# Ship of Harkinian

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Ship of Harkinian and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A free, open-source native PC port of Ocarina of Time, built from a decompilation, that people run on Linux and Steam Deck.

## Why people recommend it

- Native PC port built from decompilation (4 comments): "HarbourMasters have taken these decomps and used them as the groundwork for building comprehensive ports and remasters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46828858)) "People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615499)) "this decompile is what all true warriors strive for" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49177108))
- Runs on Linux and Steam Deck (2 comments): "You can run Ship of Harkinian on steamdeck" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48063750)) "still work great on Linux" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45794862))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Pokemon Emerald WebAssembly port](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pokemon-emerald-webassembly-port.md): 12 recommend
- [Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ogre-battle-64.md): 7 recommend
- [Quake-SRP](https://hackerapproved.com/p/quake-srp.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ship of Harkinian", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ship-of-harkinian/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).