diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/hi/highscore-mednafen/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/hi/highscore-mednafen/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  meson,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  libhighscore,
+  zstd,
+  libchdr,
+  libvorbis,
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "highscore-mednafen";
+  version = "0-unstable-2025-12-28";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "highscore-emu";
+    repo = "mednafen-highscore";
+    rev = "58404782e3f69186c7be821a880cf1442b240f2f";
+    hash = "sha256-FXSfBAPpi+Ch9vuPQf6nqLMKxvrbXG+6F5HHaU9fs2s=";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = "${finalAttrs.src.name}/highscore";
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace-fail "run_command('git', 'describe', '--always', '--dirty', check: false).stdout().strip()" \
+        "'${finalAttrs.src.rev}'"
+  '';
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    meson
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    libhighscore
+    zstd
+    libchdr
+    libvorbis
+  ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater {
+    hardcodeZeroVersion = true;
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Port of Mednafen to Highscore";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/highscore-emu/mednafen-highscore";
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    inherit (libhighscore.meta) maintainers platforms;
+  };
+})