Case study

OpenTennis: a Hot Shots Tennis rewrite checked against the PS2 game

OpenTennis rebuilds the 2007 PlayStation 2 game Hot Shots Tennis in Rust and Bevy for desktop, mobile and browser play. It reads models, textures and other game data from the user’s US disc image at runtime. The author compares ball physics, timing, rules and AI frame by frame with recordings of the original; research tools inspect executable overlays and game formats.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 9
Last commit: 2026-11-06
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

How evidence classes are assigned

Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-owned US Hot Shots Tennis PS2 disc image, version 1.00 and serial SCUS-97610, is required.
Limits: The original’s second match camera, Set Handicap and Offbeat Rules are unfinished.
License: The code is dual-licensed under Apache-2.0 or MIT.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{opentennis-hot-shots-tennis-case,
  title = {{OpenTennis: a Hot Shots Tennis rewrite checked against the PS2 game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/FIZL0/opentennis}},
  url = {https://github.com/FIZL0/opentennis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/opentennis-hot-shots-tennis-case/}}
}

Plain text

OpenTennis: a Hot Shots Tennis rewrite checked against the PS2 game. https://github.com/FIZL0/opentennis (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/opentennis-hot-shots-tennis-case/

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README.md GitHub · FIZL0/opentennis · Revision b9f1986
research/README.md GitHub · FIZL0/opentennis · Revision b9f1986