diff --git a/aurora/CMakeLists.txt b/aurora/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d5592b4d..40498711c 100644
--- a/aurora/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/aurora/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ add_library(aurora STATIC
 target_compile_definitions(aurora PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="imconfig_user.h") # IMGUI_USE_WCHAR32
 target_include_directories(aurora PUBLIC include ../)
 target_include_directories(aurora PRIVATE ../imgui ../extern/imgui)
-target_link_libraries(aurora PRIVATE dawn_native dawncpp webgpu_dawn zeus logvisor SDL2-static xxhash
+if(NOT TARGET SDL2::SDL2-static)
+  find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
+endif()
+target_link_libraries(aurora PRIVATE dawn_native dawncpp webgpu_dawn zeus logvisor SDL2::SDL2-static xxhash
     absl::btree absl::flat_hash_map)
 if (DAWN_ENABLE_VULKAN)
   target_compile_definitions(aurora PRIVATE DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_VULKAN)
@@ -36,3 +39,7 @@ if (DAWN_ENABLE_DESKTOP_GL)
   target_compile_definitions(aurora PRIVATE DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_OPENGL DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_DESKTOP_GL)
   target_sources(aurora PRIVATE lib/dawn/OpenGLBinding.cpp)
 endif ()
+if (DAWN_ENABLE_NULL)
+  target_compile_definitions(aurora PRIVATE DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_NULL)
+  target_sources(aurora PRIVATE lib/dawn/NullBinding.cpp)
+endif ()
diff --git a/aurora/lib/aurora.cpp b/aurora/lib/aurora.cpp
index 8870d104f..9c4ef91a5 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/aurora.cpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/aurora.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,9 @@ static bool poll_events() noexcept {
         break;
       }
       case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_EXPOSED:
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 18)
       case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_DISPLAY_CHANGED:
+#endif
       case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_RESIZED:
       case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_SIZE_CHANGED:
       case SDL_WINDOWEVENT_MINIMIZED:
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ static bool poll_events() noexcept {
 
 static SDL_Window* create_window(wgpu::BackendType type) {
   Uint32 flags = SDL_WINDOW_ALLOW_HIGHDPI;
-#if TARGET_OS_IOS || TARGET_OS_TV
+#if TARGET_OS_IOS || TARGET_OS_TV || defined(__SWITCH__)
   flags |= SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN;
 #else
   flags |= SDL_WINDOW_HIDDEN | SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE;
@@ -267,9 +269,12 @@ void app_run(std::unique_ptr<AppDelegate> app, Icon icon, int argc, char** argv,
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__)
   SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR, "0");
 #endif
-  SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_GAMECUBE_RUMBLE_BRAKE, "1");
-
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 18)
   SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_SCREENSAVER_INHIBIT_ACTIVITY_NAME, "Metaforce");
+#endif
+#ifdef SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_GAMECUBE_RUMBLE_BRAKE
+  SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_GAMECUBE_RUMBLE_BRAKE, "1");
+#endif
 
   SDL_DisableScreenSaver();
   /* TODO: Make this an option rather than hard coding it */
@@ -292,8 +297,23 @@ void app_run(std::unique_ptr<AppDelegate> app, Icon icon, int argc, char** argv,
     unreachable();
   }
   set_window_icon(std::move(icon));
-  SDL_ShowWindow(g_window);
 
+  // Initialize SDL_Renderer for ImGui when we can't use a Dawn backend
+  SDL_Renderer* renderer = nullptr;
+  if (gpu::g_backendType == wgpu::BackendType::Null) {
+    const auto flags = SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC;
+    renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(g_window, -1, flags | SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);
+    if (renderer == nullptr) {
+      // Attempt fallback to SW renderer
+      renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(g_window, -1, flags);
+    }
+    if (renderer == nullptr) {
+      Log.report(logvisor::Fatal, FMT_STRING("Failed to initialize SDL renderer: {}"), SDL_GetError());
+      unreachable();
+    }
+  }
+
+  SDL_ShowWindow(g_window);
   gfx::initialize();
 
   imgui::create_context();
@@ -301,7 +321,7 @@ void app_run(std::unique_ptr<AppDelegate> app, Icon icon, int argc, char** argv,
   Log.report(logvisor::Info, FMT_STRING("Using framebuffer size {}x{} scale {}"), size.fb_width, size.fb_height,
              size.scale);
   g_AppDelegate->onImGuiInit(size.scale);
-  imgui::initialize(g_window);
+  imgui::initialize(g_window, renderer);
   g_AppDelegate->onImGuiAddTextures();
 
   g_AppDelegate->onAppLaunched();
@@ -360,6 +380,9 @@ void app_run(std::unique_ptr<AppDelegate> app, Icon icon, int argc, char** argv,
   imgui::shutdown();
   gfx::shutdown();
   gpu::shutdown();
+  if (renderer != nullptr) {
+    SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
+  }
   SDL_DestroyWindow(g_window);
   SDL_EnableScreenSaver();
   SDL_Quit();
diff --git a/aurora/lib/dawn/BackendBinding.cpp b/aurora/lib/dawn/BackendBinding.cpp
index 4615064fa..9a6f7e0ad 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/dawn/BackendBinding.cpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/dawn/BackendBinding.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #include <SDL_video.h>
 #include <dawn/native/OpenGLBackend.h>
 #endif
+#if defined(DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_NULL)
+#include <dawn/native/NullBackend.h>
+#endif
 
 namespace aurora::gpu::utils {
 
@@ -69,6 +72,11 @@ bool DiscoverAdapter(dawn::native::Instance* instance, SDL_Window* window, wgpu:
       return instance->DiscoverAdapters(&adapterOptions);
     }
   }
+#endif
+#if defined(DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_NULL)
+  case wgpu::BackendType::Null:
+    instance->DiscoverDefaultAdapters();
+    return true;
 #endif
   default:
     return false;
diff --git a/aurora/lib/dawn/NullBinding.cpp b/aurora/lib/dawn/NullBinding.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7db94102e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aurora/lib/dawn/NullBinding.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "BackendBinding.hpp"
+
+#include <SDL_video.h>
+#include <dawn/native/NullBackend.h>
+
+namespace aurora::gpu::utils {
+class NullBinding : public BackendBinding {
+public:
+  NullBinding(SDL_Window* window, WGPUDevice device) : BackendBinding(window, device) {}
+
+  uint64_t GetSwapChainImplementation() override {
+    if (m_swapChainImpl.userData == nullptr) {
+      m_swapChainImpl = dawn::native::null::CreateNativeSwapChainImpl();
+    }
+    return reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(&m_swapChainImpl);
+  }
+
+  WGPUTextureFormat GetPreferredSwapChainTextureFormat() override {
+    return WGPUTextureFormat_RGBA8Unorm;
+  }
+
+private:
+  DawnSwapChainImplementation m_swapChainImpl{};
+};
+
+BackendBinding* CreateNullBinding(SDL_Window* window, WGPUDevice device) { return new NullBinding(window, device); }
+} // namespace aurora::gpu::utils
diff --git a/aurora/lib/gfx/common.cpp b/aurora/lib/gfx/common.cpp
index f0945d4b3..2b4a008e5 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/gfx/common.cpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/gfx/common.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ const stream::State& get_state() {
 }
 template <>
 void push_draw_command(stream::DrawData data) {
-  push_draw_command({.type = ShaderType::Stream, .stream = data});
+  push_draw_command(ShaderDrawCommand{.type = ShaderType::Stream, .stream = data});
 }
 template <>
 PipelineRef pipeline_ref(stream::PipelineConfig config) {
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ PipelineRef pipeline_ref(stream::PipelineConfig config) {
 
 template <>
 void push_draw_command(model::DrawData data) {
-  push_draw_command({.type = ShaderType::Model, .model = data});
+  push_draw_command(ShaderDrawCommand{.type = ShaderType::Model, .model = data});
 }
 template <>
 PipelineRef pipeline_ref(model::PipelineConfig config) {
diff --git a/aurora/lib/gfx/gx_shader.cpp b/aurora/lib/gfx/gx_shader.cpp
index 8ae8361c3..7dcbfa342 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/gfx/gx_shader.cpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/gfx/gx_shader.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static inline std::string_view chan_comp(GX::TevColorChan chan) noexcept {
     return "b";
   case GX::CH_ALPHA:
     return "a";
+  default:
+    return "?";
   }
 }
 
@@ -116,26 +118,6 @@ static void color_arg_reg_info(GX::TevColorArg arg, const TevStage& stage, Shade
 
 static bool formatHasAlpha(GX::TextureFormat format) {
   switch (format) {
-  case GX::TF_I4:
-  case GX::TF_I8:
-  case GX::TF_RGB565:
-  case GX::TF_C4:
-  case GX::TF_C8:
-  case GX::TF_C14X2:
-  case GX::TF_Z8:
-  case GX::TF_Z16:
-  case GX::TF_Z24X8:
-  case GX::CTF_R4:
-  case GX::CTF_R8:
-  case GX::CTF_G8:
-  case GX::CTF_B8:
-  case GX::CTF_RG8:
-  case GX::CTF_GB8:
-  case GX::CTF_Z4:
-  case GX::CTF_Z8M:
-  case GX::CTF_Z8L:
-  case GX::CTF_Z16L:
-    return false;
   case GX::TF_IA4:
   case GX::TF_IA8:
   case GX::TF_RGB5A3:
@@ -146,6 +128,8 @@ static bool formatHasAlpha(GX::TextureFormat format) {
   case GX::CTF_YUVA8:
   case GX::CTF_A8:
     return true;
+  default:
+    return false;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/aurora/lib/gpu.hpp b/aurora/lib/gpu.hpp
index eb827ed5f..fb6f85639 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/gpu.hpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/gpu.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ constexpr std::array PreferredBackendOrder{
 #ifdef DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_OPENGLES
     wgpu::BackendType::OpenGLES,
 #endif
+#ifdef DAWN_ENABLE_BACKEND_NULL
+    wgpu::BackendType::Null,
+#endif
 };
 
 extern wgpu::Device g_device;
diff --git a/aurora/lib/imgui.cpp b/aurora/lib/imgui.cpp
index 2379f4e7b..24a35bc62 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/imgui.cpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/imgui.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <dawn/webgpu_cpp.h>
 
 #include "../extern/imgui/backends/imgui_impl_sdl.cpp"
+#include "../extern/imgui/backends/imgui_impl_sdlrenderer.cpp"
 #include "../extern/imgui/backends/imgui_impl_wgpu.cpp"
 
 namespace aurora::imgui {
@@ -29,17 +30,27 @@ void create_context() noexcept {
   io.LogFilename = g_imguiLog.c_str();
 }
 
-void initialize(SDL_Window* window) noexcept {
-  ImGui_ImplSDL2_Init(window, nullptr);
+static bool g_useSdlRenderer = false;
+void initialize(SDL_Window* window, SDL_Renderer* renderer) noexcept {
+  ImGui_ImplSDL2_Init(window, renderer);
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   // Disable MouseCanUseGlobalState for scaling purposes
   ImGui_ImplSDL2_GetBackendData()->MouseCanUseGlobalState = false;
 #endif
-  ImGui_ImplWGPU_Init(g_device.Get(), 1, static_cast<WGPUTextureFormat>(gpu::g_graphicsConfig.colorFormat));
+  g_useSdlRenderer = renderer != nullptr;
+  if (g_useSdlRenderer) {
+    ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer_Init(renderer);
+  } else {
+    ImGui_ImplWGPU_Init(g_device.Get(), 1, static_cast<WGPUTextureFormat>(gpu::g_graphicsConfig.colorFormat));
+  }
 }
 
 void shutdown() noexcept {
-  ImGui_ImplWGPU_Shutdown();
+  if (g_useSdlRenderer) {
+    ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer_Shutdown();
+  } else {
+    ImGui_ImplWGPU_Shutdown();
+  }
   ImGui_ImplSDL2_Shutdown();
   ImGui::DestroyContext();
 }
@@ -49,8 +60,7 @@ void process_event(const SDL_Event& event) noexcept {
   if (event.type == SDL_MOUSEMOTION) {
     auto& io = ImGui::GetIO();
     // Scale up mouse coordinates
-    io.AddMousePosEvent(static_cast<float>(event.motion.x) * g_scale,
-                        static_cast<float>(event.motion.y) * g_scale);
+    io.AddMousePosEvent(static_cast<float>(event.motion.x) * g_scale, static_cast<float>(event.motion.y) * g_scale);
     return;
   }
 #endif
@@ -58,15 +68,19 @@ void process_event(const SDL_Event& event) noexcept {
 }
 
 void new_frame(const WindowSize& size) noexcept {
-  if (g_scale != size.scale) {
-    if (g_scale > 0.f) {
-      // TODO wgpu backend bug: doesn't clear bind groups on invalidate
-      g_resources.ImageBindGroups.Clear();
-      ImGui_ImplWGPU_CreateDeviceObjects();
+  if (g_useSdlRenderer) {
+    ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer_NewFrame();
+  } else {
+    if (g_scale != size.scale) {
+      if (g_scale > 0.f) {
+        // TODO wgpu backend bug: doesn't clear bind groups on invalidate
+        g_resources.ImageBindGroups.Clear();
+        ImGui_ImplWGPU_CreateDeviceObjects();
+      }
+      g_scale = size.scale;
     }
-    g_scale = size.scale;
+    ImGui_ImplWGPU_NewFrame();
   }
-  ImGui_ImplWGPU_NewFrame();
   ImGui_ImplSDL2_NewFrame();
 
   // Render at full DPI
@@ -80,10 +94,24 @@ void render(const wgpu::RenderPassEncoder& pass) noexcept {
   auto* data = ImGui::GetDrawData();
   // io.DisplayFramebufferScale is informational; we're rendering at full DPI
   data->FramebufferScale = {1.f, 1.f};
-  ImGui_ImplWGPU_RenderDrawData(data, pass.Get());
+  if (g_useSdlRenderer) {
+    SDL_Renderer* renderer = ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer_GetBackendData()->SDLRenderer;
+    SDL_RenderClear(renderer);
+    ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer_RenderDrawData(data);
+    SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
+  } else {
+    ImGui_ImplWGPU_RenderDrawData(data, pass.Get());
+  }
 }
 
 ImTextureID add_texture(uint32_t width, uint32_t height, ArrayRef<uint8_t> data) noexcept {
+  if (g_useSdlRenderer) {
+    SDL_Renderer* renderer = ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer_GetBackendData()->SDLRenderer;
+    SDL_Texture* texture = SDL_CreateTexture(renderer, SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA32, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC, width, height);
+    SDL_UpdateTexture(texture, nullptr, data.data(), width * 4);
+    SDL_SetTextureScaleMode(texture, SDL_ScaleModeLinear);
+    return texture;
+  }
   const auto size = wgpu::Extent3D{
       .width = width,
       .height = height,
diff --git a/aurora/lib/imgui.hpp b/aurora/lib/imgui.hpp
index febbfb800..dba424277 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/imgui.hpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/imgui.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+struct SDL_Renderer;
 struct SDL_Window;
 union SDL_Event;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ struct WindowSize;
 
 namespace aurora::imgui {
 void create_context() noexcept;
-void initialize(SDL_Window* window) noexcept;
+void initialize(SDL_Window* window, SDL_Renderer* renderer) noexcept;
 void shutdown() noexcept;
 
 void process_event(const SDL_Event& event) noexcept;
diff --git a/aurora/lib/input.cpp b/aurora/lib/input.cpp
index f1ff32b1d..527e8da0e 100644
--- a/aurora/lib/input.cpp
+++ b/aurora/lib/input.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "magic_enum.hpp"
 
 #include <SDL_haptic.h>
+#include <SDL_version.h>
 
 #include <absl/container/btree_map.h>
 #include <absl/container/flat_hash_map.h>
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ static std::optional<std::string> remap_controller_layout(std::string_view mappi
     Log.report(logvisor::Error, FMT_STRING("Controller has unsupported layout: {}"), mapping);
     return {};
   }
-  for (const auto [k, v] : entries) {
+  for (auto [k, v] : entries) {
     newMapping.push_back(',');
     newMapping.append(k);
     newMapping.push_back(':');
@@ -140,7 +141,11 @@ Sint32 add_controller(Sint32 which) noexcept {
       return -1;
     }
     controller.m_isGameCube = controller.m_vid == 0x057E && controller.m_pid == 0x0337;
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 18)
     controller.m_hasRumble = (SDL_GameControllerHasRumble(ctrl) != 0u);
+#else
+    controller.m_hasRumble = true;
+#endif
     Sint32 instance = SDL_JoystickInstanceID(SDL_GameControllerGetJoystick(ctrl));
     g_GameControllers[instance] = controller;
     return instance;