Bad Apple!!


"Bad Apple!!" is the seventh song in the soundtrack of the 1998 bullet hell video game Lotus Land Story, the fourth entry in the Touhou Project series created by Team Shanghai Alice. The theme was originally designed to be played during the third stage of the game, as chiptune on the Japanese NEC PC-9800 computer platform, at 161 beats per minute using a frequency modulation synthesis chip.
It is notable for leading to a much later remix by and singer Nomico; and following the remix a subsequent accompanying black-and-white shadow puppet-video. In the 2010s, the version sung by Nomico and the black-and-white video sequence were ported to several second-generation video game consoles and graphing calculators, for retrocomputing and Demoscene competitions, becoming a graphical equivalent to the "Hello, World!" programs of older computer systems.

Naming

The name likely derives from the proverb that "one spoils the bunch".

Pop song

In 2007 a longer cover version featuring the Japanese singer Nomico was released in the album Lovelight by the artists group Alstroemeria Records, lead by.

Music video

Between October 2008 and October 2009, a separate development took place, creating a shadow-art animation. On 27 October 2009, the collaborative music video lead by Anira was released.

10th Anniversary

In 2017, the Alstroemeria Records group released a 10th Anniversary Bad Apple!! album consisting entirely of "Bad Apple" remixes.

Demoscene

The shadow puppet video has been used as the basis of many ports for older computer platforms, presumed to be incapable of playing back full motion video.