# GoldenPad: GoldenEye 007 rebuilt for Apple devices

> GoldenPad runs GoldenEye 007 on iPhone, iPad and Apple Silicon Mac using statically recompiled game code from GoldenEye64Recomp. Its Apple host adds touch and controller input, saves and audio, while RT64 presents graphics through Metal. Users generate the game-bearing build from their own US retail 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/goldenpad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/goldenpad/blob/d1d38d7cb256391a3d3ea45b55925372eeac1d35/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/goldenpad-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/goldenpad-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/goldenpad-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- A user-owned US GoldenEye 007 Nintendo 64 ROM is required to generate the game-bearing build.
- iPhone and iPad builds require iOS or iPadOS 17+; the Mac runtime is an Apple Silicon alpha.
- An Apple Silicon Mac with Xcode and PadMint is the documented build route; a Windows 11 PadMint route is experimental.
- The Mac build has open performance and renderer parity issues, and complete multiplayer acceptance remains open.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/goldenpad/blob/d1d38d7cb256391a3d3ea45b55925372eeac1d35/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/goldenpad/blob/d1d38d7cb256391a3d3ea45b55925372eeac1d35/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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