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Banjo-Kazooie on PC

Nintendo 64 Banjo-Kazooie running on PC through recompiled. Supply your own copy of the game.

About the game

A Rare 3D platformer in which Banjo the bear and Kazooie the bird collect jigsaw pieces to rescue Banjo’s sister from the witch Gruntilda.

Developer
Rare
Publisher
Nintendo
Genre
Plataforma
Original game
29 Jun 1998

How this port works

This is a static recompilation: tooling mechanically translates the original console binary into PC code rather than rewriting the game by hand. The result runs natively, typically with an uncapped framerate and widescreen.

PC Port of Banjo-Kazooie made using N64: Recompiled (Windows/Linux/Mac)

How to install

  1. 01You need your own copy of the North American 1.0 version of Banjo-Kazooie. Any other version is not the one the project recompiles.
  2. 02It is plug and play: download the release, open it and point the main menu at your copy. The assets load straight from it — no extraction or build step.
  3. 03A graphics card with Direct3D 12 (Shader Model 6), Vulkan 1.2 or Metal. The oldest that should work are the GeForce GT 630, the Radeon HD 7750 and the Intel HD 510; on a Mac, Apple silicon or a 7th-generation Intel on macOS 13.
  4. 04On an x86-64 PC the processor needs SSE4.1 (Intel Core 2 Penryn or AMD Bulldozer onwards).
  5. 05If it crashes on start, update the graphics driver before anything else — the most common cause. It has high framerates, widescreen, mods and Linux and Steam Deck support.

These projects ship no game data. Supply your own copy.

Frequently asked

Do I need the original game to play Banjo-Kazooie on PC?

Yes. The project distributes no game data — you supply your own copy or dump. Every project in this scene works this way, and it is what lets them stay publicly hosted on GitHub.

What does "recompiled" mean?

This is a static recompilation: tooling mechanically translates the original console binary into PC code rather than rewriting the game by hand. The result runs natively, typically with an uncapped framerate and widescreen.

Will Banjo-Kazooie run on a low-end PC?

Native ports and recompilations skip CPU emulation entirely, so they are usually far lighter than an emulator for the same console. With no published measurement for this project, though, any estimate would be guesswork — test it on your own machine.

When was Banjo-Kazooie released?

The original game shipped in 1998, developed by Rare and published by Nintendo. This PC port is from 2026.

Which systems does it support?

The current release (v1.0.2) ships builds for Windows, Linux, macOS. The game originally shipped on Nintendo 64.

Is it legal to use?

The project is public and open source, maintained by BanjoRecomp, and contains nothing from the commercial game. Responsibility for the game copy you use is yours — which is why the developers require you to supply your own.

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