# The Need for Speed: a functional 3DO source reconstruction

> The Need for Speed's 3DO release is reconstructed as a C codebase targeting the 3DO DevKit. Its build extracts assets from the user's game image and links the reconstructed executable into a new ISO. The author targets functional equivalence rather than a byte-identical rebuild.

- 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/trapexit/3do-decomp-nfs>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/trapexit/3do-decomp-nfs/blob/e9c72dc8b3f7542e7bc51e7625759a000fae7777/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/need-for-speed-3do-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/need-for-speed-3do-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/need-for-speed-3do-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of the USA/Europe 3DO game image is required.
- **Prerequisites:** The 3DO DevKit and assets extracted from the user's image are required for the build.
- **Limits:** The reconstruction targets functional equivalence.
- **License:** Original contributions are licensed under GPL-2.0-only.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/trapexit/3do-decomp-nfs/blob/e9c72dc8b3f7542e7bc51e7625759a000fae7777/README.md>

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