A new native port of Majora’s Mask might change how we play N64 games on our PCs

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A developer named Wiseguy has released a native port of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask for PC, bypassing the need for an emulator and unlocking new performance and modding possibilities for the Nintendo classic. On top of that, the new method they developed to do so, “static recompilation,” will make it vastly easier for devs to do the same with other N64 games.

We’ve been able to play Nintendo 64 games on PC for a long time⁠—over 25 years, actually, as pointed out in a video by Digital Foundry⁠—but while console emulators can provide a great one size fits all tool for a given library, they’re inefficient, failing to take full advantage of our powerful new systems and occasionally introducing new glitches or errors as well. 



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