Case study

BarrelPad: an Apple port of the reconstructed Diddy Kong Racing engine

BarrelPad adapts Golden Balloon's decompilation-based Diddy Kong Racing port for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It adds Apple lifecycle integration, game-specific touch and controller input, and local loading of the user's ROM while the reconstructed game logic runs as native host code.

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: 11
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: Objective-C++

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: Supply a supported Diddy Kong Racing ROM; US 1.1 is documented as tested.
Prerequisites: Build with a Mac, Xcode, and the documented CMake, Ninja, and package tools.
Prerequisites: Physical-device installation requires an Apple development identity and provisioning profile.
License: Consult RIGHTS_AND_LICENSES.md for the project's rights and licensing boundaries.

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BibTeX

@misc{barrelpad-diddy-kong-racing-case,
  title = {{BarrelPad: an Apple port of the reconstructed Diddy Kong Racing engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/barrelpad}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/barrelpad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/barrelpad-diddy-kong-racing-case/}}
}

Plain text

BarrelPad: an Apple port of the reconstructed Diddy Kong Racing engine. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/barrelpad (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/barrelpad-diddy-kong-racing-case/

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README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/barrelpad · Revision 1a7bb13
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/barrelpad · Revision 1a7bb13