Case study

BallPad: an iOS and iPadOS port of Super Mario Strikers

BallPad ports Super Mario Strikers to iOS and iPadOS by compiling a community decompilation-based source port as native ARM64 code. It adds Metal presentation, touch and physical-controller input, and an importer for the user's USA revision 0 disc image.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 28
Last commit: 2026-10-30
Language: Objective-C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Apple Silicon Mac with Xcode, CMake, Ninja and ripgrep for the documented local build path.
Prerequisites: User-supplied Super Mario Strikers USA G4QE01 revision 0 raw ISO or GCM image.
Limits: Experimental preview; full-game validation and broader device testing remain in progress.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{ballpad-strikers-port-case,
  title = {{BallPad: an iOS and iPadOS port of Super Mario Strikers}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/ballpad}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/ballpad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ballpad-strikers-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

BallPad: an iOS and iPadOS port of Super Mario Strikers. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/ballpad (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ballpad-strikers-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/ballpad · Revision d733ade