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I run a 22yo online competition for a 32yo DOS racing game: Stunts, or 4D Sports Driving in some countries. The competition has spawned a long-lived community which includes reverse engineering, game patches, new cars, alternative engines, a few world meetings, and multiple other competitions.

- https://zak.stunts.hu

- https://wiki.stunts.hu/wiki/Custom_cars

- https://forum.stunts.hu/index.php?board=90.0&label=stunts-re...

- https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-remarkable-community-ar...

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Stunts was one my favourite games around 93-95, I played it a lot. Another guy from Hungary.

Are you the Péter Ács referenced in the article, aka Zak Mckraken?

Because both Stunts and "Zak McKraken and the Alien Mindbenders" were my favourite games as a kid, and they're pretty much unknown to this day. The Mars face, the aliens with the long head at the telco, the kazoo, all etched deeply in my memory.

I love the fact that there is someone that has played and loved the two same niche DOS games as myself :)

Péter/Zak originally started the competition in 2001. I started helping out in 2012, and took over the main duties a few years later.

But indeed, that's Zak from the game! The favicon for the website is also a tiny version of the character's sprite.

I still have a Zak McKraken disk, and a Commodore 64 to run it. I really should go back and beat it some time...

I've seen this game mentioned countless times in the retro communities, but I never had it as a kid. Keen to give it a go, thanks!

Wow. I loved that game during my childhood. Had no clue it had an active community today!

Much thanks for letting us know.

It was my first computer game back in the early 90s! I wish I knew there were competitions around it.

+1 for stunts, every time i hear of it - puts a smile on my face :)

very cool, brings back memories from 90s when we played it with friends and made our own insane tracks

Did anyone find the dang manual :D

Oh the memories!

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