About this project
The README identifies Lighthouse as a Banjo-Kazooie PC port with Anchor multiplayer and a built-in randomizer, and credits libultraship and the Banjo decompilation team.
Source: Official repository README (cached consultation) ↗ · Checked Oct 11, 2026
Compatibility
Windows, Linux and macOS setup is documented. DirectX 11 is the default on Windows, Metal on macOS, and OpenGL is available on all platforms; controllers can use the built-in mapper.
Source: Official repository README (cached consultation) ↗ · Checked Oct 11, 2026
Documented support and independently tested compatibility are different. AllRecomps has not run these games.
Development progress
Language packs are generated from additional region ROMs: PAL supplies UK English/French/German and the Japanese release adds Japanese. This is documented functionality, not a new release-date claim.
Source: Official repository README (cached consultation) ↗ · Checked Oct 11, 2026
Known limitations
ROM hacks require USA 1.0 as the base. The maintainers warn that most supported hacks have not been fully tested and can still have issues.
Source: Official repository README (cached consultation) ↗ · Checked Oct 11, 2026
Getting started
Use your own supported retail ROM in Z64 format. The README lists USA 1.0/1.1, Japanese and PAL SHA-1 hashes; USA 1.0 has SHA-1 1fe1632098865f639e22c11b9a81ee8f29c75d7a.
Source: Official repository README (cached consultation) ↗ · Checked Oct 11, 2026
Extract the Windows/macOS release or launch the Linux AppImage, then select the ROM to generate bk.o2r. Linux normally stores data in ~/.local/share/lighthouse/; SHIP_HOME can override it.
Source: Official repository README (cached consultation) ↗ · Checked Oct 11, 2026
Some projects require files from your own copy of the original game. Follow the official instructions.
