Operating system standardization have killed this kind of creative interface, it's probably for the best, but I'm pretty sure something bold and colorful can still happen and make a difference to users.
[1] https://www.datagubbe.se/utildisks/a5003-crop-2302041155-01....
It's coming back with Electron and other frameworks for apps in the browser. Of course these must also be responsive to multiple window sizes and input styles, whereas on home computers you could always rely on a fixed-size screen and standard mouse/keyboard/gamepad as inputs.
There's a few similar "fantasy consoles" with different amounts of restraints. Oh, and there's the Playdate console, which also seems to have a pretty vibrant community - they're limited to greyscale graphics though.
Clearly there is a yearning among users — even technical users — for more creative, colorful, and interesting interfaces.
That's why we have multiple variations on sixels, dozens of libraries for drawing charts in the command line, hundreds of colors were added to terminals, and thousands of tutorials for customizing command prompts.