# Need for Speed: Most Wanted for Android — Xbox static recompilation for Android

> Need for Speed: Most Wanted for Android ports the original Xbox Black Edition to Android arm64 by translating its x86 XBE code to C++ with XboxXBE-Recomp. A Vulkan host renders the game, while SDL3 handles windowing, input and audio; the port also provides touch controls and graphics settings.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/RanggaCasper/MostWanted-Android>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/RanggaCasper/MostWanted-Android/blob/9aef03d3ffbabc61e2614ef1a6804b0282c20018/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mostwanted-android-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/mostwanted-android-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/mostwanted-android-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide files from a legally acquired USA Black Edition Xbox copy of the game.
- **Prerequisites:** Android 10 or newer on arm64, a Vulkan 1.1 GPU driver, 4 GB of memory and 4 GB of storage.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires a Windows PC, Visual Studio 2022, Android Studio with SDK Platform 34, NDK 28.2.13676358 and CMake 3.31.6, plus Java 17–21.
- **Limits:** Work in progress; the visibility test for sun glare is not yet calculated.
- **License:** GPL-3.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/RanggaCasper/MostWanted-Android/blob/9aef03d3ffbabc61e2614ef1a6804b0282c20018/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/RanggaCasper/MostWanted-Android/blob/9aef03d3ffbabc61e2614ef1a6804b0282c20018/README.id.md>

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