Download CTR Archipelago
The latest stable release is 0.2.0, published 2026-09-10. Pick your platform, then follow the setup guide to get connected. Every build needs a disc image made from your own North American (NTSC-U) Crash Team Racing disc.
What's new in 0.2.0: full release notes, compatibility and remaining testing coverage. Use the matching client and APWorld, and fresh seeds for new games.
Why is the download small? The archive contains the game client, matching APWorld and setup/support files. Your own disc supplies the large game assets. Debug symbols for investigating crashes are separate GitHub release downloads; you do not need them to play.
You need your own copy of Crash Team Racing. CTR Archipelago does not contain any retail game data. You need a disc image made from your own North American (NTSC-U) Crash Team Racing disc. The European and Japanese versions are not supported.
Hosting or generating?
Players joining somebody else's multiworld only need the client above. If you are generating the multiworld yourself, you also need the CTR APWorld for your Archipelago install. A documented template YAML is published as a separate release asset. The easier option is to build a compatible YAML in the guided Builder.
Other platforms
Native macOS, Android, and iOS ports of the underlying decompilation exist or are in progress in the community, and CTR Archipelago support for them is being researched. There is no release or date to announce.