{"slug": "ship-of-harkinian", "name": "Ship of Harkinian", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 4, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 4.198, "rising": 1.35, "first": "2025-11-13", "latest": "2026-09-08", "why": "You're going to like this: https://www.shipofharkinian.com (open-source native PC port of OOT).", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 2, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "You're going to like this: https://www.shipofharkinian.com (open-source native PC port of OOT).", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "shipofharkinian.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.shipofharkinian.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Ship of Harkinian"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 793847984, "item_id": 49615499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615499", "by": "Grombobulous", "date": "2026-09-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them.", "excerpt": "If you\u2019re interested but don\u2019t want a console, check out the N64 recompilation scene. People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them. Example: https://www.shipofharkinian.com/ The answer is no, Nintendo will never do that so long as they are making consoles. The whole point is to keep you in their controlled marketplace, and the PC is the opposite of that. Nintendo\u2019s business model very frequently involv", "context": "", "use_case": "playing Zelda OoT on PC", "switched_from": "", "story": "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Release Date and Gameplay"}, {"id": 791618848, "item_id": 49476178, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476178", "by": "rolfus", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You're going to like this: https://www.shipofharkinian.com (open-source native PC port of OOT).", "excerpt": "You're going to like this: https://www.shipofharkinian.com (open-source native PC port of OOT).", "context": "", "use_case": "PC port of Ocarina of Time", "switched_from": "", "story": "Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days"}, {"id": 775494080, "item_id": 48468380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468380", "by": "frankieg33", "date": "2026-06-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i have been playing the pc port with my kids.", "excerpt": "sick! i have been playing the pc port with my kids. it will be interesting to see a proper remaster from nintendo tho (with the portability with the switch). https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Shipwright", "context": "plays with kids", "use_case": "playing Ocarina of Time on PC", "switched_from": "", "story": "Zelda \u2013 Ocarina of Time (Switch 2)"}, {"id": 749261730, "item_id": 46828858, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46828858", "by": "OneDeuxTriSeiGo", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Ship of Harkinian by HarbourMasters", "excerpt": "Absolutely. OpenGOAL really just set a new standard for what games preservation looks like. It's incredible seeing the community taking a 25 year old game, modernising it with accessibility features and quality of life, and even creating entirely new expansions to the game [1]. Like beyond just keeping the game preserved on modern platforms, it's keeping the spirit of the game and the community attached to it alive a", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [{"by": "frankieg33", "context": "plays with kids", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468380", "date": "2026-06-09"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["playing zelda oot on pc", "pc port of ocarina of time", "playing ocarina of time on pc"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 773316864, "item_id": 48332304, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48332304", "by": "__s", "date": "2026-05-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I work on Ship of Harkinian.", "excerpt": "https://blog.chrislewis.au/the-long-tail-of-llm-assisted-decompilation same author wrote about their process Useful, but complements existing tooling & falls short on the hard part I work on Ship of Harkinian. We're sering more vibed libultraship ports. Yet to see a real success", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Snowboard Kids 2 is 100% Decompiled"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49611832", "title": "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Release Date and Gameplay", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49466006", "title": "Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48703412", "title": "Show HN: Decomp Academy \u2013 Learn to decompile GameCube games into matching C", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468351", "title": "Zelda \u2013 Ocarina of Time (Switch 2)", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48284494", "title": "Snowboard Kids 2 is 100% Decompiled", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46814743", "title": "PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 793847984, "item_id": 49615499, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49615499", "by": "Grombobulous", "date": "2026-09-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them.", "excerpt": "If you\u2019re interested but don\u2019t want a console, check out the N64 recompilation scene. People recompile N64 games natively for PC and enhance them. Example: https://www.shipofharkinian.com/ The answer is no, Nintendo will never do that so long as they are making consoles. The whole point is to keep you in their controlled marketplace, and the PC is the opposite of that. Nintendo\u2019s business model very frequently involv", "context": "", "use_case": "playing Zelda OoT on PC", "switched_from": "", "story": "Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake Release Date and Gameplay"}, {"id": 791618848, "item_id": 49476178, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49476178", "by": "rolfus", "date": "2026-08-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You're going to like this: https://www.shipofharkinian.com (open-source native PC port of OOT).", "excerpt": "You're going to like this: https://www.shipofharkinian.com (open-source native PC port of OOT).", "context": "", "use_case": "PC port of Ocarina of Time", "switched_from": "", "story": "Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days"}, {"id": 779328528, "item_id": 48708033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48708033", "by": "jevndev", "date": "2026-06-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "so the project is also a reference to his actual ship.", "excerpt": "It has a double meaning actually! The ship of Theseus reference like you noted and the \u201cHarkinian\u201d part being the name of the king of Hyrule from the CDI games. One of his lines is \u201cEnough! My ship sails in the morning\u201d [0] so the project is also a reference to his actual ship. (Referenced in the projects FAQ [1]) [0] https://youtu.be/JmxGLo_itEY?is=x85epFYBcPeRDxxh [1] https://www.shipofharkinian.com/faq", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Decomp Academy \u2013 Learn to decompile GameCube games into matching C"}, {"id": 775494080, "item_id": 48468380, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468380", "by": "frankieg33", "date": "2026-06-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i have been playing the pc port with my kids.", "excerpt": "sick! i have been playing the pc port with my kids. it will be interesting to see a proper remaster from nintendo tho (with the portability with the switch). https://github.com/HarbourMasters/Shipwright", "context": "plays with kids", "use_case": "playing Ocarina of Time on PC", "switched_from": "", "story": "Zelda \u2013 Ocarina of Time (Switch 2)"}, {"id": 749261730, "item_id": 46828858, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46828858", "by": "OneDeuxTriSeiGo", "date": "2026-01-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Ship of Harkinian by HarbourMasters", "excerpt": "Absolutely. OpenGOAL really just set a new standard for what games preservation looks like. It's incredible seeing the community taking a 25 year old game, modernising it with accessibility features and quality of life, and even creating entirely new expansions to the game [1]. Like beyond just keeping the game preserved on modern platforms, it's keeping the spirit of the game and the community attached to it alive a", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible"}, {"id": 734629618, "item_id": 45914351, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45914351", "by": "GardenLetter27", "date": "2025-11-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used that to set up Ship of Harkinian for example.", "excerpt": "Nix support is built-in to SteamOS already btw, I used that to set up Ship of Harkinian for example.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Valve is about to win the console generation"}]}