The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake ported to PC — modder added frame generation and more

The remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was recently released. The game is officially exclusive to the Nintendo Switch 2 console. However, with the advancement of modern AI technologies, this “exclusivity” has become quite conditional.

Recently, enthusiasts ran the remake on PC using a Nintendo Switch 2 emulator, and now a full-fledged (unofficial) PC port of the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake has appeared.

After launching, players in the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake will have access to a special in-game menu: it allows enabling/disabling frame generation (with 2x, 3x, 4x options); adjusting frame rate and resolution. An FPS counter, upscaling, and ultrawide mode are also available.

There are two speed modes: Per-frame — slows down the game when the frame rate drops below 60 FPS; the Real-time mode maintains standard game speed.

Players will need to provide their own game files of the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake to build the PC version using the Hookshot Builder tool. According to early reports, the build process can take around 40 minutes. The port supports keyboard, mouse, and gamepads. It runs on Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit; it requires at least 16 GB of RAM and around 60 GB of storage space.

Some tech enthusiasts continue to work on the emulator — for now, frame rate drops may still occur in the The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake.