Unofficial Mac port runs Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom at 90 fps on Apple silicon

First reported 18 Oct, 16:07 UTCSource: XDA + 1 moreLast editorial activity 18 Oct, 16:07 UTCWrite a comment ↓

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According to XDA, a fan-made recompilation of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom now runs natively on Apple silicon, including the M4 chip. Nintendo is likely unhappy with the very unofficial port.

Frame rates on Apple silicon

The recompilation was built for Apple silicon and reaches 90 fps during gameplay, a figure the report says surpasses a competing PC port of the game.

The report also says the Mac version posts higher frame rates than the Switch 2 edition of the title.

Download requires separate game files

Fans can obtain the project from GitHub. Running it, however, requires supplying their own game files.

The release is an unofficial port, and the facts show no involvement from Nintendo or Apple.

Mac arrives ahead of Windows

The report suggests Mac has, for once, received a game before PC, though only through a very unofficial port.

Open questions

Will Nintendo take action against the project?
How stable is the recompilation across different Mac configurations?

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Key facts

An unofficial Mac recompilation of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is written for Apple silicon.
During gameplay the port reaches 90 fps, which the report says beats a competing PC port.
The recompilation is reported to offer higher frame rates than the Switch 2 edition.
The project can be downloaded from GitHub, but users must supply their own game files.

Sources & evidence

XDA Reporting source
For once, Mac gets a game first as Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom now runs natively on Apple's M4 chip ↗
https://www.xda-developers.com/mac-gets-game-first-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-runs-natively-apple-m4-chip-nintendo/
Notebookcheck Reporting source
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Mac port runs at 90 fps, topping Switch 2 and PC rival ↗
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Zelda-Tears-of-the-Kingdom-Mac-port-runs-at-90-fps-topping-Switch-2-and-PC-rival.1427448.0.html