I think you are probably right, economies of scale mean that using a ridiculously powerful modern process to emulate an old processor often makes sense. The C6

I think you are probably right, economies of scale mean that using a ridiculously powerful modern process to emulate an old processor often makes sense. The C64 mini runs a modern(ish) arm processor and an emulator to pretend to be a C64 - that's a machine that is literal multiple orders of magnitude more powerful than the original system.