Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It's my pleasure to inform you that Banjo-Kazooie has been ported to PC! The Banjo-Recomp team has ported this rareware into a working program for modern operating systems. The recompilation (in its current state) boasts:

✔️Higher Screen Resolutions
✔️Widescreen
✔️Increased framerate
✔️Windows, Linux, and macOS Support
✔️Mod Support
✔️...and more!

You may find this at the following GitHub Repo: github.com/BanjoRecomp/BanjoRecomp
You will need a .z64 rip of your NTSC-U 1.0 Banjo-Kazooie copy.

This is a recompilation, not the 2ship2harkian decompilation made by the Ship of Harkinian team. Again, this is a binary running natively on a computer.

Obviously, this is a huge advancement towards preserving the N64 library for future generations. For more general information, check out Nerrel's video on the Majora's mask recompilation with information from Wiseguy and Dario.

Great to see this Rare Nintendo 64 title make a return!

Chapters:

00:00 - Before we begin...
01:18 - Banjo-Kazooie Opening
02:43 - Title screen, Menus
04:42 - Intro cutscene
08:12 - Tutorial
28:50 - Mumbo's Mountain
31:49 - Adjusting Controls
34:50 - Resume MM
1:13:00 - Treasure Trove Cove
2:12:30 - Game Over Cutscene
2:14:12 - Mod Demonstration