# 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.

- 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/chrissotraidis/sunpad>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/sunpad/blob/774de798544c1160346de82571f2877a15e857b6/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sunpad-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sunpad-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sunpad-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/chrissotraidis/sunpad/blob/774de798544c1160346de82571f2877a15e857b6/README.md>

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