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Catherine Lewis

It's taken years, but Banjo-Kazooie fans have finally finished decompiling the code of Rare's classic 3D platformer, paving the way for new community experiences

Banjo and Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

It's been a long time coming, but fans have managed to fully decompile all of Banjo-Kazooie's code, meaning that it's now possible for unofficial PC ports to be developed, not to mention many, many more mods for Rare's classic 3D platformer. 

Video game decompilation can sound pretty complicated, but what it boils down to is reverse engineering the game to end up with usable code (not the original source code, mind you). Once that's obtained, the doors are blown wide open for mods, ports, and all sorts of community projects – we've seen this before with the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and the original Paper Mario was similarly decompiled last year.

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