PaperPad

PaperPad 0.2.0 Preview 1:

PaperPad now runs on Harbour Masters’ PaperBoat foundation, with the native Apple controls and conveniences you already know.

What changed:

• New PaperBoat-powered engine, with native full-screen iPad support.

• Cleaner three-dot menu with compact Display & Audio and Touch Settings panels.
• Automatic screen-fit rendering resolution up to 4×, manual resolution choices, aspect controls and a live resolution readout.
• Improved diagnostics with PaperPad and upstream links, plus a reviewable GitHub problem-report flow.
• Safer save writes with atomic replacement and backup recovery.
• Launch Original explains how to open the still-supported older version and continue its saves.

Saves and upgrading:

The new PaperPad and PaperPad Original use separate save formats and app containers. Earlier saves remain in Original; they are not automatically converted. Launch Original requires the Original companion with its launch URL registered. Your new-version saves remain in the new app.

The build 6 application code was installed in place on the test iPad, and its current save, ROM data and preferences were verified unchanged afterward. Release build 7 retains that application code and adds version/notice/source-delivery changes; it was not separately installed on hardware. Keep the same signing identity and bundle identifier when updating; do not uninstall to work around a signing mismatch.

Known issue:

The title-menu animation can stutter. Startup logs include audio underruns and a temporary frame-rate drop, but the underlying cause has not been isolated. This release does not claim a fix or a measured performance improvement over Original.

Credits and requirements:

The unsigned IPA requires user signing and a legally obtained supported game ROM. No ROM, extracted game archive, saves or signing credentials are included.

Build and verification:

Version 0.2.0, build 7, from main 90eeba56e22aba0ca7e4c4b39ef06444f2dcd456. The published IPA is built from the included source archive with network access denied. Source/pin, save-codec, input, package and main CI checks passed. Matching nested sources, single-header notices and toolchain provenance are included. This is source reproducibility, not a claim of bit-for-bit identical rebuilds or new hardware/gameplay acceptance.

PaperPad:

• iPhone/iPad, iOS/iPadOS 16.3 or newer; unsigned IPA for signing with your own credentials.
• Supply an unmodified Paper Mario (US) 1.0 ROM locally. No ROM or extracted game archive is included.
• Floating touch-down stick, compact native settings, controller support, Auto/1×–4× rendering and shared diagnostics.
• The new app keeps separate saves from PaperPad Original. Earlier progress stays in Original; there is no automatic conversion.

PaperPad Original reference:

The following screenshots, platform status and instructions describe the retained Original Preview 2 build. Its ReCut/RT64 runtime and earlier saves remain available separately; they are not the PaperBoat build above.