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Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled

Ranked 3 of 4 game ports by recommenders

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.

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.

9 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
2
approval share
78%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 1 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Ranked among the N64's best games

    “It was one of the best games of the system”

    Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

    “Still my absolute favorite RPG”

    Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”
  • Strong personal favorite RPG

    “OB64 sits stop a pedestal in its own gallery for me.”

    Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

    “Still my absolute favorite RPG”

    Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

Other game ports people recommend

The three most recommended other game ports, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled compared with 3 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Pokemon Emerald WebAssembly port12860%2——
Ship of Harkinian80100%7——
Ogre Battle 64 RecompiledThis page7278%1——
Quake-SRP60100%1——
See all 4 game ports, ranked

What people said

8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“OB64 sits stop a pedestal in its own gallery for me.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“This is a great, structured way to help others decompile programs”

RecommendsComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“why did they check it in?”

CriticizesComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“Its prerendered graphics aged very well.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“These guys are almost there on a whole N64 game.”

RecommendsComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“Still my absolute favorite RPG”

RecommendsComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“It was one of the best games of the system”

RecommendsComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

“This is not a true recomp as it is being done by DeepSeek.”

CriticizesComment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled Project at 99.05%”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.