List of games that are broken on ARM64 but work on x64 builds

[mavethee]

Quick summary

As advised by @kd-11, I'm making mega issue with games that have issues on ARM64 builds on macOS.
List will be expanded with time, if I've overlooked any title, feel free to report it here.

List of games I've tested:

If some isn't listed further, it doesn't have any issues related to ARM64 build specifically.

I've had issues with Ratchet and Clank Trilogy but that's covered by #16472,
Journey Collection issues are caused by libvdec requirement - #14513,
Potencial Red Dead Redemption and GTA IV issues mentioned here, as it's not exclusive to ARM64 build - #16495

Some games require multiple boots due to amount of cache or Stub PPU Traps: 1 in custom config's yml file.

Details

1. TESTED FOR THIS ISSUE:

• Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition [BLES01294]
  Crashes after cache compilation
  EDIT: Initially tested RDR, it was crashing with a Pad Thread, if you have same issue, switch to Keyboard handler or do not connect the controller until cache is compiled, issue seems to be gone on later runs. It can be reproduced by deleting the cache and issue is still present. You can downgrade to 1.0 to get rid of the issue.
  And unlike I thought, it's on both ARM64 and X64 build, so removing it from list.
• Grand Theft Auto IV: Complete Edition [BLES01128]:
  Crashes on ARM64 after game selection (base game or DLCs), while on x64 build it loads just fine. I found only strange issue with Pad Thread, my DualSense crashes only in this game in same spot (Keyboard handler works fine).
  EDIT: it was crashing with a Pad Thread, if you have same issue, switch to Keyboard handler or do not connect the controller until cache is compiled, issue seems to be gone on later runs. It can be reproduced by deleting the cache and issue is still present. Downgrading to 1.0 doesn't solve it.
• Heavenly Sword™ [BCES00078]:
  Black screen after pressing START GAME, not an issue on x64 build.
  
  
• Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction™ [BCES00052]:
  Crashes on loading existing save, haven't tested starting new game. On X64 build works fine.
  
  
• Ratchet & Clank™: Quest For Booty [BCES00301]:
  Crashes while loading a save game, while on x64 build loads fine.
  
  

2. ALREADY EXISTING:

• Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time [BCES00511] - [MacOS Arm64][BCES00511] Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time - Crash on startup #16460
• LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ [BLES02105] - [ARM64 macOS] LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ [BLES02105] - Out of memory #16451
• LEGO® Indiana Jones™ 2: The Adventure Continues [BLUS30425] and LEGO® Star Wars® III: The Clone Wars™ [BLUS30540] - [MacOS_ARM] BLUS30425 & BLUS30540 stuck after boot #16435
• VSH (needs PPU Static on ARM64) - [Bug] [macOS arm64] VSH does not boot if set to use PPU LLVM #16081
• All Unity games - aarch64/llvm: Unity games cannot boot #15982

Attach a log file

• Heavenly Sword:
  BCES00078_ARM64.log
  BCES00078_X64.log

• Tools of Destruction:
  BCES00052_ARM64.log
  BCES00052_X64.log

• Quest for Booty:
  BCES00301_ARM64.log
  BLES01128_ARM64.log

Attach capture files for visual issues

No response

System configuration

• SYS: RPCS3 v0.0.34-17287-b16d267f Alpha | HEAD
• SYS: Apple M1 (4P+4E) | 8 Threads | 16.00 GiB RAM | TSC: 0.024GHz | FMA3
• SYS: Operating system: macOS, Version: 15.3.0
• SYS: Current Time: 2024-12-30T23:03:40
• RSX: Found Vulkan-compatible GPU: 'Apple M1' running on driver 0.2.995
• SYS: Firmware version: 4.91

Other details

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[pstef]

Arm in general (as the title suggests) or specifically "Apple silicon"?
Oops, sorry, I must have missed the info in the title tag.

[kd-11]

I've updated the title to make it more general. Typically if it's broken on macos arm64, it's also broken on linux arm64

[shinra-electric]

Metal Gear Solid 4 BLES00246 (v2.00)

M1 Pro / Sequoia 15.2

Arm:
Shows the menu for an instant, then only displays a black screen. Music still plays, but the menu is not responsive.

x86:
Menu works fine. Gets to the first in-game cinematic at least (probably gets further, didn't test).

Logs:

MGS4_BLES00246_arm.txt
MGS4_BLES00246_x86.txt

[shinra-electric]

rain NPEA00394 v1.00

Arm:
Crash on boot

x86:
Gets to menu (probably further, didn't test).

Log:
rain_NPEA00394_arm.txt

[mavethee]

@shinra-electric rain is related to #15982 which I've mentioned 😅

[mavethee]

Initially tested RDR, it was crashing with a Pad Thread, if you have same issue, switch to Keyboard handler or do not connect the controller until cache is compiled, issue seems to be gone on later runs. It can be reproduced by deleting the cache and issue is still present.

And unlike I thought, it's on both ARM64 and X64 build, so removing it from list.