Tag: nosh kosh

  • Unearthed: Kirschen’s Apple II games for Gesher

    Unearthed: Kirschen’s Apple II games for Gesher

    Ever wonder what the Jewish version of Pac-Man might look like? In the early 1980s, video games were exploding in popularity with kids and microcomputers were becoming available Israel. The Gesher organization saw potential in developing educational software specifically for Jewish students. From 1982 to 1984, Yaakov Kirschen worked with them on four games: “Aleph…

  • Appreciating the physicality of floppies

    Appreciating the physicality of floppies

    As I continue imaging and curating a collection of Apple II software I received last year, I have an increased appreciation for the importance of preserving physical floppy disks. I have a floppy which contains a copy of a game called “Nosh Kosh.” To preserve the game digitally, Keith Hacke created a “disk image”, which…