Jayderyu: as in music the term is commonly abused. It is easy to just clasify stuff in a couple of cathegories ... dont you think?
Tulamide: exactly! You took me on a memory train just there. The famous C64 was before my age but I remember my brother fiddling away on a local Atari. It was magic. C64 was the object of ultimate desire and even though I was too little then, I cherish C64 to this day. You could really grasp the techology back then - from hardware to software... and create - of course games :) - Maybe a similar feeling can be found twaking and exploring a Raspberry PI nowadays. Raspberry project really helps put technology in perspective and provides study matherial - thats what matters. OK enough memories :)
Exactly as you said. software technology is advancing and "middleware" really helps to get your hands on it :)