GEM: a Macintosh-like graphical interface for the Atari ST. The little green desktop has become emblematic of the Computer Golden Age, just like the blue desktop of the Amiga or the black & white of the Macintosh. Legendary pictures. The GEM was also used for early Amstrad PC.

Yes, the C64 could also be used for other things than gaming...

Delightful Prince of Persia. The tenacious effort by Jordan Mechner working alone on the smallest details with the limited resources of the Apple II to make this a jewel of a game set an example for me to follow for my own projects. The DOS version here on my PS/2 is just magnificent

Prince of Persia intro, Amiga version. The sounds are absolutely awesome, graphics too, but there's almost 1 second latency between joystick input and action. For this kind of game, where each pixel counts and where a fraction of a second can make the difference, it's a real con.

Hack the Amstrad CPC’s CRTC and take direct control of the Motorola 6845 chip to get smooth scrolling, split screens, and custom screen modes. Classic demo scene magic!

Oh yea, Silkworm on my C64 breadbin... playing it with your pal, you always had the chopper and he had the jeep!

"Super IBM Bros." Unfortunately, elder brother on the left won't power up, needs fixing

While upgrading RAM for my Atari ST here, I was surprised to found it was using SIP not SIMM... SIP stands for Single In-Line Package. Apparently it's one of those very early STE models that used this particular type of memory module, with 30 pins as connectors. Very interesting.

Left, Konix Speed King plugged to Atari ST playing Nebulus, Right, Konix Navigator plugged to Amiga 500 playing the same...

Disk sector analysis by Norton on my Amstrad PC1640. If only you could hear the whirring, clicking, seeking, chattering noises of that good 40 year old MFM disk... So sexy!

The Reign of Big Box Games, when great packaging meant something... Watch my story as I first unboxed Ultima VI and explored its great box contents... This was 35 years ago youtu.be/AKj1ItyW3h0

The entire VGA 256 Color Palette

Editing the config.sys file for my Amstrad PC 1640. Just like I used to do in 1989. Very big deal back then...

BASIC programming session with my MSX Pasopia IQ (Toshiba HX-21). There are 2 different programs on screen: guess what they do when you hit RUN

A great, great classic and one of the best coop game of the 1980s...

Kick Off II was sooo enjoyable, another great coop game of this era

Leisure Suit Larry 1 was 1 of the few graphic adventure games I actually finished... Really wanted to see the ending scene of that one, don't ask me why. Yes, "graphic" adventure is the right term here

Time for the breadbin to take the stand at my window for the photo shoot