In case some of you are interested, the Global Game Jam 2018 is coming soon (January 26 - 28, 2018).
These events are the perfect opportunity to try coding small games during a week-end, even if it's BASIC on a 30+ years old machine.
This year there's even some oldkool friendly additional themes you can use:
- .COM-pact - limit your game file size to 64k or less
- Happy Birthday GGJ - Use an emulator or piece of hardware in your game development or part of your gameplay which is over 10 years old
(Full list on https://globalgamejam.org/news/ggj18-diversifiers)
The GameJam sites are about everywhere, with many in each country. (I myself participated in 2015 and 2016 with some Oric productions made on the Oslo site)
If you want to make people know about the Oric, and if you want new software, it's the idea opportunity

For more information: https://globalgamejam.org