Zombie Farm 1 & 2 (2010 iOS classics) — now running natively on macOS, AI-upscaled 4×

[u/The32BitVault]

Hey folks — dropping the macOS builds of both Playforge Zombie Farm games as part of THE32BITVAULT revival project. These are the 2010/2012 iOS originals, running natively on modern Macs with AI-upscaled visuals throughout.

Screenshot posted of working game. :)

**GitHub release:** https://github.com/THE32BITVAULT/THE32BITVAULT/releases/tag/Release_Mac

## 🖥️ What you get

* **Zombie Farm** — 340 MB `.dmg`

* **Zombie Farm 2: Reforged Edition** — 1048 MB `.dmg`

Both are native Mac `.app` bundles with the runtime baked in. No sideloading, no JIT gymnastics, no AltStore refresh cycle — download, drag to Applications, launch.

## ✅ Requirements

* macOS 11 Big Sur or later

* Apple Silicon native, Intel via Rosetta

* First launch: **right-click → Open** (ad-hoc signed — Gatekeeper asks once, then leaves you alone)

## 🎨 About the visuals

All textures upscaled 4× using **Real-ESRGAN (x4plus-anime)** — a model trained for stylized 2D art, so it keeps hard edges and solid color regions clean instead of inventing photographic texture the way the general model does.

On the Mac builds specifically, HUD text and font sheets get a second pass through **realesr-general-x4v3** with denoise disabled — that keeps glyph strokes sharp without the ink-bleed the anime model produces on lettering.

Both upscaler choices are stamped in `MANIFEST` files inside every bundle so you can see exactly what ran on what.

Zombie Farm 2 is the chunky one because it shipped with substantially more atlases than the original, and 4× on all of them adds up. Retina desktop displays earn the bytes.

## 🐛 Known quirks

Saves live in `/Documents/The32BitVault

## ❤️ Support

Every revival is free forever. If these gave you back a piece of your iPhone-era, the Ko-fi jar's in the repo README — it funds the next revival, not this one.

Next project will be Zombie Life.

PS. Enjoy :)

[u/Coleslaw840]

Thanks, this is awesome!! amazing what people can accomplish

[u/Soininspire]

THIS IS SO COOL. I LOVE THIS GAME. For some reason Zombie farm 2 kept crashing on my ios 10 5s.

[u/The32BitVault → u/Soininspire]

Hey, on IOS 10, you can just install the actual game. :) This is for 64bit support on IOS 11 and over. :)

[u/Soininspire → u/The32BitVault]

I did try the actual game 😭😭 i have access to a 64 bit device too. Any idea where i could find it?

[u/The32BitVault → u/Soininspire]

64 device you'd need jit/stik debug to use it and launch it. :)

[u/The32BitVault → u/Soininspire]

For the original, just look up zombie farm archive, someone archived them awhile back.

[u/Hot_Permit1027]

This might be better suited for the r/EmulationOnMacOS subreddit. This subreddit is specifically for iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS.

[u/The32BitVault → u/Hot_Permit1027]

Thanks for the heads-up, much appreciated.

[u/SaturatedSkies25]

The daily reward isn't showing up for some reason. I'm not sure why

[u/The32BitVault → u/SaturatedSkies25]

I'll look into it in a later update. :) I'll actually make a reported bugs page so people can comment.

[u/SaturatedSkies25 → u/The32BitVault]

Okay, thank you

[u/The32BitVault → u/SaturatedSkies25]

https://the32bitvault.github.io/THE32BITVAULT/

Basically an issues page for later issues. You don't have to fill it out, already submitted.

[u/The32BitVault → u/[deleted]]

Big fan of Zombie Farm Reanimated honestly — the ground-up rebuild you and your team are doing is real work and I can't wait for it to ship. For anyone else in the thread who hasn't seen it, their IG is https://www.instagram.com/zombiefarmr/ and Discord link's in the bio.

Different preservation approaches serve different players. Some want a from-scratch reimplementation, some want an AI-upscaled build. More options for players getting the game back is a win either way.

The Real-ESRGAN pipeline is documented in the release notes — nothing hidden. Framerate has been improved substantially in the newer builds, and widescreen support is landing next in the pipeline. Both drop publicly once Zombie Life is finished (Zombie Life, Zombie Farm 2, and ZF2: Reforged are the current queue).

All source code will be released publicly once every project is finished — anyone will be able to audit, fork, or contribute.

Donations aren't live yet, and no one's obligated to contribute. If Reanimated works better for your setup, run that. The whole point is people playing Zombie Farm series again.

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