Welcome to Code Like It's 198x

I grew up dreaming of making games. I had a ZX Spectrum, a head full of ideas, and a stack of magazine listings I barely understood. I never quite finished anything—but I never stopped wondering what might have been.

This site is my way of going back. I'm learning to write code for the machines I grew up with—and all the ones I missed. The Spectrum, the C64, the BBC Micro, the Amiga, and more. I want to understand how they worked, what made them different, and how developers created magic with just a few kilobytes of memory.

This isn't nostalgia. It's unfinished business. You're welcome to follow along.

Where to start

  • 🕹️ About the Project
    The full story: where this all began, what I'm doing, and why it matters.
  • 💾 Lessons
    Start your learning journey.
  • 💾 The Vault
    An ever-growing repository of knowledge about companies, games, people and systems of the era.
  • 🐙 GitHub Repo
    All source code, tools, and Docker-based dev environments—use, fork, break, enjoy.