# Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ogre-battle-64/

7 people recommended Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled in Hacker News comments and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

7 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”.

**Verdict:** Fan recompilation of the N64 RPG Ogre Battle 64, which people recommend as one of the best games on the system and a longtime favorite.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Ranked among the N64's best games (2 comments in the sample): "It was one of the best games of the system" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49782437)) "Still my absolute favorite RPG" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49782731))
- Strong personal favorite RPG (1 comment in the sample): "OB64 sits stop a pedestal in its own gallery for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49789687))

## Other game ports people recommend

- [Ship of Harkinian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ship-of-harkinian/): 8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Pokemon Emerald WebAssembly port](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pokemon-emerald-webassembly-port/): 8 recommend, 4 mixed, 8 criticize
- [Quake-SRP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-srp/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ogre-battle-64/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.