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  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/pablonolascoo/nfs-mw-2005-ps2-port/blob/42da031e82830f5da5e809a1f639ff5efb0e0adb/LICENSE"
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  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "Rockport Native reconstructs the PlayStation 2 release of Need for Speed: Most Wanted as a macOS game using a Swift and Metal engine and data converted from the player's ISO. The project documents disc formats, game systems and a Ghidra and REA disassembly workflow; the author reports a playable Mac release and remaining gameplay gaps.",
  "description_zh": "Rockport Native 将 PlayStation 2 版 Need for Speed: Most Wanted 重建为 macOS 游戏，以 Swift 和 Metal 引擎读取玩家 ISO 转换出的数据。项目记录光盘格式、游戏系统以及 Ghidra 和 REA 反汇编流程；作者称 Mac 版本可玩，但部分游戏机制仍待完善。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rockport-native-nfs-mw-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rockport-native-nfs-mw-case/",
  "evidence_class": 1,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/pablonolascoo/nfs-mw-2005-ps2-port/blob/42da031e82830f5da5e809a1f639ff5efb0e0adb/README.en.md",
  "group": "rea",
  "id": "rockport-native-nfs-mw-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rockport-native-nfs-mw-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/rockport-native-nfs-mw-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rockport-native-nfs-mw-case/index.md",
  "name": "Rockport Native: reconstructing Need for Speed: Most Wanted on macOS",
  "name_zh": "Rockport Native：在 macOS 重建 Need for Speed: Most Wanted",
  "preview_kind": "image",
  "preview_url": "https://awesomerea.org/previews/rockport-native-nfs-mw-case.jpg",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "community-reported-mixed-workflow",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "limits",
    "license"
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  "requirements": [
    "A legally obtained PAL SLES-53559 or NTSC-U SLUS-21351 disc image is required.",
    "The current playable native engine targets Apple Silicon macOS.",
    "About 140 functions called by disc Lua scripts remain unimplemented, according to the author.",
    "MIT License."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "需要合法取得的 PAL SLES-53559 或 NTSC-U SLUS-21351 光盘镜像。",
    "当前可玩的原生引擎面向 Apple Silicon macOS。",
    "作者称光盘 Lua 脚本调用的约 140 个函数仍未实现。",
    "采用 MIT 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "partial",
  "targets": [
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    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/pablonolascoo/nfs-mw-2005-ps2-port",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}