The challenge didn't end in 2014; developers continued to push the C64's limits: Onslaught - Bad Apple 64 - C64 Demo
That video has been ported to everything from graphing calculators to oscilloscopes. But for retro computing enthusiasts, one question carries a unique gravity: Can the Commodore 64 run Bad Apple? bad apple c64
The C64 demo treats the video frames not as pictures, but as polygons. It stores a stream of vector coordinates. When the video plays, the CPU is rapidly drawing lines and filling polygons to create the silhouettes on the screen in real-time. The challenge didn't end in 2014; developers continued
For the less hardware-inclined, the emulator with "True Drive Emulation" enabled will run the .D64 image perfectly. Set the speed to 100% and watch the virtual drive LED flicker. It’s not the same as the real thing, but it captures the spirit. It stores a stream of vector coordinates