# Pilotwings 64: Recompiled

> Pilotwings 64: Recompiled is a native PC port of Pilotwings 64 made with N64Recomp, with widescreen, high frame rates and no overscan border.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/pilotwings64/ports/pilotwings64recomp/
Page updated: 2026-09-29

- Developer: danielgomesvieira2000
- 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: [Pilotwings 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/pilotwings64/index.md)
- AI use: Mostly AI-built. The project says: “This project was made with AI. Its code, patches, tools, documentation and artwork were written by Claude (Anthropic) in Claude Code, directed and tested by Daniel Gomes Vieira.”
- Source code: https://github.com/danielgomesvieira2000/pilotwings-64-recomp
- Runs on: Windows, Linux

What you need: A ROM of Pilotwings 64 (USA), dumped from your own cartridge. The project accepts only this version.
SHA-1 of a correct dump:
- `ec771aedf54ee1b214c25404fb4ec51cfd43191a`

Pilotwings 64: Recompiled is a native port of Pilotwings 64 for Windows and Linux. It is made with N64Recomp from the Pilotwings 64 decompilation and draws the game with RT64, so it runs directly on your computer rather than through an emulator.

It fills the screen at your display's aspect ratio with the HUD moved to the edges, runs at up to your display's refresh rate through interpolation, removes the black overscan border and skips the long pauses some menus had on the cartridge. A launcher covers graphics, sound, controls, remapping and mods. The author says AI tools were used heavily in making it.

It is an early release. The download contains no game data: it needs a ROM of Pilotwings 64 (USA), dumped from your own cartridge.

## How to set it up

1. Download the build for your system and extract it.
2. Windows: run `Pilotwings64Recomp.exe`. Linux: run `Pilotwings64Recomp.sh`.
3. Pick your ROM in the launcher. It can be a `.z64`, `.n64` or `.v64` file, or a ZIP.
4. On Linux you need a working Vulkan driver and your distribution's SDL2, GTK 3 and FreeType; see `README-LINUX.txt` in the download.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/pilotwings64/ports/pilotwings64recomp/#download

- for Windows: 0.1.1 (2026-09-17)
- for Linux: 0.1.1 (2026-09-17)