Do I need the original game files to run Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?

Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy. A prior copy of the game is required to extract the necessary assets for compiling the ROM.

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

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Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported.

Based on The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

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About

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is a 2000 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64, reusing many assets and character models from Ocarina of Time (1998) due to its short development time. This is a work-in-progress decompilation of Majora's Mask that aims to reconstruct the original N64 source purely from analysis of the released game, not from any leaked source code; contributors who have ever accessed leaked Nintendo 64 SDK or Zelda source material are explicitly barred from participating. It currently targets only the NTSC-US 1.0 version and does not produce, and will not produce, a PC port.

Getting started

Building it from a legally owned copy of the US 1.0 ROM reconstructs a byte-identical Majora's Mask ROM that runs in an N64 emulator or on original hardware — it doesn't add new content of its own.

Known issues & limitations

compatibility: Some parts of the ROM may not be shiftable yet, making modifications difficult.
The project is not, and will not, produce a PC port.

What you need to run it

Original game files required. The project ships code only; you provide your own copy of the game (N64 version). A prior copy of the game is required to extract the necessary assets for compiling the ROM.

Credits & contributing

Contributors must never have accessed any leaked N64 SDK or Zelda source code, to keep the decompilation legally clean.

FAQ

What is Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is an open-source decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported. The original game ran on N64.
Do I need the original game files to run Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask?: Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy. A prior copy of the game is required to extract the necessary assets for compiling the ROM.