# Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip: matching PSP decompilation

> Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip reconstructs the PSP game's main executable and Game Sharing program in C and C++. It compiles candidate functions with the original compiler and accepts exact-byte matches; the author reports 12,780 matched functions across the two game modules as of 2026-11-02.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Jstar269/HST-Decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Jstar269/HST-Decomp/blob/f7517ea965c131d3cd6cf575aa563d184b702fb1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hot-shots-tennis-psp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hot-shots-tennis-psp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hot-shots-tennis-psp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own game copy and decrypted EBOOT.BIN and hstp_trans_main.prx; compiler setup uses WSL.
- **Scope:** Playing on PC uses Nakagawa Recomp with a copy of the game.
- **License:** Reconstructed code is GPL-3.0-or-later; tools and documentation are MIT, with separate third-party notices.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Jstar269/HST-Decomp/blob/f7517ea965c131d3cd6cf575aa563d184b702fb1/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Jstar269/HST-Decomp/blob/f7517ea965c131d3cd6cf575aa563d184b702fb1/docs/PROGRESS.md>

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