# Need for Speed: High Stakes: translating disassembly into C

> Need for Speed 4: High Stakes is the subject of an unfinished effort to translate game disassembly into C source. The repository contains game, frontend, and PlayStation related C and C++ files, while the author leaves much of the work on its TODO list.

- 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/OpenNFS/NFSHSX>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/OpenNFS/NFSHSX/blob/97b9ec43a7b2b1cc039b701b612dd3aad9e55197/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/need-for-speed-high-stakes-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/need-for-speed-high-stakes-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/need-for-speed-high-stakes-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Limits:** The project is unfinished; its README lists substantial remaining work.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/OpenNFS/NFSHSX/blob/97b9ec43a7b2b1cc039b701b612dd3aad9e55197/README.md>

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