Case study

SunPad: Super Mario Sunshine on Apple platforms

SunPad runs Super Mario Sunshine on iPhone, iPad, Apple silicon Mac, and experimental Apple TV through ahead-of-time recompilation, with Metal rendering, touch controls, controller support, and local game-image import.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 201
Last commit: 2026-11-01
Language: Objective-C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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

Supply your own supported copy of the game.
The README says building for iPhone or iPad needs an Apple silicon Mac.
License: GPL-3.0.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{sunpad-case,
  title = {{SunPad: Super Mario Sunshine on Apple platforms}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/chrissotraidis/sunpad}},
  url = {https://github.com/chrissotraidis/sunpad},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/sunpad-case/}}
}

Plain text

SunPad: Super Mario Sunshine on Apple platforms. https://github.com/chrissotraidis/sunpad (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/sunpad-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · chrissotraidis/sunpad · Revision 774de79