Stunts for sale!

[JTK]

I just found this at ebay: http://www.ebay.de/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=131902851196
A package of three games: Car & Driver, Test Drive II "The Duel" and - Mindscape's 4D SPORTS DRIVING!

[Cas]

Wow!  It looks really different from Stunts, but yes, it's one of the original distributions. It must include the manual from which the original DRM took the words. I would really like to see the original manual

[GTAManRCR]

Have you bought it Cas?
What's the version of 4D Sports Driving that has in the pack? Dec-13-1990, or Feb-25-1991?

[Daniel3D]

It must include the manual from which the original DRM took the words. I would really like to see the original manual

I've found the manuals of both versions online recently.

One (stunts) I found on http://www.goodolddays.net/file/file%2C1670/id%2C232/type%2Cdownloads/

The other on https://thecompany.pl/manual/472_4d_sports_driving-manual.pdf

[Daniel3D]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stunts-by-Distinctive-Software-IBM-3-5-Disks-1990-Unopened/164288524379?hash=item26405bf05b:g:IxAAAOSwO0xfDGev

Stunts on eBay.

[GTAManRCR]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Driving-Sport-4D-PC-Big-Box-Computer-Game-Complete-Vintage-CIB-Floppy-Disk/293777256448?hash=item44667d3000:g:X~MAAOSwPLhfgwv6
For PC

[JTK]

Whoa, expensive!

[JTK]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/193872919642 - 4D Stunts Driving, Amiga Version

[Overdrijf]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/193872919642 - 4D Stunts Driving, Amiga Version

Less than 4 days left, 1 euro bid.

I don't even have a floppy player anymore, I'm still probably going to bid on that if it doesn't go up.

Feel free to go for it yourself though (anyone).

[Daniel3D]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ITHistory-1990-IBM-Software-Stunts-Game-Broderbund-3-5-No-Manual/254848425972?hash=item3b56265ff4:g:AMAAAOSwOrNgEyRV

Stunts in US for sale,
only disks,. the 1990 version i think.

[GTAManRCR]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4D-Sports-Driving-Commodore-Amiga-1992-Distinctive-Software/184678116111?hash=item2affac6b0f:g:YfsAAOSwyd1gNQQo

4D Sports Driving v1.2 for Amiga

[GTAManRCR]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4D-Sports-Driving-Commodore-Amiga-1992-Distinctive-Software/184678116111?hash=item2affac6b0f:g:YfsAAOSwyd1gNQQo

4D Sports Driving v1.2 for Amiga

Why are PC versions rare?

[Cas]

I really don't know, but my guess is that, when Stunts came out, several platforms were more or less equally popular. In recent years, many people use DOSBox or have an old computer in which they can run Stunts for DOS, but few are familiar with other platform emulators or have those systems in comparison. So probably, the number of original boxes was more or less balanced back then between the platforms, yet now, they aren't.

Another possible explanation is that Stunts was significant among games that were released in the same year for DOS, but while it was available for other platforms, back then games were usually better for those platforms and then, Stunts was one among many. So it makes sense that people that remember Stunts in a DOS PC are more likely to want to have the original package today than the ones that met it in another platform, as it wasn't as memorable to them.

To do more than guessing, we would have to find out how many copies for each platform were actually sold back then.

[JTK]

Here we go: Mindscape's 4 D Sports Driving on 4 Floppy Disks 5, ¼", 100 % IBM PC compatible! https://www.ebay.de/itm/393224378991

[Cas]

52 Euros... It's reasonable for collection   Does the 4D Sports Driving manual have exactly the same contents as Stunts'?  I wonder