# Need for Speed: Underground: a GameCube prototype decompilation

> Need for Speed: Underground reconstructs source for the GameCube game's GNDP8P prototype dated September 10, 2003. Its build configuration, symbols, and split definitions support object-by-object comparison with objdiff after extracting the user's game executable.

- 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/dbalatoni13/nfsug>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dbalatoni13/nfsug/blob/7e718a6997a738a4ce2004e4186f16160cb69f3e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nfs-underground-gamecube-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nfs-underground-gamecube-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nfs-underground-gamecube-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An existing copy of the GNDP8P prototype is required; the repository contains no game assets or assembly.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and Ninja are required; macOS also lists Wine Crossover.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is a work in progress.
- **License:** CC0-1.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dbalatoni13/nfsug/blob/7e718a6997a738a4ce2004e4186f16160cb69f3e/README.md>

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