# SnapPad: a Pokémon Snap static recompilation for Apple devices

> SnapPad builds a native Apple version of Pokémon Snap from a user-supplied US ROM using the game's decompilation, N64Recomp, RSPRecomp, and RT64. Its integration supplies Metal rendering, touch and controller input, private ROM setup, and persistent saves for iPhone, iPad, and Apple silicon Mac.

- 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/snappad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/snappad/blob/ca90060e21b7258005d735044a193df8917a3cb5/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snappad-pokemon-snap-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/snappad-pokemon-snap-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/snappad-pokemon-snap-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide a legally obtained, unmodified Pokémon Snap (USA) ROM matching the documented fingerprint.
- **Prerequisites:** Build with an Apple silicon Mac and Xcode 26.x.
- **Limits:** Full-progression testing and acceptance on a physical iPhone remain incomplete.
- **License:** Rights and licensing terms are set out in RIGHTS_AND_LICENSES.md.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/snappad/blob/ca90060e21b7258005d735044a193df8917a3cb5/README.md>

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