Among those are the 1802, some 8-bit PICs, and the 6502 at the heart of the Commodore 64. That’s not to say ... Don’t have a C64? Build one.

but when [DusteD] set out to build a brand-new Commodore 64 with only new parts, it resulted in Project MaxFake64 that is electrically and binary compatible with any genuine C64 out there.

Even other Commodore 64 mods, like the Raspberry Pi C64 expansion cartridge playing Doom, may be more practical for end users than 8x8 pixel AI sprite generation running on 40-year-old PC hardware.