retail chains. In addition, the two employees of the company produced and managed all the individual production steps themselves: manufacture of data carriers, packaging, financial management, sales, etc. In 1983 the software market grew so much that every company needed a professional sales department. Budge could not afford this and therefore cooperated with Trip Hawkins , who took over the distribution of the games through his young company Electronic Arts (EA). Pinball Construction Set became one of EA's first great successes.
Shortly after this cooperation, Budge closed the company BudgeCo, which was rather a relief for him, since he said he was not a marketer but a programmer.
Games
- Raster Blaster (1981, Apple II , Atari home computer )
- Pinball Construction Set (1983, Apple II, Atari home computer, Commodore 64 , Mac OS , PC-88 , PC-98 , PC Booter )
- Virtual Pinball (1993, Mega Drive )