# reNut

> reNut is a native Windows port of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, made by static recompilation with ReXGlue, with keyboard and mouse and texture replacement.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/banjokazooienutsbolts/ports/renut/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Developer: masterspike52
- Port type: Recompilation (A tool translated the game's original machine code into C automatically, which was then built as a native PC program.)
- Game: [Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/banjokazooienutsbolts/index.md)
- AI use: Not stated
- Source code: https://github.com/masterspike52/reNut
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (USA) for Xbox 360, without the title update, dumped from your own disc.

reNut is a native port of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for Windows, made by static recompilation with the ReXGlue SDK.

It adds mouse and keyboard controls, a settings window for game paths, texture dumping and texture packs, and a config file for performance options. Releases are named after features rather than version numbers.

The current release is Windows-only; earlier releases had a Linux AppImage, which the author will bring back once crashes on AMD graphics are fixed. The download contains no game data. It needs Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (USA) without the title update, dumped from your own disc.

## How to set it up

1. Download `renut-win-x64.zip` and extract it.
2. Extract the game files from your ISO into a folder (the NutStaller tool or the Goopie launcher can do this for you).
3. Run `renut.exe` and set your game folder in the window that opens, then continue.
4. Graphics and control settings are in `renut.toml`; texture dumping and replacement are under Nuts&Bolts, Graphics.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/banjokazooienutsbolts/ports/renut/#download

- for Windows: 2026-08-12 (2026-08-12)