N64Nintendo 64 · 1997 · Rare · Racing

Diddy Kong Racing

3 projects bring Diddy Kong Racing to PC. Here's how they compare, and which one to start with.

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DKR-R by ThatGuyMcd

Level with Golden Balloon on rating and stage, with the bigger following on GitHub (236 stars to 185). It runs on Windows and Linux.

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DKR-R

ThatGuyMcd

CompletePlayable start to finish in a stable release. Minor issues at most.

Stage

Released

Runs on

WindowsLinux

Languages

English

Features

None listed

Latest release

Version1.0.10 Oct 25, 2026

Last activity

Active Oct 25, 2026

User score

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GitHub stars

236 +12 this week

Toolchain

Custom or unlisted

About this project

Diddy Kong Racing recompilation by ThatGuyMcd. A separate project from the sp00nznet recomp and the Golden Balloon ports.

What you need

A Diddy Kong Racing ROM (N64).

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Golden Balloon

akratch

CompletePlayable start to finish in a stable release. Minor issues at most.

Stage

Released

Runs on

WindowsLinuxmacOS

Languages

German

Features

WidescreenHigh frame rateMultiplayerOnline play

Latest release

v1.8.0 Oct 13, 2026

Last activity

Active Oct 15, 2026

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GitHub stars

185 +3 this week

Toolchain

Decompilation

About this project

Golden Balloon: a native and browser port of the kart racer built from the decompilation, for Windows, Linux and macOS, with two-player online multiplayer in beta and Taj, Wizpig and Terry as extra playable racers. A separate project from the other Diddy Kong Racing recomps.

What you need

Your own Diddy Kong Racing ROM.

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diddykongracing

sp00nznet

ExperimentalEarly research, no public build, or not playable yet.

Stage

In development

Runs on

Windows

Languages

English

Features

Keyboard

Latest release

v0.3.0 Oct 24, 2026

Last activity

Active Oct 24, 2026

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GitHub stars

Toolchain

N64Recomp

About this project

Early recompilation of Rare’s kart and adventure game: it boots to the hub world but then crashes. It uses its own high-level emulation (HLE) of the microcode, and audio is disabled.

What you need

A Diddy Kong Racing ROM (N64, US version 1.1).

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