# BananaPad: bringing Donkey Kong 64 Recompiled to Apple devices

> BananaPad adapts the Donkey Kong 64 static-recompilation port for Apple Silicon macOS, iPhone and iPad. Its scripts generate game and RSP code from a user-supplied ROM, then combine that code with a native Apple shell, Metal rendering, touch controls and game-specific patches. The author reports playable macOS and Simulator builds and a physical iPad build that renders the game.

- 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/bananapad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bananapad/blob/3b2d82d0851e618dd0be123966a114d5cce319cd/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bananapad-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/bananapad-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/bananapad-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An unmodified, user-owned Donkey Kong 64 US/NTSC-U 1.0 ROM.
- **Limits:** The project is a developer preview; broader physical-device and controller acceptance remains open.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/bananapad/blob/3b2d82d0851e618dd0be123966a114d5cce319cd/README.md>

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