# AZHS: reconstructing Need for Speed: High Stakes 4.50

> AZHS reconstructs Need for Speed: High Stakes 4.50 source from the original game binaries. Its technical notes map Watcom and Visual C++ calling conventions, the eacsnd.dll sound module, and several DirectX 6 and 7 renderer variants; complete playability and broader platform support remain goals.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/americusmaximus/AZHS>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/americusmaximus/AZHS/blob/80ffb7ed429f072fd8ad9eee33f68b8b0218f692/README.MD>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/azhs-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/azhs-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/azhs-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Building requires Microsoft Visual Studio; the SDK directories request DirectX 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 SDK files.
- Complete playability and 64-bit support remain goals.
- MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/americusmaximus/AZHS/blob/80ffb7ed429f072fd8ad9eee33f68b8b0218f692/README.MD>

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