# GumshoeNESRecomp

> GumshoeNESRecomp is a static recompilation of the NES Zapper game Gumshoe for Windows that uses the mouse as the light gun.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/gumshoe/ports/gumshoenesrecomp/
Page updated: 2026-10-19

- 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: [Gumshoe](https://emulationking.com/nintendo/nes/games/gumshoe/index.md)
- AI use: AI-assisted. An AI coding tool is credited as co-author on 28 of the repository's 48 commits.
- Source code: https://github.com/mstan/GumshoeNESRecomp
- Runs on: Windows

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

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

The mouse stands in for the NES Zapper: move it to aim and click to shoot, with a crosshair on screen. It has save states. The author says AI tools were used heavily in making it.

The author lists it as playable from start to end. The download contains no game data. It needs Gumshoe (USA, Europe), dumped from your own cartridge.

## How to set it up

1. Download the Windows zip and extract it.
2. Run `GumshoeRecomp.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.
4. Aim with the mouse and click to shoot.

## Latest builds

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

- for Windows: 1.5.1 (2026-10-19)