Bad Apple

Landing pad — full deep dive coming. This volume currently outlines what the deep dive will cover.

1.1 The phenomenon

“Bad Apple!!” as the demoscene/hacker benchmark — the silhouette animation that gets ported to run on everything. (To author: origin (Touhou), why it became the “does it run X” test.)

Figure 1 — The instantly recognizable silhouette from the 2009 fan-made "Bad Apple!!" shadow-art PV, the animation demosceners now port to run on nearly any hardware. Source: knowyourmeme.com.

1.2 Notable ports

(To author: oscilloscopes, calculators, microcontrollers, terminals, unexpected hardware.)

1.3 Why it matters

(To author: what porting Bad Apple demonstrates about a platform.)

1.1 The phenomenon

1.2 Notable ports

1.3 Why it matters

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