# PaperPad: bringing Paper Mario to Apple devices

> PaperPad builds Paper Mario for Apple devices from the game's decompilation sources, adding native touch controls, settings and local ROM import to PaperBoat. The repository also retains an earlier Apple port that combines the decompilation with a statically recompiled runtime.

- 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/paperpad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/paperpad/blob/b6b5b96d60c59b18642228aa3629b8bf9aeddbc8/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/paperpad-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/paperpad-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/paperpad-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Local builds of the current app use an Apple silicon Mac with Xcode, CMake and Ninja; iPhone and iPad use iOS/iPadOS 16.3 or newer.
- Supply an unmodified Paper Mario (US) 1.0 ROM.
- Title-menu animation stutter remains a known issue.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/paperpad/blob/b6b5b96d60c59b18642228aa3629b8bf9aeddbc8/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/paperpad/blob/b6b5b96d60c59b18642228aa3629b8bf9aeddbc8/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md>

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