Stunt Car Racer

Do you remember the game Stunt Car Racer from 1989? It was available on Amiga, Commodore 64, and other computers at the time. It was awesome!! If you don't remember, then consider watching a longplay video of the game.

Now, somebody got hold of the original Amiga source code, converted it to C++, created a DirectX game, and put it on SourceForge (remember SourceForge?). This was an enormous achievement! However, I don't want to boot up a Windows machine (or a VM) to play the game. I want it on my mobile phone, on my iPad, on my son's Chromebook, in my own browser.

So I've been working on replacing the DirectX calls in the code with OpenGL calls, so that I can compile the whole thing with emscripten so that I get some HTML, some JavaScript, and some WebAssembly.

It's pretty far from being done! But you can play it here!.

You need a keyboard to play the game. Quick overview of controls:

• On the main menu:
  • 1-8: Switch between tracks.
  • S: Select current track.
• On the track preview page:
  • S: Start the game.
  • M: Back to the main menu.
• In the game:
  • Arrow keys: What you think they do.
  • Return key: Forward boost.
  • Space key: Backward boost.
  • P: Pause.
  • O: Unpause.
  • M: Back to the main menu.

I'm planning on adding some proper overlay with text and on-screen controls.

And I'm totally gonna spam the world with some blog posts at a later time!

But... enjoy!