A recent video from retro tech YouTuber Clint "LGR" Basinger dives into an aspect of personal computing you probably haven't put much thought into—or at least I sure didn't until now. After being impressed by an aquatic screensaver on a TV at a local bar, LGR did some research into the history of the SereneScreen Marine Aquarium, a veritable dynasty in the aquatic screensaver space that's still going strong to this day.
The story centers on Jim Sachs, a man with one of those "they don't make this type of guy anymore" life stories so common to '80s and '90s computing, one Sachs recounted to the website AmigaLove back in 2020. After a six-year career in the US Air Force flying C-141 Starlifters, Sachs taught himself programming and digital art and began creating games for Commodore 64 and Amiga computers. From his first game, Saucer Attack, to later efforts like Defender of the Crown or his large portfolio of promotional and commissioned pieces, Sach's pixel art remains gorgeous and impressive to this day, and he seems to be a bit of a legend among Commodore enthusiasts.
