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Stunts - the Game => Stunts Questions => Topic started by: Daniel3D on March 17, 2022, 10:45:29 AM

Title: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Daniel3D on March 17, 2022, 10:45:29 AM
I came across a stunts site I didn't know, In itself not very special, but I'm not sure if I can find it again.
So since it is a bit of "active" (although not maintained) stunts history I thought to post it here.
But I could not find a topic about it.

https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~abatko/interests/stunts/ (https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~abatko/interests/stunts/) Last updated in 2002.
I think it was a part of a multipage personal site, but u have not been able to find any page referring to this one.
It seems to be an orphaned page.

Some interesting details on the short page:
Quote"It's a combination of a bitmap and 3-D polygon-type driving game..." -- Don Mattrick
QuoteKevin Pickell was the lead programmer, while Don Mattrick was the designer,

Does anyone else know of old stunts sites?
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: alanrotoi on March 17, 2022, 04:50:35 PM
The most complete old stunts site I know apart from Kalpen's is https://www.stuntsillusion.com/ by Neil McRae. A few months ago I googled about stunts sites and there is a stop about 12-15 years ago. Most of them are from early 2000's. Most of them in english but there are some in german. Also I searched in youtube and I found many but not that much :D.
Mark L. Rivers made a lot of great videos, Duplode, FinRok and Seeker too. There are more users but I don't know if they are/were in the community.
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Daniel3D on March 17, 2022, 06:46:27 PM
Quote from: alanrotoi on March 17, 2022, 04:50:35 PM
The most complete old stunts site I know apart from Kalpen's is https://www.stuntsillusion.com/ by Neil McRae.
For those who don't know.
http://stunts.kalpen.de/stunts.htm (http://stunts.kalpen.de/stunts.htm)
WELCOME TO KHR & JTK's WORLD OF STUNTS DRIVING
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Cas on March 18, 2022, 08:43:55 PM
I've just downloaded this little website and its tracks. It's interesting history!
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Daniel3D on March 21, 2022, 10:55:38 AM
I found an old review of STUNTS.
http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue20/misc/stunts.html (http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue20/misc/stunts.html)

QuoteSTUNTS does have a small number of bugs. The most notable is the infamous "overdrive" bug. This is essentially an "afterburner" for your racing car, or a tank of Nitrous Oxide that never runs out. "Overdrive" is really more of a feature than a bug, since it does make the game more fun to play (as you might imagine).
This review is Copyright (C) 1994 by David Leadbetter for Game Bytes Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Daniel3D on March 21, 2022, 11:05:27 AM
Found another retrospective from 2011. It mentiones ZakStunts but at the old address. I made a comment on that.  8)
https://www.forceforgood.co.uk/racing/4d-sports-driving-stunts/looking-back-stunts/ (https://www.forceforgood.co.uk/racing/4d-sports-driving-stunts/looking-back-stunts/)

QuoteWhat we said: "While 4DSD looks and feels like the ten-year-old game that it is, it remains a worthy and involving driving game, and if you can put up with the graphics and sound, chances are you'll find yourself giving it extended periods of your time, especially if you start using the construction kit."
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Daniel3D on March 21, 2022, 11:13:16 AM
This one is a bit interesting. I originally found his site because he made a YouTube video about the opponent AI.
On his site he just has a nice collection of tracks.
https://www.pixelships.com/misc/stunts.html (https://www.pixelships.com/misc/stunts.html)
This is the youtube video of just a year ago. So he is still playing i ghess.
https://youtu.be/kmP0uAxz8Dc (https://youtu.be/kmP0uAxz8Dc)
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Cas on March 23, 2022, 12:52:26 AM
I love the look of old websites. There was so much more art and creativity in them!  New sites are usually very slow and easily break depending on browser versions and plugins you use, while old ones work perfectly no matter what. Of course, our community's sites have preserved all that wonder :)
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: JTK on March 23, 2022, 03:36:43 PM
Quote from: Daniel3D on March 17, 2022, 06:46:27 PM
Quote from: alanrotoi on March 17, 2022, 04:50:35 PM
The most complete old stunts site I know apart from Kalpen's is https://www.stuntsillusion.com/ by Neil McRae.
http://stunts.kalpen.de/stunts.htm (http://stunts.kalpen.de/stunts.htm)
WELCOME TO KHR & JTK's WORLD OF STUNTS DRIVING

Best Webdesign ever! ;D ;D ;D

And please don't forget Lukas Loehrer's Websites, which of the remaining ones I was able to save: http://www.kalpen.de/luke/
Title: Re: Surviving active Stunts sites.
Post by: Daniel3D on March 23, 2022, 07:18:10 PM
I have not forgotten about them. But didn't mention it because you make an very nice mention on your site.