# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/ballpad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/ballpad/blob/d733ade73e6ebdc1df0bbea710d0ec36e9436ff9/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ballpad-strikers-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ballpad-strikers-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ballpad-strikers-port-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/ballpad/blob/d733ade73e6ebdc1df0bbea710d0ec36e9436ff9/README.md>

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