A Reddit user posting as u/FloatingFalafel has released TVPort, an open-source toolkit that recompiles Switch and Switch 2 games so they run natively on a third-generation Apple TV 4K. It is a fork of the nxnative project and runs from a Mac. The author says Claude Opus 5.5 was used for the work, and the same developer is also porting Switch games to the Xbox Series X.
“Most games run essentially the same on the Switch, but some load textures into memory differently and need to be diagnosed and fixed before the game will run properly”
u/FloatingFalafel, TVPort developer, as reported by Engadget · engadget.com ↗
Results vary by game. Super Mario Odyssey reportedly holds 60 frames per second with slight stutters and some audio trouble near waterfalls, while Animal Crossing: New Horizons is capped at 30 fps with no reported problems. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom hit thermal throttling on the Apple TV. Saves can be backed up to a Mac or iCloud, and the repository holds no game files, so users supply their own from cartridges.
The developer says some titles load textures differently from the Switch and need diagnosis before they run properly, and the heaviest may never work on this hardware. Engadget reads the project as proof that the Apple TV 4K can play games, even against a Switch that is nearly ten years old.
It lands amid a run of Claude Code projects that recompile or clone existing software, from Adobe Creative Cloud apps to games for other platforms. Operators of Decomp.dev said they were closing the site because AI has broken the community side of decompilation, and Anthropic has since told Claude Code not to recreate existing games.
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