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  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/ItsDanik/ReNFS/blob/7159bb974ffa1d466174e8edb512e78821cfe70d/docs/NOTES.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "ReNFS rebuilds the 1996 DOS release of The Need for Speed Special Edition as a native C and SDL2 game for Linux, Windows and macOS. The author studied NFS_DOS.EXE with Ghidra, rewrote routines by hand and compared racing, physics, rendering and replay behavior with the original. The port reads game tables and assets from the user's own Special Edition CD.",
  "description_zh": "ReNFS 将 1996 年 DOS 版《极品飞车特别版》重建为面向 Linux、Windows 和 macOS 的原生 C/SDL2 游戏。作者用 Ghidra 分析 NFS_DOS.EXE，手工重写例程，并将比赛、物理、画面和回放行为与原版对照。移植版从用户自备的特别版光盘读取表格和素材。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/renfs-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/renfs-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/ItsDanik/ReNFS/blob/7159bb974ffa1d466174e8edb512e78821cfe70d/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "renfs-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/renfs-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/renfs-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/renfs-case/index.md",
  "name": "ReNFS: rebuilding The Need for Speed Special Edition",
  "name_zh": "ReNFS：重建《极品飞车特别版》",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/renfs-case.png",
  "reconstruction_method": "port",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Provide the Special Edition CD files, including NFS_DOS.EXE; the 1995 standard edition is a different program.",
    "Building requires SDL2, CMake and a C compiler.",
    "Network and modem races are omitted.",
    "GPL-3.0."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需提供特别版光盘文件，包括 NFS_DOS.EXE；1995 年普通版是不同程序。",
    "构建需要 SDL2、CMake 和 C 编译器。",
    "网络及调制解调器比赛未实现。",
    "许可证为 GPL-3.0。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/ItsDanik/ReNFS",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-07"
}