A few days ago, we informed you about an unofficial PC port of The Legend of Zelda that will release on PC on April 1st. That project is titled Ship of Harkinian. However, this isn’t the only PC port of Ocarina of Time that is under development. In fact, the first unofficial PC port of this classic Zelda game, called Open Ocarina, is now available for download.
We first reported on Open Ocarina back in February 2022.
As its description reads:
“Currently assets are statically linked, however this is just until we get the game sorted. Once its stable, we will switch to an external asset loader. Stability, 60 FPS, and external asset loading are the top priorities.”
It’s still not a perfect port though as there are some issues. For instance, there is some audio static in the intro, and some audio errors with the ocarina. Nevertheless, PC gamers can play and finish the game, from start to finish.
You can download Open Ocarina from here. Do note that this build does not feature any game assets. As such, Nintendo cannot shut it down. Players will have to use Visual Studio 2019+ in order to create an executable build. You must also own the game, and create a ROM so that you can use its assets.
Lastly, here is an older video from Open Ocarina, showing an older build in action.
Have fun!
https://youtu.be/NAIliPBbgg0
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Anyone have the full game?
Me, compile it.
Does it have keyboard and mouse support?
As if I am going to use Visual studio and make a .exe. I’ll just wait a few days or weeks and download a full complete build from somewhere. Looking forward to a future build with better lighting, foilage and other improvements. By the time I am ready to play this should be a nice all in one version available. Great work devs!! In time we will have the Ultimate version of Ocarina of time and ppl buying a Switch 2 will be paying $60 for another basic lousy port LOOL
Sorry for my ignorance but I Don’t know how to launch the game? It isn’t complete yet?
I don’t know. I haven’t downloaded it. Waiting for someone to make an ai texture enhanced better build in the future
Another shltty game (for todays standards) that social media “intelectuals” praise as the holy grail. I mean, it was awesome when we’re kids, but c’mon. This fake nostalgia people feel is ridiculous.
its honestly a pretty good game with many creative ideas, you should try it if you have not, age has nothing to do with why people like ocarina of time, try the 3ds remake or the pc port and you will see why.
A shame they aren’t basing it off the 3DS port, it didn’t have HD graphics but it improved the models and textures while still maintaining the original resolution of textures.