# F0X: an Apple platform port of F-Zero X

> F0X ports F-Zero X to Apple Silicon macOS, iPhone and iPad using G-Diffuser's decompiled game logic. Maintained patches connect the game to libultraship/Fast3D's Metal backend, while Torch extracts a local game archive from the player's US revision 0 ROM.

- 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/f0x>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/f0x/blob/b0ea19869dd4bee5a93c66203a7d4eb8794c2035/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f0x-f-zero-x-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/f0x-f-zero-x-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/f0x-f-zero-x-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Apple Silicon Mac with Xcode, CMake, Ninja and Python 3 for source builds; iOS and iPadOS require version 16 or later.
- **Prerequisites:** A legally acquired F-Zero X US revision 0 big-endian .z64 ROM.
- **Limits:** Broader iPhone gameplay and long-session device coverage remain open.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/f0x/blob/b0ea19869dd4bee5a93c66203a7d4eb8794c2035/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/f0x/blob/b0ea19869dd4bee5a93c66203a7d4eb8794c2035/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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