Banjo-Kazooie on PC: Harbour Masters’ Lighthouse

Lighthouse is a Banjo-Kazooie PC port with Anchor multiplayer, romhack and multi-language support, and a built-in randomizer. It is developed by the Harbour Masters team and includes no copyrighted assets: you must provide a supported copy of the game (any retail version: US v1.0 and v1.1, Japan or PAL) in .z64 format.

It lets you use other regions as language packs: the PAL ROM adds UK English, French and German, and the Japanese one adds Japanese. It offers DirectX 11 (Windows), OpenGL and Metal (macOS) rendering, its own controller mapper and shortcuts such as fullscreen or toggling alternate assets. On Linux it ships as an AppImage. GigaROM hosts neither the port nor any ROM; the download comes from the official page.

• Windows, Linux or macOS.
• Your own Banjo-Kazooie ROM in .z64 format (US v1.0/v1.1, Japan or PAL).

1. Check that your ROM is a supported version and in .z64 format (if it is .n64, convert it).
2. Download Lighthouse from the official page (“Go to official project” button); on Linux, make the AppImage executable with chmod +x.
3. Open it and select your ROM when asked.

• It needs a supported ROM in .z64 format.
• The published release is an alpha (“Montauk Alfa”).

If your computer does not meet the requirements, you do not have the exact version the port asks for, or you prefer the classic route, you can play the original with a console emulator: see emulators and its install and setup guide.