# iPod Click Wheel Recomps: statically recompiling six iPod games

> iPod Click Wheel Recomps translates six iPod click-wheel games from their ARM code into C++ that builds on current hardware. Mini Golf, Cubis 2, Hold 'Em, and the other listed games share a runtime. Mini Golf also targets Nintendo Switch and Android.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/DogParty/iPodClickWheelRecomps>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/DogParty/iPodClickWheelRecomps/blob/8a7afced6b30ff9dd3ef71aeebf620f34ced5317/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ipod-clickwheel-recomps/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ipod-clickwheel-recomps/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ipod-clickwheel-recomps/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Each game needs its own decrypted files from the player's copy. macOS, Linux, and Windows are supported. Mini Golf also lists Switch and Android.
- The games and the shared runtime are GPL-3.0-or-later. Tools in common/tools/ are MIT. The split is in LICENSING.md.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/DogParty/iPodClickWheelRecomps/blob/8a7afced6b30ff9dd3ef71aeebf620f34ced5317/README.md>

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