Paper Mario 64 PC Port (PaperBoat)

PaperBoat is the HarbourMasters port of Paper Mario 64, based on the Paper Mario DX decompilation and from the same family as Ship of Harkinian. It is not an emulator and it does not include any copyrighted assets: you must provide a supported copy of the game.

It supports three rendering APIs: DirectX 11 on Windows, OpenGL on every system and Metal on macOS, and can load alternate assets from the mods folder.

• Windows (zip), Linux (AppImage) or macOS (app).
• The project's README does not publish hardware requirements.

1. Check your ROM with the official checker.
2. Download the latest release from Releases (the "Go to the official project" button).
3. On Windows, extract and run paperboat.exe. On Linux, place your ROM in the same folder as the AppImage and run paperboat.appimage (you may need chmod +x). On macOS, open paperboat.app and pick your ROM.

• Only the US ROM is stated as supported.
• If the game crashes at launch, you can change the graphics API in the project's configuration file.

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.