Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of?

Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by dreadnaut on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:09PM (#33697268)

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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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by golergka on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:42PM (#33697651)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by an_aparallel on Monday November 21, 2022 @08:39PM (#33700721)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by sixtram on Monday November 21, 2022 @03:16PM (#33697355)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by mysterydip on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:32PM (#33701028)

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!

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by ahurmazda on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @12:38AM (#33702421)

Did anyone find the dang manual :D

Oh the memories!

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by sph on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @04:58AM (#33704006)

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 :)

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by dreadnaut on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @02:33PM (#33710183)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by krallja on Friday November 25, 2022 @11:34PM (#33749999)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by Markoff on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:09AM (#33704084)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of? by snvzz on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @07:53AM (#33718567)

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

Much thanks for letting us know.

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