# adrbn/bo2-mac

> Static recompilation of Call of Duty: Black Ops II from 32-bit x86 Windows to native ARM64 macOS: Remill lifts code to LLVM IR, a hand-written Win32 runtime, Direct3D 11 drawn by Metal. Players build the app from their own Steam copy on their Mac.

- Magnitude: 2.8 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 240 total · +5 stars measured 2026-11-14, 00:05–10:34 UTC, ≈ 14 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Games & graphics · Language: C++ · License: GPL-3.0 · Created: 2026-11-03 · Last push: 2026-11-13
- GitHub: https://github.com/adrbn/bo2-mac · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/adrbn/bo2-mac

## Useful for

- Build a native ARM64 port of Black Ops II from your own Steam copy on Apple Silicon
- Run campaign, Zombies or multiplayer against bots without Wine or JIT
- Study an x86-to-ARM64 static recompilation pipeline built on Remill and LLVM

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-14 (UTC), 00:05–10:34: 235 → 240 stars (+5). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +14 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 11 days old and already has 240 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS” — 150 points, 3 days ago.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @gmh5225 (1,312 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 16
- Issues and pull requests: 7
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 25 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0
- Latest release: v0.2.0-test.4 (2026-11-06)

## Stars per day, last 12 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-11-03 … 2026-11-14: 11, 40, 15, 6, 4, 2, 3, 13, 107, 19, 20, 5

## Magnitude by day, last 4 days

11-11 4.4, 11-12 4.7, 11-13 3.1, 11-14 2.9

## Hacker News

- Show HN: Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS — 150 points, 67 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50449891

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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