God, I had that experience... I tried making a game on a 286, with an EGA card (4 colors), monochromatic monitor, a pc speaker and BASIC (it was the machine I first actually worked on)
All the flickering on the screen was making me crazy... and all I could think was why PC didnt have hardware sprites like MSX - and every 2D console - had =)
All the flickering on the screen was making me crazy... and all I could think was why PC didnt have hardware sprites like MSX - and every 2D console - had =)