We're finally in the middle of a proper Pikmin revival, and fans are taking the opportunity to reminisce about how Nintendo left a native PC port of the first game on the original disc.
Years ago, fans discovered that Nintendo included - probably accidentally - a Windows executable file on the original 2001 GameCube disc that lets you run the game on PC. It seems to be a developer build of the game, as it comes with a ton of debugging tools and no shortage of graphical glitches. It'll even run on modern PCs with a bit of detective work to find the correct DLL files, but it's not exactly an ideal way to play the game - after all, it doesn't let you save.
