Star Fox 64 has a fanmade PC port and it’s great

Harbor Masters, the team responsible for excellent PC ports of N64 classics such as Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Maskreturns with a fantastic adaptation for Star Fox 64. , including support for ultrawide resolutions, unlocked frame rates, and even vibration support for modern Bluetooth controllers.

Nintendo is known for being a bit touchy when it comes to emulating its hardware or using the original code in its ROMs, but Harbor Masters has developed a workaround by converting the original ROMs into PC executable code, which technically No proprietary Nintendo properties are used.

In addition to making the game easier to digest on PC and enabling better performance, porting the source code also offers the possibility of modification, which opens up a world of potential for new community assets and creations.

If you want to try running this port yourself, thankfully the folks at Harbor Masters make the process relatively easy.

First, you need to download and unzip the Starship emulator from jitub. Next, you’ll need to legally purchase a ROM copy of Starfox 64, specifically v 1.1 (Rev A), which requires the z64 archive format. If your ROM uses .n64 format, You can convert it using this online tool. Once you have the correct ROM, you can place it in the same folder as your Starship emulator and run the generate_otr application which will extract the necessary files. Once completed, you can run the Starship application and press F1 to configure the controller and graphics settings. If the app crashes, try installing Latest C++ redistributable and start again.