Starring the Computer

Apple IIGS

This machine was the most powerful in the Apple II range, offering a 16-bit 65C816 processor, colour graphics at a time when the Mac was still monochrome, and advanced wave-table sound.

• Camp Nowhere (1994) • Hackers (1995) • Kindergarten Cop (1990) • Trancers II (1991)

Camp Nowhere (1994)

A representative from the computer camp shows Morris' Dad a video about the camp that shows a child using an Apple IIGS.

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Hackers (1995)

Joey uses his IIGS to break into the Ellingson Mineral Corporation and steal part of a garbage file.

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The garbage file hides evidence of Eugene's plot, and he convinces the Secret Service to arrest Joey and his cohorts.

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This machine displays graphical capabilities way beyond what the Apple is capable of.

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Kindergarten Cop (1990)

There is an Apple IIGS in the kindergarten classroom.

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Trancers II (1991)

Jack's new wife, Lena, uses her IIGS to research Greenworld Associates.

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