Mario Kart 64
1 recomp and 1 port
SpaghettiKart
HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart
Native port of Mario Kart 64 from the decompilation, with a built-in track editor. The decomp route to bringing Mario Kart 64 to PC. 10 of its last 100 commits list Claude as a co-author.
You needA Mario Kart 64 ROM (N64, US version, .z64).
Mario Kart 64
sonicdcer/MarioKart64Recomp
MarioKart 64: Recompiled: a static recompilation with N64Recomp and RT64 as its renderer, for Windows, Linux, and macOS. You load your ROM from the menu and start playing, with no extraction step. It keeps the N64’s graphical effects without hacks, runs at any frame rate (your monitor’s by default) and any aspect ratio, ultrawide included, with an option to keep the HUD at 16:9, and has settings menus you can use with mouse, controller, or keyboard, low input lag, and mods and texture packs, with a template for making them. The latest version is 0.9.2 (February 13, 2026). sonicdcer’s repository was down for a while and is available again; the downloads are on GitLab.
You needYour own North American Mario Kart 64 ROM. Plus a graphics card with Direct3D 12.0 (Shader Model 6), Vulkan 1.2, or Metal (at least a GeForce GT 630, Radeon HD 7750, or Intel HD 510) and, on x86-64 PCs, an SSE4.1 CPU; on a Mac, Apple silicon or a 7th-gen Intel with macOS 13.
Installs with
Quiver Launcher · GithubLauncher (N64RecompLauncher) · Ports Launcher · WLauncher
Questions
Can you play Mario Kart 64 natively on PC?
Yes. The catalog has 1 recomp and 1 port, and one of them is fully playable.
What do I need to play it?
Your own copy of Mario Kart 64 (N64). Recompendium only links projects that don’t distribute the game, and each entry says which version or region you need.
Which one is the most popular?
SpaghettiKart, with 2,473 stars on GitHub.