I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

Exceptional work. While it may not mean much, I am truly impressed. I like to toy with reverse engineering here and there, but such a port like this would take me multiple lifetimes.

Not to distract too much from the main topic, but what do you think about the Hopper disassembler? I have only used Radare2, IDA Pro, and Ghidra. Though, I haven't used the latter two on MacOS. What do you prefer about Hopper? I have been hesitant to purchase a license because I was never sure if it was worth the money compared to the alternatives.

Re: I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

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Post by nticompass » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

This is awesome! I can't wait to plug in my Wii and give it a try myself.

Re: I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii

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Post by nticompass » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC

mghackerlady wrote: post #4

I'm pretty sure someones done this for the 360. Also, doesn't NT have a wii port?

There was a PPC version of Windows NT, and yes someone put it on the Wii!

https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes

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Post by MaxLeiter » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC

Great write-up. I love hardware running software it shouldn’t support

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Post by davenporten » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC

Hahaha! Yes! We need more of this in the world, love it!

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Post by soci » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

Back in the day I was a hardcore Mac nerd and became a professional at it too. My best reverse-engineering trophy was building one of the first "iOS" apps when there was not an official appstore for the iPhone.

But man, this is way ahead of what I could do. What this dude accomplished blew my mind. Not only the output (running MacOS on a Wii), but the detailed post itself. A-MA-ZING.