Ship of Harkinian
Ranked 2 of 4 game ports by recommenders
A free, open-source native PC port of Ocarina of Time, built from a decompilation, that people run on Linux and Steam Deck.
A free, open-source native PC port of Ocarina of Time, built from a decompilation, that people run on Linux and Steam Deck.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Native PC port built from decompilation
“HarbourMasters have taken these decomps and used them as the groundwork for building comprehensive ports and remasters”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible” “People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them.”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Release Date and Gameplay” “this decompile is what all true warriors strive for”
Comment from 5 Aug 2026 in “Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc” - Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days”
Runs on Linux and Steam Deck
“You can run Ship of Harkinian on steamdeck”
Comment from 8 May 2026 in “Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2” “still work great on Linux”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “SailfishOS: A Linux-based European alternative to dominant mobile OSes”
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.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokemon Emerald WebAssembly port | 12 | 8 | 60% | 2 | — | — |
| Ship of HarkinianThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | — |
| Ogre Battle 64 Recompiled | 7 | 2 | 78% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake-SRP | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them.”
“open-source native PC port of OOT”
“this decompile is what all true warriors strive for”
“sick! i have been playing the pc port with my kids”
“You can run Ship of Harkinian on steamdeck”
“HarbourMasters have taken these decomps and used them as the groundwork for building comprehensive ports and remasters”
“still work great on Linux”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.