The Best Selling Desktop Computer of All Time, Total Sales of the Commodore 64, the First Computer Generated Image Within a Film, the Software Needed to Generate the First Computer Generated Image, and the Founding of Pixar

The Commodore 64 is the best selling desktop computer of all time. Between 1982 - 1993, sales hit nearly 30,000,000 (30 million) units. The first ever computer generated sequence in a movie occurred in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan which lasted for 60 seconds and is referred to as the “genesis scene”. The scene includes a retinal scan of captain Kirk as well as a planet being hit by a missile which then creates a stable environment for life. Over 50 programs were written to accomplish the task...


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