Longshot — Ocarina of Time Remake on PC

Longshot is the community fork that picked up Hookshot after Nintendo's DMCA — the static recompilation that runs the Switch 2 Ocarina of Time remake natively on Windows and Linux, no emulator.

Active — nightly builds Windows & Linux GPL v3 open source Static recomp, not emulation
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Quick version: when the Hookshot repo (NotRexed/Hookshot) was DMCA'd off GitHub on November 13, the project resurfaced as Longshot — a fork hosted on the team's own Forgejo git with its own launcher. It builds the same Switch 2 OoT remake into a native PC program from your own copy of the game. Nothing is pre-built or pirated: you supply the game, Longshot compiles it.

Hookshot → Longshot: what happened

DateWhat happened
Nov 5, 2026NotRexed publishes Hookshot — a static recompilation of the Switch 2 OoT remake. It goes viral, passing 8,500 GitHub stars in about a week.
Nov 13, 2026Nintendo DMCA hits — the Hookshot repo and NotRexed's entire GitHub account return 404.
Nov 12-14, 2026Team MagicBean's Longshot fork — already created on their self-hosted Forgejo days earlier — takes over development, shipping v3.0.0 release candidates and nightly builds.

Longshot is a direct continuation: it forked from Hookshot v2.0.5, credits NotRexed and the original contributors, and keeps the GPL v3 license. A separate GitHub fork (madebyjordan/Longshot) also exists with a stricter "nothing merged untested" policy — night lighting fixed and the AMD terrain-grid fix kept on.

Where the Longshot GitHub / repo actually is

Searching "longshot github" mostly surfaces mirrors — the main project deliberately moved off GitHub.

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    Main repo — self-hosted Forgejo

    Team MagicBean hosts the code on their own git server so a single DMCA can't wipe it again. The Longshot site links the repo, the launcher downloads and the Discord.

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    Longshot Launcher

    Instead of building manually, the launcher builds the game from your copy, starts it and self-updates against signed checksums — Windows installer, portable zip and Linux AppImage.

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    Releases are nightly previews

    There is no "stable" build yet — builds are marked preview/nightly (build 132 landed November 14 with new options and fixes). Expect rough edges.

Watch for fakes: with the original repo gone, "Longshot download" searches surface repackaged builds and outright malware. The real project never ships a ready-made game — anything offering a complete "Ocarina of Time PC download" is not Longshot.

What the recomp gives you

Native PC rendering

Switch 2 NVN2 graphics replayed through Vulkan 1.3 — resolutions up to 5K, 21:9/32:9 ultrawide and HDR10 output.

Upscaling & frame-gen

DLSS, DLAA, FSR 3.1/FSR 4, plus frame generation from 2x to 8x and a 60–240 fps cap.

Low latency

NVIDIA Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag 2 support built into the launcher.

RomFS mods

Mod support layered on top of the recompiled game — carried over from the Hookshot feature set.

What you need to run it

RequirementDetails
Your own game copyThe Switch 2 OoT remake — program 0400486024DEC000, update v131072, build e0f3ccfa (.nup file or romfs/exefs folders). Other versions don't work.
OS64-bit Windows 10/11, or Linux (AppImage available).
CPU / RAMSix-core CPU minimum, 16 GB RAM recommended. Linux AppImage needs AVX2.
GPUVulkan 1.3 with mesh shaders — RTX 20-series+, RX 6000+, or Intel Arc. 4 GB+ VRAM; cards without mesh shaders fall back to a slower compute mode.
Disk~60 GB free while the builder works — the compiled result is much smaller.

The repo contains no game files and never did — the builder creates the executable on your PC from your copy, once. After that the launcher handles updates.

FAQ

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    Is Longshot the same as Hookshot?

    It's the same codebase continued under a new name and new maintainers — a fork of Hookshot v2.0.5 that keeps building where the DMCA'd repo left off. Settings from a Hookshot game folder carry over.

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    Is Longshot an Ocarina of Time remake or a port?

    Neither word is quite right — it's a recompilation. The Switch 2 remake's code is translated to C and compiled into a native PC program, so the original remake runs on your PC rather than being remade by fans.

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    Is downloading Longshot legal / safe?

    The tool itself ships no Nintendo assets — it needs your own game copy. The legal grey zone is Nintendo's, which is exactly why it lives on self-hosted git now. Safety-wise, only trust the official site/repo — fake "prebuilt" downloads are the real risk.

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    What happened to NotRexed?

    The original developer's GitHub account was removed entirely on November 13. They said on Discord the project would resurface at a different web location — Longshot is the community continuation that emerged, crediting NotRexed in its commit history.