diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/allow-unused-type.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/allow-unused-type.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 655f6411e282..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/allow-unused-type.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/device/cart.rs b/src/device/cart.rs
-index 97bf09f..4406fec 100644
---- a/src/device/cart.rs
-+++ b/src/device/cart.rs
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const JDT_EEPROM_16K: u16 = 0xc000; /* 16k EEPROM */
- const EEPROM_BLOCK_SIZE: usize = 8;
- pub const EEPROM_MAX_SIZE: usize = 0x800;
- 
-+#[allow(warnings)]
- #[derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
- pub enum CicType {
-     CicNus6101,
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-git-describe.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-git-describe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44f203f521c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-git-describe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- a/build.rs
++++ b/build.rs
+@@ -278,26 +278,6 @@
+             .compile("simd");
+     }
+ 
+-    let mut git_output = std::process::Command::new("git");
+-    git_output.args(["describe", "--dirty"]);
+-
+-    let git_describe = if let Ok(git_output) = git_output.output()
+-        && git_output.status.success()
+-    {
+-        String::from_utf8(git_output.stdout).unwrap()
+-    } else if let Ok(git_output) = git_output.args(["--always"]).output()
+-        && git_output.status.success()
+-    {
+-        format!(
+-            "v{}-{}",
+-            env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+-            String::from_utf8(git_output.stdout).unwrap()
+-        )
+-    } else {
+-        panic!("Failed to get git describe");
+-    };
+-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_DESCRIBE={git_describe}");
+-
+     println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=NETPLAY_ID");
+     let netplay_id = std::env::var("NETPLAY_ID").unwrap_or("gopher64".to_string());
+     println!("cargo:rustc-env=NETPLAY_ID={netplay_id}");
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-homebrew.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-homebrew.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3ef1857da481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-homebrew.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- a/Cargo.toml
++++ b/Cargo.toml
+@@ -59,5 +59,4 @@
+ identifier = "io.github.gopher64.gopher64"
+ category = "public.app-category.games"
+ icon = ["data/icon/gopher64_128x128.png","data/icon/gopher64_256x256.png","data/icon/gopher64_512x512.png"]
+-osx_frameworks = ["/opt/homebrew/opt/molten-vk/lib/libMoltenVK.dylib","/opt/homebrew/opt/freetype/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib","/opt/homebrew/opt/libpng/lib/libpng16.16.dylib"]
+ osx_minimum_system_version = "15.0"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-lto.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-lto.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bc26d6e7c7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/no-lto.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/build.rs
++++ b/build.rs
+@@ -150,11 +143,6 @@
+         println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=freetype");
+     }
+ 
+-    volk_build.flag("-flto=thin");
+-    rdp_build.flag("-flto=thin");
+-    simd_build.flag("-flto=thin");
+-    retroachievements_build.flag("-flto=thin");
+-
+     volk_build.compile("volk");
+     rdp_build.compile("parallel-rdp");
+     retroachievements_build.compile("retroachievements");
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/package.nix
index 77353e284318..023bdd0b0f95 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/package.nix
@@ -1,38 +1,46 @@
 {
   lib,
-  stdenv,
-  rustPlatform,
+  clangStdenv,
+  linkFarm,
+  llvmPackages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pkg-config,
+  fetchgit,
+  runCommand,
+  rustPlatform,
 
-  bzip2,
-  libGL,
-  libx11,
-  libxcursor,
-  libxkbcommon,
-  libxi,
+  # nativeBuildInputs
+  cargo-bundle,
+  cctools,
+  gn,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  python3,
+
+  # buildInputs
+  fontconfig,
   moltenvk,
   sdl3,
-  wayland,
+  sdl3-ttf,
   zstd,
-}:
 
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  # nativeInstallCheckInputs
+  versionCheckHook,
+}:
+let
+  stdenv = clangStdenv;
+in
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "gopher64";
-  version = "1.0.17";
+  version = "1.1.20";
+
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "gopher64";
     repo = "gopher64";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-DDFtPISV17jQMECBIqYbbGhZpjYXuNnOq7EiEVtSzgc=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
-    leaveDotGit = true;
-    postFetch = ''
-      cd "$out"
-      git rev-parse HEAD > $out/GIT_REV
-      find "$out" -name .git -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
-    '';
+    hash = "sha256-gss0ZGTptk5O67SS+r3i3Caf9I7GQxP0RlHx7GfBihw=";
   };
 
   cargoPatches = [
@@ -40,61 +48,104 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
     # this patch makes it use the SDL3 library provided by nixpkgs
     ./use-sdl3-via-pkg-config.patch
 
-    # make the build script use the @GIT_REV@ string that will be substituted in the logic below
-    ./set-git-rev.patch
-
-    # enum CicType is not used, but dead code is treated as an error
-    ./allow-unused-type.patch
+    ./no-lto.patch
+    ./no-git-describe.patch
+    ./volk-linking-order.patch
+    ./no-homebrew.patch
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    # use the file generated in the fetcher to supply the git revision
-    substituteInPlace build.rs \
-      --replace-fail "@GIT_REV@" $(cat GIT_REV)
-  '';
+  cargoHash = "sha256-rmt2b8lk/9ts8v33yguuSFcbFvUX00icg1onmhCbDTQ=";
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-31kEYwlDA6iYcwPZyQU4gM/VLfPNeYcDKhhBqzNp/QE=";
+  env = {
+    # See pkgs/by-name/ne/neovide/package.nix
+    SKIA_SOURCE_DIR =
+      let
+        repo = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "rust-skia";
+          repo = "skia";
+          # see rust-skia:skia-bindings/Cargo.toml#package.metadata skia
+          tag = "m142-0.89.1";
+          hash = "sha256-J7mBQ124/dODxX6MsuMW1NHizCMATAqdSzwxpP2afgk=";
+        };
+        # The externals for skia are taken from skia/DEPS
+        externals = linkFarm "skia-externals" (
+          lib.mapAttrsToList (name: value: {
+            inherit name;
+            path = fetchgit value;
+          }) (lib.importJSON ./skia-externals.json)
+        );
+      in
+      runCommand "source" { } ''
+        cp -R ${repo} $out
+        chmod -R +w $out
+        ln -s ${externals} $out/third_party/externals
+      '';
 
-  env.ZSTD_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = true;
+    SKIA_GN_COMMAND = lib.getExe gn;
+    SKIA_NINJA_COMMAND = lib.getExe ninja;
+
+    ZSTD_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG = true;
+
+    LIBCLANG_PATH = "${lib.getLib llvmPackages.libclang}/lib";
+    GIT_DESCRIBE = finalAttrs.version;
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
-    rustPlatform.bindgenHook
+    python3
+  ]
+  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
+    cargo-bundle
+    cctools.libtool
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    bzip2
+    fontconfig
     sdl3
+    sdl3-ttf
     zstd
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
-    moltenvk
   ];
 
-  # these are dlopen-ed during runtime
-  runtimeDependencies = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux [
-    libGL
-    libxkbcommon
+  # no checks
+  doCheck = false;
 
-    # for X11
-    libx11
-    libxcursor
-    libxi
+  installPhase = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    runHook preInstall
 
-    # for wayland
-    wayland
-  ];
+    # cargo-bundle expects the binary in target/release
+    release_target="target/${stdenv.hostPlatform.rust.cargoShortTarget}/release"
+    mv $release_target/gopher64 target/release/gopher64
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
-    patchelf $out/bin/gopher64 --add-rpath ${lib.makeLibraryPath finalAttrs.runtimeDependencies}
+    export CARGO_BUNDLE_SKIP_BUILD=true
+    app_path=$(cargo bundle --release | xargs)
+
+    mkdir -p $out/Applications $out/bin
+    mv $app_path $out/Applications/
+
+    ln -s $out/Applications/Gopher64.app/Contents/MacOS/gopher64 $out/bin/gopher64
+
+    runHook postInstall
   '';
 
+  postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ''
+    install_name_tool $out/Applications/Gopher64.app/Contents/MacOS/gopher64 \
+      -add_rpath "${lib.makeLibraryPath [ moltenvk ]}"
+  '';
+
+  # Error: Os { code: 1, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Operation not permitted" }
+  doInstallCheck = !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin;
+  nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
+
   meta = {
-    changelog = "https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases/tag/${finalAttrs.src.tag}";
-    description = "N64 emulator written in Rust";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64";
+    description = "N64 emulator";
+    homepage = "https://loganmc10.itch.io/gopher64";
+    downloadPage = "https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
     license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [
+      prince213
+      tomasajt
+    ];
     mainProgram = "gopher64";
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ tomasajt ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/set-git-rev.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/set-git-rev.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b324e56bd7..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/set-git-rev.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
-index 0b20db2..d904e63 100644
---- a/build.rs
-+++ b/build.rs
-@@ -163,13 +163,7 @@ fn main() {
-         simd_build.compile("simd");
-     }
- 
--    let git_output = std::process::Command::new("git")
--        .args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"])
--        .output()
--        .unwrap();
--
--    let git_hash = String::from_utf8(git_output.stdout).unwrap();
--    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", git_hash);
-+    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", "@GIT_REV@");
- 
-     println!("cargo:rustc-env=N64_STACK_SIZE={}", 8 * 1024 * 1024);
- }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/skia-externals.json b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/skia-externals.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..de4076526c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/skia-externals.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "expat": {
+    "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/libexpat/libexpat.git",
+    "rev": "8e49998f003d693213b538ef765814c7d21abada",
+    "hash": "sha256-zP2kiB4nyLi0/I8OsRhxKG0qRGPe2ALLQ+HHfqlBJ6Y="
+  },
+  "harfbuzz": {
+    "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz.git",
+    "rev": "08b52ae2e44931eef163dbad71697f911fadc323",
+    "hash": "sha256-sP9FQLUEgTZFlvfYqSZnzZqBMxVotzD0FKKsu3/OdUw="
+  },
+  "icu": {
+    "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu.git",
+    "rev": "364118a1d9da24bb5b770ac3d762ac144d6da5a4",
+    "hash": "sha256-frsmwYMiFixEULsE91x5+p98DvkyC0s0fNupqjoRnvg="
+  },
+  "libjpeg-turbo": {
+    "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/libjpeg_turbo.git",
+    "rev": "e14cbfaa85529d47f9f55b0f104a579c1061f9ad",
+    "hash": "sha256-Ig+tmprZDvlf/M72/DTar2pbxat9ZElgSqdXdoM0lPs="
+  },
+  "libpng": {
+    "url": "https://skia.googlesource.com/third_party/libpng.git",
+    "rev": "ed217e3e601d8e462f7fd1e04bed43ac42212429",
+    "hash": "sha256-Mo1M8TuVaoSIb7Hy2u6zgjZ1DKgpmgNmGRP6dGg/aTs="
+  },
+  "vulkanmemoryallocator": {
+    "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator",
+    "rev": "a6bfc237255a6bac1513f7c1ebde6d8aed6b5191",
+    "hash": "sha256-urUebQaPTgCECmm4Espri1HqYGy0ueAqTBu/VSiX/8I="
+  },
+  "wuffs": {
+    "url": "https://skia.googlesource.com/external/github.com/google/wuffs-mirror-release-c.git",
+    "rev": "e3f919ccfe3ef542cfc983a82146070258fb57f8",
+    "hash": "sha256-373d2F/STcgCHEq+PO+SCHrKVOo6uO1rqqwRN5eeBCw="
+  },
+  "zlib": {
+    "url": "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/third_party/zlib",
+    "rev": "646b7f569718921d7d4b5b8e22572ff6c76f2596",
+    "hash": "sha256-jNj6SuTZ5/a7crtYhxW3Q/TlfRMNMfYIVxDlr7bYdzQ="
+  }
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/use-sdl3-via-pkg-config.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/use-sdl3-via-pkg-config.patch
index 1eb8f968f8e2..014c744fb4d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/use-sdl3-via-pkg-config.patch
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/use-sdl3-via-pkg-config.patch
@@ -1,85 +1,86 @@
-diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
-index 81c7e20..6ae0a17 100644
+--- a/build.rs
++++ b/build.rs
+@@ -63,14 +63,7 @@
+         .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/volk")
+         .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/vulkan")
+         .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/vulkan-headers/include")
+-        .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/util")
+-        .include(
+-            std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("DEP_SDL3_OUT_DIR").unwrap()).join("include"),
+-        )
+-        .include(
+-            std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("DEP_SDL3_TTF_OUT_DIR").unwrap())
+-                .join("include"),
+-        );
++        .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/util");
+ 
+     let mut retroachievements_build = cc::Build::new();
+     retroachievements_build
 --- a/Cargo.lock
 +++ b/Cargo.lock
-@@ -611,15 +611,6 @@ dependencies = [
-  "error-code",
+@@ -4782,12 +4782,6 @@
  ]
  
--[[package]]
--name = "cmake"
--version = "0.1.54"
--source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
--checksum = "e7caa3f9de89ddbe2c607f4101924c5abec803763ae9534e4f4d7d8f84aa81f0"
--dependencies = [
-- "cc",
--]
--
  [[package]]
- name = "cobs"
- version = "0.2.3"
-@@ -3243,12 +3234,6 @@ dependencies = [
-  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
- ]
- 
--[[package]]
 -name = "rpkg-config"
 -version = "0.1.2"
 -source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 -checksum = "5a2d2f3481209a6b42eec2fbb49063fb4e8d35b57023401495d4fe0f85c817f0"
 -
- [[package]]
- name = "rustc-demangle"
- version = "0.1.24"
-@@ -3370,21 +3355,13 @@ version = "1.2.0"
- source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
- checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
- 
 -[[package]]
--name = "sdl3-src"
--version = "3.2.16"
--source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
--checksum = "c5b5d192485408fa251477ea1dfb4778d864efaec72f730ce3a753deaffb27bb"
--
- [[package]]
- name = "sdl3-sys"
- version = "0.5.2+SDL3-3.2.16"
+ name = "rspolib"
+ version = "0.1.2"
  source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
- checksum = "f0a31799d7cbd36f2b187c32a56975fbdd371c200a91b01d4ed0faf0012bcf9c"
+@@ -5002,28 +4996,10 @@
+ ]
+ 
+ [[package]]
+-name = "sdl3-src"
+-version = "3.4.8"
+-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "997bff4c8d3d9d1e846d7ad8caa33e6fe18a07ec9dc474e1efbbb20923d87bd9"
+-
+-[[package]]
+ name = "sdl3-sys"
+ version = "0.6.5+SDL-3.4.8"
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+ checksum = "51ca7a36c908d1d2b6c259d426a5000fbb70e764dcc430f6a373cc151f614f68"
+-dependencies = [
+- "cc",
+- "cmake",
+- "rpkg-config",
+- "sdl3-src",
+-]
+-
+-[[package]]
+-name = "sdl3-ttf-src"
+-version = "3.2.3"
+-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+-checksum = "f28923d2ce72ff317d8eb7cec97ddfb8f351c330d7bcbf8c76e91332122c93b3"
+ 
+ [[package]]
+ name = "sdl3-ttf-sys"
+@@ -5031,10 +5007,7 @@
+ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+ checksum = "c30da3dcd7e062f19350b47a532f7629c42801b801687535fd31e8ba2adfd71d"
  dependencies = [
 - "cmake",
 - "rpkg-config",
-- "sdl3-src",
-+ "pkg-config",
+  "sdl3-sys",
+- "sdl3-ttf-src",
  ]
  
  [[package]]
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index 82d8e99..8b15aad 100644
 --- a/Cargo.toml
 +++ b/Cargo.toml
-@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ serde-big-array = "0.5"
- eframe = { version = "0.31", default-features = false, features = ["wayland", "x11", "glow"] }
- sha2 = "0.10"
- ab_glyph = "0.2"
--sdl3-sys = { version = "0.5", features = ["build-from-source-static"] }
-+sdl3-sys = { version = "0.5", features = ["use-pkg-config"] }
- rfd = { version = "0.15", default-features = false, features = ["xdg-portal", "tokio"] }
- tokio = {version = "1.45", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
+@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
+ slint = { version = "1.16", default-features = false, features = ["compat-1-2", "std", "unstable-winit-030", "backend-winit", "renderer-skia", "accessibility"], optional = true }
+ open = "5.3"
+ sha2 = "0.11"
+-sdl3-sys = { version = "0.6", features = ["build-from-source-static"] }
+-sdl3-ttf-sys = { version = "0.6", features = ["build-from-source-static", "no-sdlttf-harfbuzz", "no-sdlttf-plutosvg"] }
++sdl3-sys = { version = "0.6" }
++sdl3-ttf-sys = { version = "0.6" }
+ rfd = {version = "0.17", optional = true }
+ tokio = {version = "1.46", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "fs", "process"] }
  spin_sleep = "1.3"
-diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
-index f0c6d21..fa28e25 100644
---- a/build.rs
-+++ b/build.rs
-@@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ fn main() {
-         .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/vulkan")
-         .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/vulkan-headers/include")
-         .include("parallel-rdp/parallel-rdp-standalone/util")
--        .include(
--            std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("DEP_SDL3_OUT_DIR").to_owned().unwrap())
--                .join("include"),
--        );
-+        ;
- 
-     let os = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap();
-     let arch = std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_ARCH").unwrap();
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/volk-linking-order.patch b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/volk-linking-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ccd68546b647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/go/gopher64/volk-linking-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/build.rs
++++ b/build.rs
+@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@
+     simd_build.flag("-flto=thin");
+     retroachievements_build.flag("-flto=thin");
+ 
+-    volk_build.compile("volk");
+     rdp_build.compile("parallel-rdp");
++    volk_build.compile("volk");
+     retroachievements_build.compile("retroachievements");
+ 
+     let out_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());