# Wave Race 64: Recompiled

> Wave Race 64: Recompiled is a PC and Mac port of Wave Race 64 made with N64: Recompiled, bundled with HD textures, new music and improved water.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/waverace64/ports/waverace64recompiled/
Page updated: 2026-09-29

- Developer: elliotttate
- 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: [Wave Race 64](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/waverace64/index.md)
- AI use: Mostly AI-built. The project says: “The original upstream project was written by Claude, Anthropic's AI model, working in Claude Code under the direction of Daniel Gomes Vieira, who set the goals, made the decisions, played the builds and reported what he saw.”
- Source code: https://github.com/elliotttate/wave-race-64-recomp
- Runs on: Windows, macOS

What you need: A ROM of Wave Race 64 (USA) (Rev A), also called v1.1, in .z64 format, dumped from your own cartridge. The original US v1.0, Japanese, European and Shindou versions do not work.
SHA-1 of a correct dump:
- `508dfc2d4caa42b6f6de5263d0aed5e44ac7966a`

Wave Race 64: Recompiled is a native port of Wave Race 64 for Windows and Apple Silicon Macs, made with N64: Recompiled and drawn with RT64. This download is elliotttate's fork of the original project by danielgomesvieira2000, and it is still in beta.

The Windows and Mac packages include HD textures, a replacement soundtrack, adjustable water detail and controller haptics. The author says AI tools were used heavily in making it.

The download contains no original game data, which it loads from your dump each time it runs. It needs Wave Race 64 (USA) (Rev A), also called v1.1. Other versions of the game will not work.

## How to set it up

1. Extract the entire archive to a folder you can write to. Keep the DLLs and `assets` folder beside the executable.
2. Windows: run `WaveRace64Recomp.exe`. macOS (Apple Silicon, macOS 15 or later): drag `WaveRace64Recomp.app` to Applications and open it.
3. If macOS blocks the first launch, use Open Anyway in System Settings > Privacy & Security.
4. Pick your USA Rev A `.z64` ROM in the launcher, then start the game.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/n64/games/waverace64/ports/waverace64recompiled/#download

- for Windows: 0.4.0 (2026-09-07)
- for macOS (Apple Silicon): 0.4.0 (2026-09-07)