# Epic Pinball HD: reimplementing the DOS pinball engine for macOS

> Epic Pinball HD reimplements the DOS Epic Pinball engine as a native macOS app with classic and enhanced modes. It imports tables and media from the user's own copy, runs some original executable rules through a small x86 runtime and compares classic-mode behavior with original code in Unicorn. Across all 13 tables, the author reports matches in 415/415 physics scenarios, 415/415 rules scenarios and 413/415 full-main-loop scenarios.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd/blob/6fbb254d9627c7c8a5ab21d39e8539577693762e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/epic-pinball-hd-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/epic-pinball-hd-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/epic-pinball-hd-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A legally owned Epic Pinball CD image or installed game files are required.
- **Prerequisites:** An Apple silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later, Swift 6.x, libopenmpt and pkgconf is required.
- **Testing evidence:** The GOG edition has not been tested directly.
- **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later for the project's own code and documentation.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd/blob/6fbb254d9627c7c8a5ab21d39e8539577693762e/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/tmm22/epic-pinball-hd/blob/6fbb254d9627c7c8a5ab21d39e8539577693762e/app/README.md>

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