# Max Payne Recomp: an Apple Silicon port through static recompilation

> Max Payne Recomp ports Max Payne 1.05 to Apple Silicon macOS by translating its 32-bit x86 executable and DLLs into C and compiling them for arm64. A native host maps Windows calls to Metal, SDL3, and AVFoundation; the user's own game files supply the binaries and assets.

- 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/aldotoa/max-payne-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/aldotoa/max-payne-recomp/blob/d1821bfc568a66e23491dd58e2c526b8076794b4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/max-payne-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/max-payne-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/max-payne-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Apple Silicon Mac with macOS 13+, Xcode Command Line Tools, Homebrew, and about 3 GB of build space.
- **Prerequisites:** A personal copy of Max Payne 1.05 for Windows with the exact supported modules is required.
- **Limits:** Other game versions and modified executables are unsupported.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/aldotoa/max-payne-recomp/blob/d1821bfc568a66e23491dd58e2c526b8076794b4/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/aldotoa/max-payne-recomp/blob/d1821bfc568a66e23491dd58e2c526b8076794b4/docs/d3d8-usage.md>

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