# FaxanaduRecomp

> FaxanaduRecomp is a static recompilation of Faxanadu for Windows, playable to the credits, with mantra password auto-fill and save states.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/faxanadu/ports/faxanadurecomp/
Page updated: 2026-10-05

- Developer: mstan
- 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: [Faxanadu](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/faxanadu/index.md)
- AI use: AI-assisted. An AI coding tool is credited as co-author on 67 of the repository's 87 commits.
- Source code: https://github.com/mstan/FaxanaduRecomp
- Runs on: Windows

What you need: A ROM of Faxanadu (USA), dumped from your own cartridge.

FaxanaduRecomp is a native Windows port of Faxanadu, made by static recompilation with mstan's nesrecomp, which translates the game's 6502 code into C.

It fills in your latest mantra on the password screen from a `saves.txt` file next to the program, and has save states and turbo. The author says AI tools were used heavily in making it.

The author lists it as playable from the title screen to the credits with no known bugs, though not fully playtested. Mantras from the priests must still be copied into `saves.txt` by hand. The download contains no game data. It needs Faxanadu (USA), dumped from your own cartridge.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Windows zip and extract it.
2. Run `FaxanaduRecomp.exe` and pick your ROM when asked. The path is remembered for later launches.
3. Remap keys in `keybinds.ini`, which is created next to the program on first run. F6 and F7 save and load states.

## Latest builds

Download these from the web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/faxanadu/ports/faxanadurecomp/#download

- for Windows: 2.3.0 (2026-10-05)