Recomp / Games / Nintendo Switch
TotK Recomp
Static recompilation of Tears of the Kingdom's ARM64 code to native x86-64 with a Vulkan renderer, built locally by a setup tool from the player's own dump of the base game plus update 1.1.0, 1.2.1 or 1.4.3. Adds frame rates above 60, custom resolutions, DLSS and FSR, HDR and support for emulator-style mods.
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Facts
- Original
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023)
- Platform
- Nintendo Switch
- Method
- Static recomp
- Provenance
- AI-generated · README states most of the code and documentation is written by AI coding agents (Claude Code) under the maintainer's direction; commits carry Claude co-author trailers. what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- MIT
- Team
- valentderah
- Started
- 2026-10
- First release
- 2026-10
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was recompiled by valentderah. Facts last checked 2026-11-04. Suggest a correction
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