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Fan-Made ‘SpaghettiKart’ Brings Mario Kart 64 to PC

Harbour Masters reverse-engineered the original code so the classic racer can run natively on modern PCs with high-resolution graphics.

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Overview

  • Released June 20 on GitHub by Harbour Masters, ‘SpaghettiKart’ is a free native PC port that requires users to supply a legal Mario Kart 64 ROM.
  • The project reconstructs the game’s code from scratch without including any Nintendo assets, shifting all intellectual property responsibilities to the player’s legally obtained ROM.
  • It supports modern graphics settings such as 4K resolution, ultrawide displays and uncapped frame rates across DirectX 11, Metal and OpenGL renderers.
  • Cross-platform libraries let the port run on Windows, Linux and even Switch hardware with tailored builds.
  • Although stable for most, the work-in-progress still triggers occasional crashes for a minority of users and lacks full feature parity with the original release.