# NFSMW Recompiled for iOS: native Need for Speed: Most Wanted port

> NFSMW Recompiled for iOS runs Need for Speed: Most Wanted from 2005, the Xbox 360 version, natively on iPhone and iPad. ReXGlue recompiles the PowerPC code ahead of time for Apple arm64, and a Metal renderer draws the shaders.

- 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/bep1s69/nfsmw-ios>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bep1s69/nfsmw-ios/blob/e403ff907c4c9f99c413cd72214acdad0500ce50/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nfsmw-ios-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nfsmw-ios-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nfsmw-ios-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- iOS or iPadOS 18 or later. The player supplies an ISO of the USA Xbox 360 game.
- Version 0.6.0 adds LAN racing. Releases are on the repository Releases page.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bep1s69/nfsmw-ios/blob/e403ff907c4c9f99c413cd72214acdad0500ce50/README.md>

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