Case study

GalaxyPad: porting Super Mario Galaxy to iPhone and iPad

GalaxyPad ports Super Mario Galaxy to iPhone and iPad using MacioGalaxy and Petari-derived native game code. Its current engine compiles for Apple silicon, renders with Metal and adds touch, controller and gyro controls; players import their own supported Wii image.

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: 100
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: Python
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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: An Apple silicon Mac with Xcode 26 or newer and PadMint 0.5.2 or newer for a local iPhone or iPad build.
Prerequisites: The player's own Super Mario Galaxy USA RMGE01 revision 0 single-file WBFS image; at least 9 GiB free on the device for import.
Testing evidence: The author reports about 60 FPS on an iPhone 14; full-game completion remains unverified.
License: GPL-3.0.

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BibTeX

@misc{galaxypad-super-mario-galaxy-case,
  title = {{GalaxyPad: porting Super Mario Galaxy to iPhone and iPad}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/galaxypad}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/galaxypad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/galaxypad-super-mario-galaxy-case/}}
}

Plain text

GalaxyPad: porting Super Mario Galaxy to iPhone and iPad. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/galaxypad (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/galaxypad-super-mario-galaxy-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/galaxypad · Revision 4db10c4
docs/INSTALL_IPAD.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/galaxypad · Revision 4db10c4