Is there a PC port of

Yes. Racing 8 DX Recomp: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe recompiled for Linux PCs by galarianpikachu2021-hue. Source is available to build, and it runs natively on PC rather than through an emulator.

Is the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 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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MARIO KART 8 DELUXE RECOMPILED FOR LINUX PCS WITH FSR 3 FRAME GENERATION

Q: Do I need my own copy of

Yes. Your own Mario Kart 8 Deluxe dump, keys and firmware from your own Switch, a Linux PC and build tools. None of those are included. Windows is not supported yet.

Racing 8 DX Recomp: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe recompiled for Linux PCs

Racing 8 DX Recomp recompiles Mario Kart 8 Deluxe ahead of time with no JIT, and translates the game's graphics calls straight to Vulkan. Its README lists output from 720p to 4K, FSR 3.1 upscaling and 2x frame generation on AMD, HDR10 and 4-player split-screen. DLSS is written but untested on NVIDIA hardware. Linux works today, Android is in development and Windows is only planned. The repo ships no recompiled game code, and its 0.1.0 release files are labelled non-functional and testing only, so you build it yourself. On Apple hardware, c22dev's Mush8 is the rival route.

Nintendo Switch → Linux · by galarianpikachu2021-hue · 2026-10-23

You need: Your own Mario Kart 8 Deluxe dump, keys and firmware from your own Switch, a Linux PC and build tools. None of those are included. Windows is not supported yet.

How to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on PC

Read the README and LEGAL.md on GitHub.
Build the launcher with CMake and Ninja.
Point it at your own dump and let it build your game locally.

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