Case study

DinoPad: bringing Dinosaur Planet Recompiled to Apple devices

DinoPad adapts Dinosaur Planet: Recompiled into native macOS, iPhone and iPad applications. Its Apple layer adds ROM import, touch controls, Metal and mobile runtime changes, save handling and lifecycle support around the existing static recompilation; the public base edition includes Prototype Mode.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 11
Last commit: 2026-11-01
Language: Objective-C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply the supported Dinosaur Planet prototype ROM.
Prerequisites: Targets macOS 11+ and iOS/iPadOS 15+.
Limits: The public base edition includes Prototype Mode only.
License: GPL-3.0 licensed.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dinopad-dinosaur-planet-case,
  title = {{DinoPad: bringing Dinosaur Planet Recompiled to Apple devices}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/dinopad}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/dinopad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dinopad-dinosaur-planet-case/}}
}

Plain text

DinoPad: bringing Dinosaur Planet Recompiled to Apple devices. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/dinopad (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dinopad-dinosaur-planet-case/

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README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/dinopad · Revision 9b6bb4e
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/dinopad · Revision 9b6bb4e