What platforms is Daikatana on?

Daikatana was released on PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo 64.

When did Daikatana release?

Daikatana was first released on May 23, 2000.

Daikatana

May 23, 2000ShooterPuzzlePC (Microsoft Windows)Nintendo 64

Daikatana — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Daikatana on?: Daikatana was released on PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo 64.
When did Daikatana release?: Daikatana was first released on May 23, 2000.

About Daikatana

Daikatana is a first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm. It was published by Eidos Interactive for Windows and Kemco for Nintendo 64. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.

Summary via IGDB.

Daikatana on Wikipedia

John Romero's Daikatana, better known as simply Daikatana, is a 2000 first-person shooter action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive for Windows. A port to the Nintendo 64 was released the same year by Kemco. Players control a swordsmaster who travels through various time periods using the eponymous Daikatana, a powerful sword tied to the fate of the world.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo 64
Developer: Ion Storm
Publisher: Square Enix
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Historical

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

52/100

from 27 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Built by	Fake risk
Nintendo 64	2000	$80	$470	$619	6 reviews	Kemco (publisher)	Medium

Release timeline

Nintendo 64Apr 7, 2000
PC (Microsoft Windows)May 23, 2000
Game Boy ColorSep 29, 2000

First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.

We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22

Loose

$80

Complete

$470

Sealed

$619

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
PAL release	$46	$127	—
Japanese release	$57	$124	—

What it needs to play

OptionalExpansion Pak — Nintendo listed it among the games enhanced by the Expansion Pak.

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a week
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $3.25 in Oct 2008, $89 five years ago, and $82 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2009	$3.75	—
Jan 2010	$6.47	—
Jan 2011	$3.59	—
Jan 2012	$4.81	—
Jan 2013	$9.68	—
Jan 2014	$14.98	$158
Jan 2015	$14.49	$36
Jan 2016	$22	$75
Jan 2017	$25	$229
Jan 2018	$26	$112
Jan 2019	$37	$160
Jan 2020	$46	$137
Jan 2021	$57	$300
Jan 2022	$88	$473
Jan 2023	$77	$700
Jan 2024	$80	$500
Jan 2025	$98	$432
Jan 2026	$95	$345
Oct 2026	$82	$470

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Cartridge serial	Known board
North America	1 August 2000	NUS-NDWE-USA	NUS-01A-02
Europe / PAL	5 May 2000	NUS-NDWP-EUR	—
Japan	31 March 2000	NUS-NDWJ-JPN	—

Source: Serials and board numbers: MAME's Nintendo 64 software list (read from dumped cartridges); serials cross-checked against the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database and, for North American carts, gameverifying's N64 board list, and published only where two of them agree

Region: NA+EU+JP
Released: 2000
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases, such as Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Nintendo 64 prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A poorly reviewed N64 shooter, worth owning as a curiosity rather than for the play.

This is the Nintendo 64 version of John Romero's Daikatana, which began on the PC. Kemco published the N64 game, and it first appeared as a Blockbuster rental exclusive in August 2000, the same month as its North American release. You play a swordsman who travels through time periods with the sword of the title.

GameFan previewed a near-complete N64 build in May 2000 and told readers to drop the Perfect Dark comparisons: it showed promise but would not redefine first-person shooters. Nintendo Power gave the finished game a middling score and said Doom on the Super Nintendo was better. The cartridge is a curiosity first and a shooter second.

What the press said at the time

GameRankings (aggregate)		42%
Electronic Gaming Monthly		3.87/10
GameSpot		3.7/10
Hyper		80/100
IGN		4/10
Nintendo Power		5.6/10

“Daikatana at least tries to do something a bit different but at heart it's just a very average first-person shooter.”
— N64 Magazine, May 2000

“Daikatana falls way short of the mark. The levels are drab and unimaginative. The action and gameplay leave plenty to be desired.”
— Electronic Gaming Monthly, May 2000

Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.

How the Nintendo 64 version differs

The N64 version is a port of the Windows game, published by Kemco in 2000, the same year as the original.

Also on other platforms

Windows

Nintendo 64

Kemco (publisher)

Windows. The original version was developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive in 2000.

How the other versions reviewed

Windows	GameRankings	54%
Windows	Computer Gaming World	1.5/5
Windows	Edge	4/10
Windows	Eurogamer	5/10
Windows	GameFan	77%
Windows	GamePro	3/5
Windows	GameRevolution	C
Windows	GameSpot	4.6/10
Windows	GameSpy	74%
Windows	Hyper	60/100
Windows	IGN	5.8/10
Windows	Next Generation	2/5
Windows	PC Gamer US	53%

These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.

Before you buy

The US cartridge is one of the pricier carts in the library, and a complete copy costs several times as much as a loose one. PAL and Japanese copies are separate releases that cost less, loose and complete. The Expansion Pak is optional; Nintendo listed the game among those it enhances. At this price fakes are a risk, so ask for a photo of the board and do not treat a cart that boots as proof.