How to Make a Game for the Apricot PC
Carlos B
Short talk
Time
July 24, 2026 4:30-4:50 PM
Location
Track two is in Jupiter Original
The Apricot PC is the best little computer you’ve never heard of. Made by ACT in the UK in 1983, it featured an 800x400 monochrome display, programmable soft keys, and a sleek portable design. It was designed to run DOS and WordPerfect, but it’s not a PC compatible. And it certainly wasn’t designed to play games.
We’ll go over the unusual and surprising architecture of this 8086 box, a little bit of hardware hacking, and what it takes to make a bad version of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego for a 42 year-old business machine. In ten days. In Pascal. With owls.
About the Speaker
I’m Chip, and I’m trying to get to the bottom of what these computer things actually are, before they destroy us all.