# Killer Instinct Gold: Recompiled

> Killer Instinct Gold: Recompiled is a native Windows port of Rare's 1996 N64 fighting game, made with N64: Recompiled and the RT64 renderer.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/killerinstinctgold/ports/kigoldrecomp/
Page updated: 2026-11-14

- Developer: geno55
- 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: [Killer Instinct Gold](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/killerinstinctgold/index.md)
- AI use: AI-assisted. An AI coding tool is credited as co-author on 38 of the repository's 39 commits.
- Source code: /opt/buildhome/repo/content/nintendo/n64/games/killerinstinctgold/ports/kigoldrecomp/index.md
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: Your own dump of Killer Instinct Gold for the Nintendo 64, the US cartridge Rev 2 (v1.2), as a `.z64`, `.v64` or `.n64` file with the SHA-1 `aaeb492b1e538af65a3544a97240675ef438a04f`. Windows (64-bit) with a graphics card that runs RT64; Linux players build it themselves from the source.

Killer Instinct Gold: Recompiled is an unofficial native Windows port of Killer Instinct Gold, Rare's 1996 Nintendo 64 version of its arcade fighting game. It was made with N64: Recompiled, which translates the game's machine code into C, and draws through the RT64 renderer. The download contains no part of the game: it asks for a ROM dumped from the player's own cartridge the first time it runs.

The intro, title screen, character select, full fights with graphics, sound and controller input, and the Continue screen all work. Saving, every character and stage, and a side-by-side check against real hardware are still to be done. One quick-save slot (F5 and F7) is there for testing and reporting bugs, and a state may not load in another version.

Only the US Rev 2 (v1.2) cartridge is supported. The release is Windows only, and the project includes a guide for building a native Linux version from its source.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Windows zip and extract it.
2. Run `kig.exe` and pick your game file when it asks, or drag the file onto `kig.exe`.
3. Settings and saves are kept in `%APPDATA%\KIGRecomp`. **F5** saves a state and **F7** loads it.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/killerinstinctgold/ports/kigoldrecomp/#download

- for Windows: 0.3.3 (2026-11-13)