It's actually interesting how similar a pure Windows API app for Windows 8 looks to one created for Windows 1.0. A fun example of this is Charles Petzold's birt

It's actually interesting how similar a pure Windows API app for Windows 8 looks to one created for Windows 1.0. A fun example of this is Charles Petzold's birthday cake app: http://charlespetzold.com/etc/Windows1/CAKE.C http://charlespetzold.com/etc/Windows1/CAKE.C With relatively minor modifications, it'll run on Windows 7/8 and look exactly as it did on Windows 1.0 30 years ago. The app was actually created for a fun presentation he gave in 2005: http://www.charlespetzold.com/etc/windows1/ http://www.charlespetzold.com/etc/windows1/