# Claude Code and Fable 5 ported the 2003 PC game Command & Conquer to native iOS in "a few hours"

> Source: <https://the-decoder.com/claude-code-and-fable-5-ported-the-2003-pc-game-command-conquer-to-native-ios-in-a-few-hours/>
> Published: 2026-07-05 15:58:56+00:00

# Claude Code and Fable 5 ported the 2003 PC game Command & Conquer to native iOS in "a few hours"

**A Google Deepmind developer ported "Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour" to iPhone and iPad.** Ammaar Reshi, Lead Product and Design for Google AI Studio, used Anthropic's Claude Code with [Fable 5](https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-fable-5-is-back-worldwide-after-a-two-week-government-ban-over-a-jailbreak/). The 2003 real-time strategy game runs natively on ARM64 with no emulator. Campaign, skirmish, and "Generals Challenge" all work with touch controls. The graphics pipeline translates DirectX 8 to Apple's Metal API through several intermediate steps.

Reshi says the [first build took about 40 minutes](https://x.com/ammaar/status/2073636280781488143), followed by "a few hours" of debugging. Over two days, Reshi burned through his entire Claude Max quota. When asked why he used a competitor's product, [Reshi replied](https://x.com/ammaar/status/2073783007027036549) that "you can love the AI space and respect the competition while still being fully focused on building the best answer. It’s a long game."

Reshi published the [full source code on GitHub](https://github.com/ammaarreshi/Generals-Mac-iOS-iPad) as open source. Game assets aren't included, so you need your own copy, available on [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2732960/) for about $5, if you want to try it out. On iPads, the game can crash during long sessions because of high memory usage. An [engineering log](https://github.com/ammaarreshi/Generals-Mac-iOS-iPad/blob/main/docs/port/PORTING_PLAYBOOK.md) documents every bug and fix.

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[Reshi via X](https://x.com/ammaar/status/2073501877753323772)