If you weren't there for the 8-bit era you'll never get it. The point of all of this (and related projects) is to create the ideal 8-bit computer that never exi

If you weren't there for the 8-bit era you'll never get it. The point of all of this (and related projects) is to create the ideal 8-bit computer that never existed in the era. Sure modern technology is better, and you can write emulators or "fantasy consoles" like PICO-8 or TIC-80 that run on modern hardware, but that seems like cheating -- like creating a biplane with a jet engine.