About
Starship is an unofficial native PC port of Star Fox 64 for Nintendo 64, developed by the HarbourMasters community team — the group behind Ship of Harkinian and 2Ship2Harkinian. The port adds HD widescreen rendering, upscaling, 5.1 surround sound output, built-in cheats, and a built-in O2R asset generator that extracts game assets directly from the ROM without needing a separate extraction step.
v1.0 launched in December 2024 for Windows only; v2.0.0 'Barnard Alfa' (May 25 2025) added a native Linux AppImage build (and fixed Linux/macOS audio crackle). It requires the player to supply a Star Fox 64 USA ROM dump — either US 1.0 or US 1.1 Rev A in .z64 format.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- Starship
- Needs files
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- Star Fox 64 USA ROM dump (US 1.0 or US 1.1 Rev A, .z64)
Runtime
- Runs as
- Native Linux
- Proton
- not needed
⚙ Setup notes
Proton: Starship v2.0.0 and newer include a native Linux build — no Proton needed.
Version: Always use v2.0.0 or newer. v1.0 was Windows-only and will not run natively on Steam Deck.
Install: Download the latest release from GitHub, extract it, and add the Starship binary (or AppImage if provided) as a non-Steam game in Desktop Mode.
Assets: On first run Starship prompts for your Star Fox 64 ROM and the built-in O2R asset generator (added in v2.0.0) extracts game assets directly from it — no separate extraction tool is required. Supply a US 1.0 or US 1.1 Rev A ROM in .z64 format; the hash is verified against the expected checksum.
Features: The port features HD widescreen, upscaling, 5.1 surround sound output, and built-in cheat support.
Guide: A setup guide is available at Steam Deck HQ.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: Requires a Star Fox 64 USA ROM dump — US 1.0 or US 1.1 Rev A (.z64) are both accepted; the hash is verified on import. The ROM provides game assets; the port provides the engine.
Gamepad: The Deck's built-in controller works natively — no Steam Input mapping is required. (Some guides suggest binding a back button to F1 to open the in-game enhancement menu.)
Version: Always use v2.0.0 or newer — v1.0 is Windows-only and will not run natively on Steam Deck.
Assets: The built-in O2R asset generator extracts assets from the ROM directly — no separate extraction tool needed.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.