# HarkinianPad: an iOS port of Ocarina of Time via Ship of Harkinian

> HarkinianPad adapts the Ship of Harkinian Ocarina of Time source port for iPhone and iPad. It adds Metal rendering, touch controls, controller support and local ROM import; the app creates its game archive from the user's 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/harkinianpad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/harkinianpad/blob/96889fdaeb3b37457b3086b1f7ea1d4fa14d352e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/harkinianpad-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/harkinianpad-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/harkinianpad-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A supported, legally acquired Ocarina of Time ROM.
- **Prerequisites:** A Mac with Xcode, Homebrew, CMake and Python 3.9+ for the documented source build; an Apple development team is needed for device signing.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports that Preview 6 mod-pack changes have Simulator startup validation, while physical-device gameplay for that release remains unchecked.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/harkinianpad/blob/96889fdaeb3b37457b3086b1f7ea1d4fa14d352e/README.md>

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