Re: Know what I'd like to see?

In message <MPG.1357d25947bb48e39896ba@news> John Bradley <[email hidden]> wrote: > I'd love to see someone do a modern 'stunt' racer, a la "Stunts" or > "Stunt Car Racer" (?), or one of the "Hard Drivin'" arcade games (was it > called "Stunt Drivin'"? Don't remember.) I always thought those games were too hard! :-) What about Revs, the Formula 3 simulator for the BBC Microcomputer? It was written by, you guessed it, Geoff Crammond, and published by Acornsoft. -- Richard. "I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand."

Ya.. Only game i know thats even close to that is ReVolt..... I dont even though thats close (never played it)

Oh yes, a remake of Stunt Car Racer would be a dream come true. I still play it with my Amiga emulator :) Andre On Fri, 07 Apr 2000 16:07:10 GMT, John Bradley <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'd love to see someone do a modern 'stunt' racer, a la "Stunts" or >"Stunt Car Racer" (?), or one of the "Hard Drivin'" arcade games (was it >called "Stunt Drivin'"? Don't remember.) > >But with all the modern goodies: 3d acceleration, semi-realistic >physics, huge bloated 500MB installation :), etc. > >I played Stunts for *years* back in the day (along with my other favorite >of the time, "Car & Driver"), and it'd be a blast to play a game like >that again. Time has not been kind to unaccelerated VGA games, and it's >just as well, given the general inability to run said beasts on modern >computers. (Unless you *like* mucking around with DOS compatibility >settings...) > >Yes, "PowerSlide" covers some of the same ground, and is certainly a >blast in it's own right, but I'd rather drive 'real' cars around on paved >roads; albeit paved roads with largely-inexplicable loops & jumps! > >One of the coolest things about Stunts was the built-in track layout >editor. A modern version should have one of those, too. :) > >--John Bradley

Jan Verschueren wrote:

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> > You should give it a try... very nice "in between" racer. > > Jan. > =--- > Tony StewartNo20 <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Ya.. Only game i know thats even close to that is ReVolt..... I dont even > > though thats close (never played it)

I'll second that one. ReVolt is a real hoot! -- Chuck Kandler #70 K&S Racing http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 Competitor in the TopGear MGPRS2 league at: http://topgear.dhs.org/ Come on & join the fun! They'll call you names And spit in your face, But legends never die. --Gene Simmons

You should give it a try... very nice "in between" racer. Jan. =--- Tony StewartNo20 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ya.. Only game i know thats even close to that is ReVolt..... I dont even > though thats close (never played it)

Have you seen this? http://www.avault.com/previews/preview_temp.asp?game=stunt Lutrell John Bradley wrote in message ... >I'd love to see someone do a modern 'stunt' racer, a la "Stunts" or >"Stunt Car Racer" (?), or one of the "Hard Drivin'" arcade games (was it >called "Stunt Drivin'"? Don't remember.) > >--John Bradley

>What about Revs, the Formula 3 simulator for the BBC Microcomputer? It was >written by, you guessed it, Geoff Crammond, and published by Acornsoft.Yeah, good old Revs. Amazing what GC could pull out of a 2Mhz 6202 processor, I think. Sometimes when I get nostalgic(?) I dust off my old beeb for a nice game of Revs. Revs and Elite was truly two amazing games for the beeb. See you, Jesper (dusting off his old beeb again :-)