On November 5, 2026, El Chapuzas Informático reported that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake had booted on PC through Lichii, loaded a save and let a player control Link. That is a working emulation demonstration, not evidence of smooth play across the game: the report put one gameplay reading at about 23 frames per second (FPS), alongside substantial graphics problems. Read the report.
A game starting is a milestone; a single FPS reading does not tell you whether the whole adventure runs smoothly or at the right speed.
What the first PC demonstrations show
Lichii was described in the report as an experimental Nintendo Switch 2 emulator. El Chapuzas Informático attributed the roughly 23 FPS figure to a gameplay clip shared by Jas769. The same report said an unidentified demonstration using an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and 64 GB of DDR5-6000 memory did not maintain 30 FPS. These are separate reported observations, not a controlled comparison.
The report also described excessive lighting, washed-out colors and rendering errors. So the important distinction is between getting the remake to run and getting dependable gameplay. A displayed frame rate is one clue, but it says little on its own about visual correctness or consistency from one area to another.
FPS reports vary by game area
The readings differ sharply across individual demonstrations. In AlexWhite’s video, the Deku Tree interior is shown at about 60 FPS, while footage from Kakariko Village fluctuates between 29 and 40 FPS with visible lighting and rendering glitches. GordoFriki reported brief peaks of up to 50 FPS, with drops during gameplay.
One Reddit user reported 15–40 FPS in Kokiri Forest on a system with an Intel Core i7-12600KF, GeForce RTX 4070 Super and 32 GB of DDR4 memory, running the game at half resolution. The user also described missing effects and stutters when new content loaded. Each figure belongs to a particular person, location and configuration; they do not combine into an overall performance range.
What an FPS counter says about game speed
FPS counts how many frames appear each second. It does not, by itself, establish that the game’s timing matches its intended speed. GordoFriki recommended a Dynamic FPS mod to avoid slow-motion play when frame rates drop. A Reddit commenter raised a separate concern: above 30 FPS, the mod could make animation and game speed run faster than intended. Those claims describe different potential effects, not a single agreed result.
Ship of Harkinian is a different PC route
Ship of Harkinian is a fan-made PC port of the original The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It is separate from running The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake through Switch 2 emulation, so footage or guides for Ship of Harkinian do not show the remake running on PC.
