Wind Waker Recomp for Apple Silicon Macs: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker statically recompiled to run natively, with Metal rendering, Smooth Motion (60 or 120 frames a second from the game's 30), widescreen, controller and keyboard support, and Better Wind Waker's settings.
New in macos.2: compressed disc images are accepted. The first build only took a plain .iso/.gcm and refused Dolphin's .rvz; now .rvz, .gcz, .wia and .ciso are unpacked once (in seconds) into a plain image in the app's data folder.
You supply the game. The download contains the recompiled game code and the runtime, but no disc image, game files, textures, audio or saves. At the first launch the app asks for your own disc image of The Wind Waker, USA (GZLE01), revision 0 (.iso, .gcm, .rvz, .gcz, .wia or .ciso), checks it, and prepares what it needs from it. Other regions and revisions are refused.
Requirements
- An Apple Silicon Mac (M1 or newer) on macOS 15 or later
- Your own legally obtained GZLE01 revision 0 disc image
Install
- Download
WindWakerRecomp-0.1.0-macos-arm64.zip, unzip it and drag Wind Waker Recomp.app to Applications. - Open it. The app is ad hoc signed, not notarized: if macOS blocks it, use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
- Choose your disc image when asked.
Keyboard: WASD moves, TFGH turns the camera, J/K/U/I are A/B/X/Y, E/R/Q are L/R/Z, Return is Start. Click the game to steer the camera with the mouse; Esc or F1 opens the options (Smooth Motion 60/120, aspect, resolution, texture packs, Better Wind Waker). Saves and settings live in ~/Library/Application Support/Wind Waker Recomp.
Full guide: docs/MACOS_RELEASE.md.
Known issues
- Lava around Dragon Roost renders as flat orange instead of its bright pattern.
- The busiest scenes can dip below 120 at 120 Hz Smooth Motion; 60 is steadier.
- The first minutes of a new install hitch while rendering pipelines compile.
BUILD.json records the exact source revisions and checksums; the zip's SHA-256 is in WindWakerRecomp-0.1.0-macos-arm64.zip.sha256.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by Nintendo. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is Nintendo's.