Is there a PC port of

Yes. Super Smash Bros. Melee gets a native PC port built from the decomp, v0.4.2 beta out by 999sian. It's playable now, and it runs natively on PC rather than through an emulator.

Is the Super Smash Bros. Melee PC port an emulator?

No. It's a native build of the game's code for PC (a decompilation, static recompilation or native port), so it runs like a PC game.

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PC port · Beta builds · v0.4.2

SMASH BROS. MELEE GOES NATIVE ON PC: DECOMP PORT ADDS ONLINE AND RANKED PLAY

Q: Do I need my own copy of

Yes. Your own Super Smash Bros. Melee disc image (USA revision 2, NTSC-U 1.02, GALE01). PAL boots experimentally. No game data is included.

Super Smash Bros. Melee gets a native PC port built from the decomp, v0.4.2 beta out

melee-pc (a working name) is a native PC port of Super Smash Bros. Melee (NTSC-U 1.02), built from the doldecomp/melee decompilation on top of aurora, the GameCube compatibility layer that also powers the Dusklight Twilight Princess port, with SDL3 and a WebGPU backend. The beta branch has LAN play, internet friend codes, unranked matchmaking and ranked best-of-three sets, with rollback netcode still in development. There are partial iOS and in-browser builds too, all loading from your own disc image. v0.4.2 landed Oct 21. It's a beta for testing, so expect crashes and missing features. It's a different project from the Melee Unlocked mod already on our wire.

Nintendo GameCube → Windows · Linux · macOS · by 999sian · 2026-10-21

You need: Your own Super Smash Bros. Melee disc image (USA revision 2, NTSC-U 1.02, GALE01). PAL boots experimentally. No game data is included.

How to play Super Smash Bros. Melee on PC

Download the latest beta from the Releases page.
Point it at your own Melee disc image (GALE01 rev 2).
Play locally, or set up LAN and friend-code netplay from the README.

▶ v0.4.2 beta Source & README

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