The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time · Nintendo 64
Ocarina of Time PC Port
Ship of Harkinian is the Ocarina of Time PC port from Harbour Masters, built from the zeldaret/oot decompilation rather than by emulation. It is Playable at release 9.3.0, with Windows, macOS and Linux builds. A separate static recompilation of Ocarina of Time has been announced by the Zelda64Recompiled team but is not released.
How to play
- Dump your own Ocarina of Time cartridge to a ROM. The Ship does not include any copyrighted assets.
- Check that your ROM is a supported version with the compatibility checker the README links to.
- Download Ship of Harkinian from the project's GitHub releases page, start it and choose your ROM when it asks.
Game version you need
- Check your ROM at ship.equipment, linked from the README
Hardware & system
- DirectX 11, OpenGL or Metal
Versions, platforms & known issues
| Project | Type | Release | Status | Runs on | Game version | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ship of HarkinianPC port built on the zeldaret/oot decompilation. | Source port | 9.3.0 | Playable | PCDirectX 11, OpenGL or Metal | Check your ROM at ship.equipment, linked from the README | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Zelda64RecompiledRepository description says Ocarina of Time support is coming. | Recompilation | No tagged release | Announced | Windows, Linux, macOSGPU with D3D12 (SM6), Vulkan 1.2 or Metal Argument Buffers Tier 2 | USA | Sep 25, 2026 |
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About the game
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the fifth main installment of The Legend of Zelda series and the first to be released for the Nintendo 64. It was one of the most highly anticipated games of its age, and is listed among the greatest video games ever created by numerous websites and magazines. The gameplay of Ocarina of Time was revolutionary for its time, it has arguably made more of an impact on later games in the series than any of its predecessors even though they had the same cores of exploration, dungeons, puzzles and item usage. Among the gameplay mechanics, one of the most noteworthy is the time-traveling system. The game begins with the player controlling the child Link, but later on an adult Link becomes a playable character as well and each of them has certain unique abilities. Ocarina of Time also introduces the use of music to solve puzzles: as new songs are learned, they can be used to solve puzzles, gain access to new areas and warp to different locations. Dungeon exploration is somewhat more puzzle-oriented than in earlier games but they are not too complex.
- Original platform
- Nintendo 64
- First released
- Nov 21, 1998
- Release · Europe
- Dec 11, 1998
- Release · Japan
- Nov 21, 1998
- Release · North America
- Nov 23, 1998
- Developer
- Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
- Series
- The Legend of Zelda
- Genre
- Puzzle, Adventure
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Sandbox, Open world
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Rating
- ESRB E · PEGI 12
Story (via IGDB, in English)
A young boy named Link was raised in the village of the elf-like Kokiri people. One day a fairy named Navi introduces him to the village's guardian, the Great Deku Tree. It appears that a mysterious man has cursed the tree, and Link is sent to the Hyrule Castle to find out more. Princess Zelda tells Link that Ganondorf, the leader of the Gerudo tribe, seeks to obtain the Triforce, a holy relic that grants immense power to the one who possesses it. Link must do everything in his power to obtain the Triforce before Ganondorf does, and save Hyrule.
Artwork
Screenshots
TV commercial compilation
Game details, cover art and screenshots from IGDB via LizardByte GameDB, retrieved Oct 18, 2026. Images are © their respective owners.
About this project
Three rendering backends are supported: DirectX 11 on Windows, OpenGL on every platform and Metal on macOS, selectable in the settings menu. Harbour Masters states that it does not condone piracy, and the port refuses to run without a supported copy of the game. Development builds for Windows, macOS and Linux are published for playtesting in addition to the tagged releases. The Zelda64Recompiled repository, which already ships a static recompilation of Majora's Mask, lists Ocarina of Time support as coming; it appears in the table above with the status Announced.
FAQ
Is Ship of Harkinian an emulator?
No. It compiles the decompiled Ocarina of Time source code into a native program for each platform, using your ROM only for the game's assets.
Is there an Ocarina of Time recomp?
A static recompilation has been announced by the Zelda64Recompiled team and is listed here as Announced. Until it ships, Ship of Harkinian is the playable PC version.
Does Recompedia provide the game, ROM or BIOS?
No. Recompedia does not host or link to ROMs, ISOs, BIOS files or game assets. Ship of Harkinian ships no game code or data either; it needs a ROM dumped from a cartridge made from a copy of the game you own.
Recompedia does not host or link to ROMs, BIOS files or game assets. Every project listed requires a copy of the original game owned by the player. Status checked against the project's own repository on Oct 18, 2026.