Genuinely curious: what made you think that? The iMac itself doesn’t really strike me as a “simplified” computer, but I might be missing something.

Reminds of that reddit meme of a guy realizing he has been discussing the taste of Italian food with someone who drank their own piss.

This brought back some memories… Spent a significant part of my childhood years doing something very similar to this but using Game Maker instead. There were even a couple of forums for people doing the same thing as me.