Metroid Prime Remastered

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Metroid Prime Remastered (gminustwo)

gminustwo/primerecomp

PrimeRecomp runs Metroid Prime Remastered, from the Nintendo Switch, natively on Windows, macOS (Apple Silicon), and Linux, including the Steam Deck. The game’s code is statically recompiled from the Switch’s ARM64 to C and compiled for your PC, and the console’s system services and NVN graphics are reimplemented with Vulkan; no emulator runs. It is built on Peiikai’s LAS Recomp, which the README credits for nearly everything that makes it possible. It offers mouse aiming that aims directly, ultrawide and any aspect ratio, 30, 60, or 120 frames per second, Steam Deck presets, gyro aiming, and skippable cutscenes. The README warns of numerous graphics issues. The latest release, 0.0.4 (October 29), is an early beta. 97 of its last 100 commits list Claude as a co-author.

You needYour own copy of Metroid Prime Remastered for Nintendo Switch, version 1.0.0 (no updates), dumped from your console and extracted into a folder holding exefs and romfs. 64-bit Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit Linux with glibc 2.35 or newer, or a Mac with Apple Silicon and macOS 15 or newer; on Windows and Linux, an AVX2 CPU and a GPU with a Vulkan 1.3 driver. About 15 GB free.

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Metroid Prime Remastered (drakolordx7)

drakolordx7/MetroidPrimeRemasteredRecomp

An unofficial native Windows port of Metroid Prime Remastered, made by recompiling the Switch version 1.0.0. It is not an emulator: the game’s code is translated into C++ ahead of time, a runtime stands in for the Switch’s system services, and the NVN graphics API runs on Vulkan. The recompiler and runtime code lives in nxrecomp, included as a submodule; this repository holds the game program, the launcher, and the documentation. It comes with a launcher, a setup tool that prepares the game from your dump, mouse and keyboard controls, any resolution and aspect ratio, and high refresh rates. The project itself warns that only the start has been played by hand (the Frigate Orpheon and the beginning of Tallon IV, up to the Chozo Ruins’ Main Plaza): an automated check loads all 275 areas, but nobody has played the later ones. It has only been tested on a GeForce RTX 3080. The repository includes in docs/mpr reverse-engineering notes on the game (symbols, structures, and enumerations) as JSON. Version 0.1.5, from November 2, is a zip of about 306 MB that says it carries no game files and that we haven’t checked inside; it published 6 releases between October 24 and November 2.

You needYour own copy of Metroid Prime Remastered 1.0.0 (NSP, XCI, NSZ, or XCZ; updates and patches are not supported) and the prod.keys of your own console (and title.keys if the game was bought on another console). Plus 64-bit Windows 10 (1903 or later) or 11, a Vulkan 1.3 GPU, and about 14 GB of free disk space.