Stunts - Revision history

Duplode: /* The game */ Link to list of cars

2024-09-18T05:17:41Z

The game: Link to list of cars

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	==The game==		==The game==

	On a big square area defined and surrounded by a fence you can race on a track (or off the track) in different [[~~:Category:Cars~~\|cars]], with either automatic or manual transmission. You can either race against the clock or choose between six different [[Opponents\|opponents]]. The goal is to go from start to finish as quickly as possible. A great thing about this game is that you do not have to race only the racing [[tracks]] that come with it: there is a built-in [[In-game editor\|track editor]] that allows you to design your own tracks with different track parts in a very simple way. The game is called ''Stunts'' because of special track parts such as [[loop]]s, [[corkscrew]]s, [[slalom road]]s and jumps (over tall buildings!). You can save every race you drive as a so-called [[replay]], and then watch them again and again afterwards from several different perspectives.		On a big square area defined and surrounded by a fence you can race on a track (or off the track) in different [[List of cars\|cars]], with either automatic or manual transmission. You can either race against the clock or choose between six different [[Opponents\|opponents]]. The goal is to go from start to finish as quickly as possible. A great thing about this game is that you do not have to race only the racing [[tracks]] that come with it: there is a built-in [[In-game editor\|track editor]] that allows you to design your own tracks with different track parts in a very simple way. The game is called ''Stunts'' because of special track parts such as [[loop]]s, [[corkscrew]]s, [[slalom road]]s and jumps (over tall buildings!). You can save every race you drive as a so-called [[replay]], and then watch them again and again afterwards from several different perspectives.

	==Stunts today==		==Stunts today==

Duplode: /* Running the game */ minor phrasing changes

2013-02-10T01:18:24Z

Running the game: minor phrasing changes

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	==Running the game==		==Running the game==

	Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an ~~alternate~~ approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], ~~the famous~~ DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on ~~provided~~ it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward - just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path is likely provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game. If you have an unpatched version without a manual, you can either [[download]] a cracked one or use the list of [http://downloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf ''Stunts'' copy protections answers].		Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an alternative approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], a well-known DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on as long as it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward: just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path likely being provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game. If you have an unpatched version without a manual, you can either [[download]] a cracked one or use the list of [http://downloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf ''Stunts'' copy protections answers].

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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2013-02-10T01:15:23Z

Running the game

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	==Running the game==		==Running the game==

	Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an alternate approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], the famous DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on provided it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward - just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path is likely provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game. If you have an unpatched version without a manual, you can [[download]] a cracked one ~~from this site~~ or use the list of [http://downloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf ''Stunts'' copy protections answers].		Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an alternate approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], the famous DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on provided it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward - just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path is likely provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game. If you have an unpatched version without a manual, you can either [[download]] a cracked one or use the list of [http://downloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf ''Stunts'' copy protections answers].

	== External links ==		== External links ==

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2013-02-10T01:13:49Z

Getting the game

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	==Getting the game==		==Getting the game==

	The '''[[Download]]''' article contains download links for multiple versions of Stunts. [[:Category:Competitions\|Competition]] sites also commonly provide Stunts packages, often attuned to the requirements of competition rules (for instance, picking a specific game version or including [[custom ~~car~~]]s).		The '''[[Download]]''' article contains download links for multiple versions of Stunts. [[:Category:Competitions\|Competition]] sites also commonly provide Stunts packages, often attuned to the requirements of competition rules (for instance, picking a specific game version or including [[custom cars]]).

	==Running the game==		==Running the game==

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2011-12-24T15:10:37Z

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	~~How could any~~ of this be ~~better stated?~~ It ~~cluodn~~'t.		'''Stunts''' is a racing game from the year 1990. The game was programmed by [[Distinctive Software\|DSI]] and published by [[Brøderbund]] in [[Game versions\|versions]] [[BB 1.0\|1.0]] and [[BB 1.1\|1.1]] for PC. At the same time, [[Mindscape]] released the game under the name '''[[4D Sports Driving]]''', in an alternate version 1.1 for PC and 1.2 for the [[Amiga]]. A final Japan-only release, labelled ''[[4D Driving 1.0]]'', would later be made for [[FM Towns]] and [[PC-9801]] systems. The game had fully-3D polygonal graphics, which were stunning and revolutionary at that time. The influence from the predecessor [[Test Drive]] (also developed by [[Distinctive Software\|DSI]]) was easy to spot because of the similar graphics and game structure.

			==The game==

			On a big square area defined and surrounded by a fence you can race on a track (or off the track) in different [[:Category:Cars\|cars]], with either automatic or manual transmission. You can either race against the clock or choose between six different [[Opponents\|opponents]]. The goal is to go from start to finish as quickly as possible. A great thing about this game is that you do not have to race only the racing [[tracks]] that come with it: there is a built-in [[In-game editor\|track editor]] that allows you to design your own tracks with different track parts in a very simple way. The game is called ''Stunts'' because of special track parts such as [[loop]]s, [[corkscrew]]s, [[slalom road]]s and jumps (over tall buildings!). You can save every race you drive as a so-called [[replay]], and then watch them again and again afterwards from several different perspectives.

			==Stunts today==

			Although the game obviously is more than 10 years old it is still greatly loved all over the world. Already in the middle of the nineties the first websites with information and downloads on Stunts were created. Close to the end of the 90’s, the game was first declared abandonware and then finally declared freeware by the game developers themselves, allowing many people to rediscover it. The game spread quickly over the internet because the game size is less than 1MB zipped, an important consideration back then.
			When the first online [[:Category:Competitions\|competitions]] (in which the competition master would receive race replays on specific tracks per email) started, the game began - considering its age - to boom. Up to this day, as the game approaches twenty years of existence, there is a solid worldwide Stunts [[:Category:Community\|community]]. Several competitions are active right now, and there are tens of [[Stunts websites]], a very lively [[Stunts Forum]]. Even [[World Stunts Meeting]]s became a reality, with three editions having been held as of now.

			==Getting the game==

			The '''[[Download]]''' article contains download links for multiple versions of Stunts. [[:Category:Competitions\|Competition]] sites also commonly provide Stunts packages, often attuned to the requirements of competition rules (for instance, picking a specific game version or including [[custom car]]s).

			==Running the game==

			Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an alternate approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], the famous DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on provided it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward - just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path is likely provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game. If you have an unpatched version without a manual, you can [[download]] a cracked one from this site or use the list of [http://downloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf ''Stunts'' copy protections answers].

			== External links ==

			* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunts_(video_game) Stunts at Wikipedia]

			[[Category:Game]]

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2011-12-23T11:29:34Z

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	~~Shoot, who would have thgohut that it was that easy~~?		How could any of this be better stated? It cluodn't.

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2011-12-23T04:28:48Z

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New page

Shoot, who would have thgohut that it was that easy?

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2011-05-13T11:21:50Z

Getting the game

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	==Getting the game==		==Getting the game==

	The '''[[Download]]''' article contains download links for multiple versions of Stunts. [[:Category:Competitions\|Competition]] sites also commonly provide Stunts packages, often attuned to the requirements of competition rules (for instance, picking an specific game version or including [[custom car]]s).		The '''[[Download]]''' article contains download links for multiple versions of Stunts. [[:Category:Competitions\|Competition]] sites also commonly provide Stunts packages, often attuned to the requirements of competition rules (for instance, picking a specific game version or including [[custom car]]s).

	==Running the game==		==Running the game==

Duplode: Made a proper "Getting the Game" section around PIGSgrame's link.

2011-02-28T02:00:36Z

Made a proper "Getting the Game" section around PIGSgrame's link.

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	When the first online [[:Category:Competitions\|competitions]] (in which the competition master would receive race replays on specific tracks per email) started, the game began - considering its age - to boom. Up to this day, as the game approaches twenty years of existence, there is a solid worldwide Stunts [[:Category:Community\|community]]. Several competitions are active right now, and there are tens of [[Stunts websites]], a very lively [[Stunts Forum]]. Even [[World Stunts Meeting]]s became a reality, with three editions having been held as of now.		When the first online [[:Category:Competitions\|competitions]] (in which the competition master would receive race replays on specific tracks per email) started, the game began - considering its age - to boom. Up to this day, as the game approaches twenty years of existence, there is a solid worldwide Stunts [[:Category:Community\|community]]. Several competitions are active right now, and there are tens of [[Stunts websites]], a very lively [[Stunts Forum]]. Even [[World Stunts Meeting]]s became a reality, with three editions having been held as of now.

	→ '''[[Download\|~~Download~~ the game]]~~'''~~		==Getting the game==

			The '''[[Download]]''' article contains download links for multiple versions of Stunts. [[:Category:Competitions\|Competition]] sites also commonly provide Stunts packages, often attuned to the requirements of competition rules (for instance, picking an specific game version or including [[custom car]]s).

	==Running the game==		==Running the game==

PIGSgrame at 23:47, 12 January 2011

2011-01-12T23:47:08Z

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	==Running the game==		==Running the game==

	Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an alternate approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], the famous DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on provided it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward - just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path is likely provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game.		Back in the early nineties, Stunts was made to be runnable on a wide assortment of computers - even the lowly XT's were fair game! Nowadays, players often face the opposite problem of making an old game run under modern hardware/software, and Stunts is no exception. Purists will of course prefer playing on their legacy 386/486 machines, or at least from an actual DOS OS using a bootdisk, but that option gets more and more inconvenient as the years go by. Old Windows 95 and 98 systems have access to MS-DOS, but XP and above have poor DOS emulation for our purposes, leading to lack of sound, slowdowns and other glitches. Fortunately, there is an alternate approach thanks to [[DOSBox]], the famous DOS emulator. It allows Stunts to run virtually flawlessly under not only XP and Vista but also Linux, Mac OS, etc. People with slow computers may have some trouble on getting it to work well, but in general it allows an enjoyable playing experience under any machine from ''circa'' 2002 on provided it is properly configured (you can find advice and sample setups on that on the [[DOSBox]] article). Anyway, once you settle for a method of running the game, starting it is straightforward - just run SETUP.EXE once so you can switch between Sound Blaster and PC Speaker sound if you wish and then run the executable - most likely one of the patched executables that bypass the [[security system]], the actual path is likely provided in a readme or on the site from where you got the game. If you have an unpatched version without a manual, you can [[download]] a cracked one from this site or use the list of [http://downloads.pigsgrame.de/stunts-css.pdf ''Stunts'' copy protections answers].

	== External links ==		== External links ==