Case study

MaskPad: an iPhone and iPad port of Majora's Mask

MaskPad adapts the 2 Ship 2 Harkinian Majora's Mask source port into a native iPhone and iPad app. It supplies iOS patches, Metal rendering, touch controls and local extraction from a user-provided ROM, with scripts to build an unsigned IPA.

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: 54
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: Objective-C++

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 and the listed build dependencies, or the documented hosted Mac build path, is needed to build.
Prerequisites: Gameplay requires a supported, legally acquired Majora's Mask ROM supplied by the user.
Scope: The app targets iOS and iPadOS 15+.
Limits: Physical controller coverage and longer thermal tests remain open.
License: Consult RIGHTS_AND_LICENSES.md for the repository's scoped rights and upstream terms.

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BibTeX

@misc{maskpad-case,
  title = {{MaskPad: an iPhone and iPad port of Majora's Mask}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/maskpad}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/maskpad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/maskpad-case/}}
}

Plain text

MaskPad: an iPhone and iPad port of Majora's Mask. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/maskpad (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/maskpad-case/

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README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/maskpad · Revision 66856f3
patches/README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/maskpad · Revision 66856f3