Planet Bob - Playing Stunt Car Racer (C64)

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The legendary Geoff Crammond (Revs / The Sentinel) strikes again with a racing game:

 

http://home.arcor.de/cybergoth/xype/stuntcarracer.gif

 

I barely feature any racing games in this series. They age ultra fast and usually they're a boring simulation of real-life sports. A very few qualify as video games though and some even manage stand the test of time.

 

Stunt Car Racer clearly is one of them. I played the Amiga version 20 years ago already, so I decided to have a look at the C64 version this time. The challenge of porting a game to the previous hardware generation will never lose it's fascination for me

 

And the C64 version is absolutely amazing. It showcases some of the fastest 3D graphics I've seen one the machine ever, doing filled polygons at a stunning speed. Of course it's not as fast as the Amiga version, but still incredibly playable.

 

The game is almost feature complete I think, it's only missing the 2-player link and I think the ability to record a race. IIRC the Amiga version did...

 

http://www.atariage.com/forums/blog/54/entry-7546-playing-stunt-car-racer-c64/