I grew up with an 8bit basic too, but to me it seems Garry's Mod would inspire a lot more tinkering than Apple II basic: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7D7FFF74CFCF1CC5" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7D7FFF74CFCF1CC5</a><p>You can start without any programming at all, then extend with Lua scripting. Available on Steam.