https://retrofoundry.itch.io/multistuntca
Stunt Car Racer is a 1989 racing game designed by Geoff Crammond, best known for its thrilling first-person stunt driving and dramatic elevated tracks. Players race powerful cars across rollercoaster-like courses filled with jumps, steep drops, and dangerous gaps, where one crash can end a run quickly. Its 3D graphics and physics felt impressive for the time, making it a memorable classic on systems like the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS.
When I was younger, one of the things I always wanted to try properly in Stunt Car Racer was the two-player null modem mode. Linking two machines together for head-to-head racing — but I never actually managed to get it working. It ended up becoming one of those features that was more exciting in theory than in my real experience of the game.
That stuck with me, so I decided to finally do something about it. Rather than chasing the original setup decades later, I modified StuntCarRemake to add split-screen support, which at last gives me a straightforward way to play two-player with friends on one machine. In a way, it is me finally getting the multiplayer Stunt Car Racer experience I wanted back then, just through a much more practical route.
I have also included a sort of “remote” two-player mode built around screen sharing. That one is a bit more experimental, and I am honestly not completely sure how reliable it will be in the wild. It depends on a direct peer-to-peer connection, and not every network setup is going to allow that cleanly. Still, I thought it was worth adding as an option, because when it does work it should make it possible to play together without needing to be in the same room.
So the split-screen mode is the main event, and the remote mode is more of a bonus feature to experiment with. If you do try the remote option, I would genuinely be interested to hear how well it worked for you. Let me know on Discord or in the comments whether you managed to get it running successfully or not.
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