# Hot Wheels: Velocity X — a partial GameCube decompilation

> Hot Wheels: Velocity X is being decompiled for the GameCube USA GHWE78 release. The repository contains C source, headers, split and symbol configuration, and a build that starts from the user's disc image. Its objdiff configuration supports comparisons of rebuilt objects with the original.

- 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/Duckxz/hwvx-gcn-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Duckxz/hwvx-gcn-decomp/blob/0d0419de5bce34623461ae8d12e2d0446b48c80a/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hot-wheels-velocity-x-gcn-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/hot-wheels-velocity-x-gcn-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/hot-wheels-velocity-x-gcn-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An existing GHWE78 Rev 0 USA game copy is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and ninja are documented build dependencies; macOS and some Linux setups also use Wine or wibo.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is a work in progress.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Duckxz/hwvx-gcn-decomp/blob/0d0419de5bce34623461ae8d12e2d0446b48c80a/README.md>

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