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Games / Nintendo 64

Diddy Kong Racing

Static recompilationNintendo 64

Golden Balloon — a native + browser port of the 1997 Nintendo 64 kart racer, built from the decompilation. Bring your own ROM.

Original game: Diddy Kong Racing · 1997 · Rare Ltd.

Latest release: v1.8.0akratch/goldenballoon on GitHub

Facts

Platform
Nintendo 64
Kind
Static recompilation
Releases
16
First release
31 Jul 2026
Latest release
13 Oct 2026 (28 days ago)
Last commit
27 days ago
Runs on
Windows, Linux, macOS
License
none specified
GitHub stars
196
Builds on
DavidSM64/Diddy-Kong-Racing

Recent releases

  1. Golden Balloon 1.8.0 · 13 Oct 2026 · Windows, Linux, macOS
  2. Golden Balloon 1.7.0 · 11 Sept 2026 · Windows, Linux, macOS
  3. Golden Balloon 1.6.0 (beta)pre-release · 2 Sept 2026 · Windows, Linux, macOS
  4. Golden Balloon 1.5.2 · 25 Aug 2026 · Windows, Linux, macOS
  5. Golden Balloon 1.5.1 · 21 Aug 2026 · Windows, Linux, macOS

AI co-authors

No commit names a model, but the repo keeps instructions for a coding agent: AGENTS.md. All models

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