# BrawlerPad: an Apple-platform port of Super Smash Bros. 64

> BrawlerPad adapts the BattleShip Super Smash Bros. 64 source port for Apple Silicon macOS, iPhone and iPad. Its patches add Metal app integration, user-ROM resource extraction, touch controls and controller lifecycle handling while compiling the decompiled game code ahead of time.

- 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/brawlerpad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/brawlerpad/blob/66c3f9595c6bbe46075417ef97a53596b4433312/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/brawlerpad-smash-64-apple-port-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/brawlerpad-smash-64-apple-port-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/brawlerpad-smash-64-apple-port-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally obtained supported US Super Smash Bros. 64 ROM is required.
- **Prerequisites:** An Apple Silicon Mac, Xcode and the build-guide dependencies are required for local builds.
- **Limits:** Long-match audio, multitouch, reset, rotation and controller acceptance checks remain open.
- **License:** The repository's rights and licensing terms are documented in RIGHTS_AND_LICENSES.md.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/brawlerpad/blob/66c3f9595c6bbe46075417ef97a53596b4433312/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/brawlerpad/blob/66c3f9595c6bbe46075417ef97a53596b4433312/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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