The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask PC Port (Zelda 64: Recompiled)
Majora's Mask statically recompiled into a native port for Windows, Linux and macOS, with mods, high frame rate and widescreen. You need your own North American copy.
What it is
Zelda 64: Recompiled uses N64: Recompiled to statically recompile The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask into a native port with enhancements and extensive mod support. It uses RT64 as its rendering engine. The project says Ocarina of Time support is coming soon.
Unlike other ports, it is not based on the source code of a decompilation: static recompilation makes it possible to build a port without source code. The repository and its releases do not contain game assets; the original game is required to run it.
According to its documentation it supports high frame rates, widescreen and ultrawide displays, a dual-analog camera, gyro aiming, autosaving, near-instant load times and Steam Deck.
What you need
- A GPU supporting Direct3D 12.0 (Shader Model 6), Vulkan 1.2 or Metal Argument Buffers Tier 2. The oldest that should work: GeForce GT 630, Radeon HD 7750 (the 2012 one), Intel HD 510 (Skylake).
- On x86-64 PCs, a CPU with SSE4.1 (Intel Core 2 Penryn or AMD Bulldozer and newer). ARM64 builds work on any ARM64 CPU.
- On Mac: Apple Silicon or a 7th-generation Intel with macOS 13.0 or later.
How to install and run it
- Download the latest release from the project's releases page (the "Go to the official project" button). There are packages for Windows, Linux (x64, ARM64 and Flatpak) and macOS.
- Open the program.
- In the main menu, provide your North American copy of the game: the project loads the assets from it automatically.
- If you get crashes at launch, update your graphics drivers.
Current limitations
- Only the North American version is supported for now; the project says other versions may be supported in the future.
- Ocarina of Time support is in development and not yet available.
- Its latest published release is 1.2.2 (August 27, 2025); the repository is still receiving changes.
Port or emulator?
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.
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