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Awesome, unofficial PC ports

Project status: This project is not discontinued. Updates may occasionally take a few months, as the list is maintained in my spare time. Thank you for your patience!



📚 Table of Contents


📌 Criteria

  • Only console games that have been unofficially ported to PC using Decompilation/Recompilation
  • Only games that have an easy installation method for the end-user (e.g., a launcher, or simply drag-and-drop)

📖 Glossary

⭐ = The most user-friendly version; this is probably the one you're looking for


🎮 Nintendo

Super Mario 64

GUI app for compiling ports, applying mods, texture packs, and more.
📺 YouTube Tutorial

Installer with GUI + quality-of-life features like 60 FPS and better camera.
Also buildable with sm64pcbuilder2

Harbour Masters source port. Extract the release, launch Ghostship.exe, and select a supported US or JP ROM. Includes mods, modern graphics backends, and additional platform support.

Project(s)

Ports

  • sm64 – Port for modern systems
  • sm64ex – Easier modding
  • sm64rt – Ray tracing

Multiplayer

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

GUI installer. Easily install mods.
📺 YouTube Tutorial

Project(s)

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

GUI installer.
📺 YouTube Tutorial

GUI installer + mod support

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

Automated launcher/installer

Project(s)

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD

Native static recompilation of the Wii U version for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android. Portable releases prepare the game from your own dump on first launch and include a built-in mod manager.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

Native GameCube static recompilation. The Windows build is ready-made: launch it and select your own USA revision 0 disc image. Also supports iOS/macOS builds, controller support, and mods.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

⭐ dusk

PC port

Star Fox 64

GUI installer + mod support

Super Smash Bros.

GUI installer

Perfect Dark

Easy install/play

Project(s)

Banjo-Kazooie

Native PC port with Anchor multiplayer, romhack/multi-language support, and a built-in randomizer. Extract the release, launch it, and select your compatible ROM.

GUI installer + mod support

Banjo-Tooie

Native N64 static recompilation. Ready-made Windows/Linux releases; select your US ROM on first launch. Playable end-to-end with widescreen and high-refresh-rate support.

Bomberman 64

GUI installer + mod support

Bomberman Hero

GUI installer + mod support

Quest 64

GUI installer + mod support

Mega Man 64

GUI installer + mod support

Space Station Silicon Valley

GUI installer + mod support

Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon

GUI installer

Dinosaur Planet

GUI installer

Mario Kart 64

GUI installer + Track editor

GUI installer + mod support

Duke Nukem: Zero Hour

GUI installer + mod support (Gyro aiming, 60+ FPS)

Chameleon Twist

GUI installer

Dr. Mario 64

GUI installer + improvements (4-player controller support, 60+ FPS interpolation)

Pokémon Snap

Native N64 static recompilation. Unzip and supply your own ROM on first launch.

Snowboard Kids 2

Native N64 static recompilation + enhancements and mod support.

Mario Strikers Charged

Native PC port/recompilation project for Mario Strikers Charged.

Automobili Lamborghini

Native N64 static recompilation with ready-to-use releases.

WCW vs. nWo: World Tour

Native N64 recompilation with an easy end-user setup.

WCW/nWo Revenge

Native N64 recompilation with an easy end-user setup.

WWF WrestleMania 2000

Native N64 recompilation with an easy end-user setup.

Virtual Pro Wrestling 64

Native N64 recompilation with an easy end-user setup.

WWF No Mercy

Native N64 recompilation with an easy end-user setup.

Extreme-G

Native N64 static recompilation with ready-to-use releases, modern display options, and mod support.

Paper Mario

Harbour Masters source port based on the Paper Mario decompilation. Download a release, provide a supported ROM, and launch.

Donkey Kong 64

Native N64 static recompilation with plug-and-play releases, high-framerate support, modern menus, and Linux/Steam Deck support.

Rocket: Robot on Wheels

Native N64 static recompilation for Windows, Linux, Steam Deck, and Android. Launch it and select or drag in your supported US ROM.

Star Fox Adventures

Native PC port built from the completed Star Fox Adventures decompilation, with Windows, Linux, macOS, modern display support, and mods.

Project(s)

Golden Sun

Native Game Boy Advance static recompilation for Windows and Linux. Download the release, launch GoldenSunLauncher, select your own ROM, and the bundled compiler prepares the game automatically. Currently a public-testing pre-release, but playable through the ending credits.

Animal Crossing (GameCube)

PC port

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

GUI installer + mod/texture support
📺 YouTube Tutorial

Project(s)

Super Metroid

GUI installer + mod/texture support
📺 YouTube Tutorial

Project(s)

Super Mario World + All-Stars

GUI installer

Project(s)


🕹️ PlayStation

Crash Team Racing

PC-focused source port with a native 3D renderer, true widescreen, high-resolution rendering, up to 240 FPS, and additional quality-of-life options.

Also see:

Wipeout

Drop BIN+CUE into diskimages and launch

Also see:

Jak and Daxter 1-3

GUI installer + mods
📺 YouTube Tutorial

Driver 2

GUI installer + mods
📺 YouTube Tutorial

Vandal Hearts

Native PC port based on a byte-exact matching decompilation. Put your supported .bin disc image in the game folder and launch. Windows and Linux releases are available.

Legend of Dragoon

Reverse-engineered native recreation with mod support. Drop your disc images into the isos folder.
📖 Setup Guide

Silent Hill

Native PC port based on the PlayStation decompilation. Extract the release, add your disc image to gamedata, and launch.

WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role

GUI setup from your own CUE/BIN disc image; the game is checked, built, and launched automatically.

Bloody Roar II

Native PlayStation recompilation with ready-to-use Windows/Linux releases.

King's Field

Enhanced native PC port based on reverse engineering of the original PlayStation game.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

Native PlayStation recompilation with an end-user-friendly setup.


❎ Xbox

Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball

Native original-Xbox static recompilation. Drag your ISO onto BuildGame.cmd, then launch through Launcher.cmd.

The Darkness

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation. Extract the release, copy your own game dump into the included Darkness folder, and launch.

Silent Hill: Downpour

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation with a launcher and first-run ISO installer.

Deadly Premonition

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation with a built-in ISO installer and launcher.

Tony Hawk's Project 8

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation. The launcher reads your own disc image and sets up the game.

Spider-Man: Edge of Time

Native Xbox 360 recompilation with a GUI installer, launcher, keyboard/mouse controls, and mod support.

3 on 3 NHL Arcade

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation. Put your XBLA package next to the release and use the launcher to set up and play.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Native Xbox 360 recompilation of the standalone Case Zero release.

Dead Rising 2: Case West

Native Xbox 360 recompilation of the standalone Case West release.

The Simpsons Game

Native Xbox 360 recompilation with an installer/launcher for end users.

Blue Dragon

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation. The setup wizard asks for your three retail disc images, validates them, extracts the required files, and installs the port. Includes modern resolutions, unlocked frame rates, keyboard/mouse support, and mods.

Earthworm Jim HD

Native Xbox Live Arcade static recompilation for Windows. Download the release, launch it, select or drag in your own XBLA package, and press Play. Includes automatic updates, modern graphics settings, high frame-rate support, remappable controls, and achievements.

Peter Jackson's King Kong

Native Xbox 360 static recompilation for Windows. The launcher installs the game directly from your own disc image and adds modern resolutions, high frame-rate options, keyboard/mouse support, remappable controls, achievements, and automatic updates.


🌀 SEGA

Sonic the Hedgehog 1

Drag-and-drop setup
📺 Tutorial

Project(s)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Drag-and-drop setup
📺 Tutorial

Project(s)

Sonic 3 & Knuckles

Launcher with mod support
📄 Manual

Sonic Unleashed

Launcher with mod support
📖 Install Guide

OutRun

Drag-and-drop install
📖 Setup Guide


🌟 Indie

Cave Story+

Just drop the EXE into the Cave Story folder and run


☕ J2ME

Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home

A lost 2006 J2ME game that never officially released and was considered missing for years until a preserved build surfaced.

⭐ PC Port

📥 Original Game Dump

📰 Background Info


🔧 Utilities

N64 Recomp Launcher

Automatically installs and updates N64 recompilations in one place. A must-have if you play multiple N64 recomps.

AKI Launcher

Launcher for installing and managing the AKI N64 wrestling recompilations in one place.

Releases

Packages

Contributors