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[BennyBlanco]

looks incredible

 

[HRK69]

 

[Gaiff]

Rare at the height of the N64 era had some fun and extremely funny games.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Damn that trailer is pure soul, love how they've used the characters with their silly voices to go through the recomp's features.

 

[Fermbiz]

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

amazing trailer... N64 is truly the sweet spot for decompile/recompile projects, since it's the one system that is such a mess to emulate faithfully, and the framerate boosts and all are so welcome

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

What does recomp mean exactly with these? Native on pc and not emulated?

 

[Comandr]

YES. Fucking finally! Bring on the snow!

 

[Fermbiz]

I'm legit hyped, this is one of the best gaming news I've heard in a long time.

 

[Come On Tars]

I have been waiting for this for at least a year. STOKED

 

[Lionel Richie]

Oh FUCK YES!!!

 

[lockdown2222]

Holy cow they did a great job with this trailer. Their writing/dialogue in the beginning of the trailer perfectly mimics what would have been.

 

[Saber]

I love that fucking game. Man, so many good memories.

 

[Lillie]

W

 

[Holammer]

Never played it back in the days, tried to play it emulated recently and there's a lot of warts requiring prescription rose-tinted glasses.
Maybe 240fps and high res would make it palatable.

 

[jshackles]

Never played it back in the days, tried to play it emulated recently and there's a lot of warts requiring prescription rose-tinted glasses.
Maybe 240fps and high res would make it palatable.

Same here, I never played this originally and have zero nostalgia for the game. But I'll give it a go and see if 240fps ultrawide helps.

 

[Durin]

Awesome, game is perfect for a recomp. Original game had dips below 20fps in places, and never ran at 30 even.

This pretty much does everything I would want out of one. Definitely will give it a shot.

 

[TheLikou]

What does recomp mean exactly with these? Native on pc and not emulated?

Yes. It makes it easier for people to mod it too. Adding full camera control would make it heavenly.

 

[Kilau]

I need a guide on how to compile and install these things, haven't been able to figure it out lol.

 

[Anchovie123]

Amazing

Decomp Recomp PC ports are the future of emulation

 

[YCoCg]

What does recomp mean exactly with these? Native on pc and not emulated?

Yes, looking at the GitHub they've done not just a Windows port but a Mac and Linux port too, so this should be great for Steam Deck too.

 

[Puscifer]

I got a solid giggle from doom.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Nice!

 

[MayauMiao]

What does recomp mean exactly with these? Native on pc and not emulated?

I think it means taking the game codes that was meant to run on N64 console (in this case), then convert the codes into language that will work on PC without needing to run another layer of program (emulators).

 

[OccasionalPoster]

Loving this

 

[dgproject]

It's amazing how a 3D game from almost 30 years ago still play and look adequate with some tweaking.
I hope they continue the project with more n64 games.

 

[Axelon]

I tried that jiggies of time but never got back to it. I heard it's pretty good. Sounds like it's time to play it on my deck at 90 FPS, natively!

Also loved the dialog on the trailer. Spot on.

 

[Tarnpanzer]

Awesome, game is perfect for a recomp. Original game had dips below 20fps in places, and never ran at 30 even.

This pretty much does everything I would want out of one. Definitely will give it a shot.

Yes finally more than 30fps and potentially widescreen in the future. Can´t wait to play this.

 

[Axelon]

Yes finally more than 30fps and potentially widescreen in the future. Can´t wait to play this.

The Xbox 360/One/Series has a very good port. Of course you had to have an Xbox so that point is kinda moot I'm making.

It has 16:9 widescreen, 60 FPS, 1080p, improved draw distances, jiggies kept on death/re-entry (not optional), proper camera stick support and working stop n swap.

Edit: Notes not Jiggies!

 

[Germuso]

Is there a version without mod? Just the same game without touching anything?

 

[RCX]

Recomps and decomps are the most exciting things coming in 2026.

Sitting here praying that the Ridge Racer Type 4 project keeps making progress. That game in native widescreen at 60+ FPS would be sublime.

 

[Nex240]

The Xbox 360/One/Series has a very good port. Of course you had to have an Xbox so that point is kinda moot I'm making.

It has 16:9 widescreen, 60 FPS, 1080p, improved draw distances, jiggies kept on death/re-entry (not optional), proper camera stick support and working stop n swap.

Edit: Notes not Jiggies!

It's still 30fps on Xbox.

 

[John Bilbo]

I love to see it. Decompilations and recompilations are such a gift!

These and the GOG game preservation program make me hopeful for the future proofing of the art of gaming.

 

[linko9]

Awesome! am finally playing the OoT port, with the nso 64 controller and a crt filter at 240p; plays amazing at 60 fps. Maybe will replay Banjo next, it's been a while.

Hoping for Sin and Punishment some day!

 

[John Bilbo]

Awesome! am finally playing the OoT port, with the nso 64 controller and a crt filter at 240p; plays amazing at 60 fps. Maybe will replay Banjo next, it's been a while.

Hoping for Sin and Punishment some day!

Is the NSO 64 controller easy to set up for PC?

 

[Shockwave_Fox]

Kilau - It should be a simple case of install the decomp program from here - https://github.com/BanjoRecomp/BanjoRecomp?tab=readme-ov-file

And then point it to your Banjo rom. That's all I've done for Duke Nukem, Mario Kart and Perfect Dark!

Will be trying to set this one up this morning.

 

[Axelon]

It's still 30fps on Xbox.

Huh, I guess I'm remembering wrong! Been awhile since I played it. I suppose it was the locked 30 FPS I'm thinking about.

 

[Calverz]

Dreamcast port when?

 

[Calverz]

Recomps and decomps are the most exciting things coming in 2026.

Sitting here praying that the Ridge Racer Type 4 project keeps making progress. That game in native widescreen at 60+ FPS would be sublime.

There's a ridge racer type 4 project? I mean technically you can achieve those things already in duckstation. But a native port that sharpens the ui would be nice.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I need a guide on how to compile and install these things, haven't been able to figure it out lol.

Usually you put your rom in their folder and run their exe. It will install it for you.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Damn that trailer is pure soul, love how they've used the characters with their silly voices to go through the recomp's features.

So true. Modders today are basically what AAA developers used to be. People making things because they're cool, driven by passion rather than shareholders, roadmaps, or monetization.

 

[grvg]

The excitement I used to feel in my younger years for cool AAA games has been fully replaced by excitement for decomps/recomps.

I hope that someday a decomp tool for ps1 and PS2 come into being like the one that is out for n64.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I hope that someday a decomp tool for ps1 and PS2 come into being like the one that is out for n64.

That would be extremely cool. But I have to say, PS2 emulation is in such a good place right now. I'm playing Need for Speed Underground on PCSX2 now, and it's so great. Built-in patches for things like 60 FPS, 16:9 aspect ratio, modern controls (triggers for accelerate and reverse, etc.). Flawless performance. Amazing CRT shaders for that nostalgic look. It's just so, so good.

 

[Soodanim]

Looks fantastic.

And the perfect companion to something like this is due imminently:

64 Controller | 8BitDo

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[ChoosableOne]

I tried it and it's pretty cool. No need for mods; the textures are fine, but the UI could benefit from that texture pack mod—though it's okay for me as it is. Just run banjocompiler.exe and show it where your rom is(and enable analog camera).

What I like most about emulators are the fast forward and save state features. I wish those could be added to projects like this too.

 

[MayauMiao]

I wonder if the recomp will work on the cheap portable retro game console like the R36S?

 

[Germuso]

Decompilations and recompilations, whats the difference?

Comdemned 2 needs a pc port

 

[cyberheater]

Amazing. Will try to get this working on my deck.

 

[Blood Borne]

One of the most overrated platformers of all time.

 

[ZehDon]