Stunt Island | Game Review

[@RMCRetro]

Thanks for watching. System refurbs will continue as usual but lets take some time out to enjoy them, and that's what I plan to do more of in 2018. This is played on our T2T 486 PC and captured directly from the system. All feedback gratefully received as always as well as your memories of this cracking game. Neil - RMC.

[@thecaptain2281]

That looked like a boat-load of fun! Like Pilot-Wings but taken to the Nth degree. Very nice!

[@oncameramastery]

I would like to make a formal complaint about this video - Due to your skills of excellent description and demonstration I am now in the untenable position of having yet another excellent looking game on my ‘must play’ list. My sleep is reduced, I barely have time to eat, work has become an inconvenience, and my family are considering staging an intervention! Next time you wish to create an excellent video which brilliantly highlights a top quality title, will you please spare a thought for us, the disheveled, underfed, antisocial hermits out there who’s lives will be further disrupted by increased retro game play addiction! 😉

[@RMCRetro]

dr-nerd the kettle is always on in the cave for dwellers who have lost their way. May your base memory remain high and your blaster be set sir, be well.

[@oncameramastery]

Ah, a Nerd mantra, you bring great light to darkness, or rather, you increase the magnitude E relitive to v where h is constant: E=hv

[@wkeil1981]

RetroManCave no one played this more than me, no one

[@philscomputerlab]

Awesome! I have such good memories of this game. Such a unique concept for its time. Great seeing you cover it :D

[@jrherita]

I distinctly remember getting this game (upload to my BBS....) and then my parents asking me why I was up so early, not realizing I stayed up all night playing this game..

[@Athomeintheshed]

Such fond memories of this game, forgotten all about it thanks for jogging my memory🙏

[@simulacrae]

Yes, stunt island and Johnny castaway is ny 90s.

[@swampjajc]

Superb video, I spent days even weeks of my youth creating films in Stunt Island to show my college friends. Your video bought back a lot of great memories.

[@retrobsolete7491]

Thanks for this video. I absolutely adored Stunt Island back in the day, and spent many hours playing it with a good friend of mine who unfortunately passed away several years ago. So the game holds many special memories for me above and beyond its own merits. I'm fortunate enough to have a copy in my collection as well.

[@RMCRetro]

Retrobsolete you're welcome and thank you for watching. It's interesting how strongly we can attach experiences with games to specific people or places and enjoy the memories of them as much as the games themselves. A very powerful medium.

[@flintsteel7]

Absolutely!

[@DougArmknecht]

Thanks for the awesome review! Really neat to see the original box, manual, and maps. It was fun to see you highlight the "gloriously 90s" website, which I created back in 1996. I was a founding member of SIFA, although my feature film "Pittjet" couldn't compare to Labor Day, Truck Wars, ID5, etc. Funny thing, Stunt Island got me into filmmaking which I still am involved with today.

[@RetroGraty]

When games used to come with instructions. Hard cover box and illustrations

[@krashd]

And maps and novel anti-piracy measures. I miss the Mix n' Mojo wheel that came with Monkey Island 2 where you had to match two ingredients if you wanted to play the game, Alan Turing would never have been able to crack that shit!

[@_Braised]

As someone who sunk an ungodly number of hours into Driver's replay editor- it breaks my heart to think I was spending all my time in '93 in Flight Simulator when this game was out there too. I only found out about it a year or two ago and I'm desperately trying to see as many user-created SI films as possible, especially those that were featured on SIFA. Sadly something always goes wrong with emulated versions of the game or even the re-release on GOG.com. As you've got the real deal running on the actual hardware in a way that you can somehow record- would it be possible for you to put some of these SI films up on youtube? I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd love to see those retro mini-movies once more...

[@GadgetUK164]

Played this a fair bit on the old 486! Was quite the sandbox crash simulator of the time. I enjoyed crashing planes into each other lol

[@PikaStu666]

I loved this game back in the day, great graphics and variety. However I could never get to grips with the editing controls, so apart from producing some very basic “scenes” I just flew around a lot 👍

[@JoseRivera-li8tr]

This is one of those childhood games I will never forget. So many fond, and some absolutely hilarious memories playing this game with friends and coming up with ridiculous scenarios to pull off

[@StuntIslandCentral]

I have started a channel featuring Stunt Island content, mostly the hundreds of user films created in the decade after SI's release. Thanks for keeping Stunt Island alive online. You can find the movies on my channel, and I am adding more each week.

[@cms1138]

How on earth did this game pass me by? Looks awesome!

[@mrtiff99]

I wanted to play this game so much back in the day, but alas I owned an Amiga 500. By the time I got my first PC I had long forgotten about this gem. Great review thanks.

[@randywatson8347]

Good times, good times. I have fond memories playing this on my old 80286 pc. It was quite a 3D sandbox/openworld game for it's time. Yup it runs on a 80286

[@RMCRetro]

+Synthusiast I'm surprised it ran and even more that it was playable. Thanks for sharing.

[@KBoomEnte]

I m not shure if this was on my 286... but i think it was after i switched from hercules to vga. It had a 20mb hard drive and i can remember i had to make lots of space for the game and had a great time.

[@jaxmk1]

I mean at a time where pixelated graphics were top of the line such ambition in a game on floppy disc, I am speechless. All those commands and setting up things with sound effect and then editing I can't imagine what feeling it give the players back then, you come out of the room really feeling like a Director and a stuntman. I am quite sure if you ask someone from today's generation if such ambition game was possible on a computer that is slower then your Microwave today, and on only 9 floppy disc not even a ducking CD. Thank you for showing us this game.

[@mrlurchAU]

Very cool. I'm going to have to hunt this one down. Looks like the original Stunt Island is on GOG. Still get akick out of seeing my name in the end credits :)

[@thecontentfactory8957]

I'd love a video about MDK, spotted that on your shelf! Hope 2018 is going well for you. Best wishes (PS nice cave!)

[@user-yl4lf9mh1w]

I still remember finding this game at the malls computer store.... it was magical.

[@therushden]

Great review cave man. 25 years ago, I must be old. Keep up the good work 👍👏

[@paulc7107]

Total classic. I’ve spent many many hours on this game

[@valkyrie321]

Thank you so much for making this. So many fond memories.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I remember this game very well. Thankfully we had the Sound Source to go with it. I have so ma y find memories of this game. I remember having tons of fun, even while crashing and failing the challenges. Thanks for covering this gem. I especially e joyed the doctor telling us all the broken bones after wrecking.

[@andersdenkend]

That duck is indeed quite a funny thing. Great video, instantly subscribed.

[@interghost]

Good review mate. I've not heard of this title but I'm sure I would had wasted many an hour in making short movies on it if I had it as a kid! Loving your review area too with the crate back drop. Looks very pro. Keep up the good videos ;)

[@Insertdiskgames]

Great stuff, I spent many hours spent tinkering around with this one back on my Pentium 133mhz. Thanks for showing off your skills with the duck.

[@MechaFenris]

I think those old style sandbox games were the best of the era... because they were trying new things. :)

[@Rip-Van-Tinkle]

I'm not sure how, but I have totally missed this game the first time around! This looks great fun, and loving the bits of humour... that's very much up my alley. Plus, if it's good enough for Michael Jackson, well it's good enough for me 😂

[@krashd]

I've never heard of it either, but I kept hold of my Amiga until 1995 so that explains it, by the time I told my newsagent to stop reserving Amiga Power for me and start reserving PC Gamer I was two years to late.

[@gugplaus1141]

And I only contemplated buying it...had red baron installed on the 386 i bought second hand. That one also let you save and edit movies. The only original games I bought were test drive (long and embarrassing story) and... Comanche! Super ugly "sprites" but the landscape...

[@reggiep75]

Mmmm... Crispy and crunchy retro graphics.

[@mymidschoollife8485]

One of the best games ever made. I spent hours on this !

[@DubiousEngineering]

Love infogrames games! ... ALONE IN THE DARK! - OMG THATS A DUCKING NICE JS!.... Stunt Island actually looks great... I wish I had played as a kid!

[@alklazaris3741]

I gotta say looking back at games like this, "Streets of Sim City" being another example, of just how much money my parents must have sunk into having a good PC.

[@memadmax69]

WOW! The memories with this game and all the associated material lol. One tip: I would be nice if ur "On Air" box lit up in the video =)

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you for watching and enjoying it! The on air light has some LED's in it but they are so weak as to be completely useless. I may take it apart and stick something better inside as I agree it would look good lit up there.

[@memadmax69]

Another tip: Maybe a couple of CRT's in the background playing looped demos would add a nice 80s/90s feel to ur vids as well =)

[@richardwright1063]

Great review! I'm convinced to get this game now!

[@dannycivic02]

With all the great and not so great remakes/remasters going about I think this game remastered would be brilliant

[@RMCRetro]

I agree it would be a great choice for a remake

[@gugplaus1141]

Fantastic video. I meant to buy it but Comanche took over money- and timewise :))

[@RMCRetro]

Gug Plaus lovely lovely voxels. And the box too! Loved that series.

[@numinous2506]

This was such a unique game. I absolutely LOVED stuff like this. It was like a major upgrade from mario pant. Sandbox ftw

[@wanace]

Can't believe I never played this back in the day! I guess I was too stuck in to Aces of the Pacific to fly on Stunt Island. Thanks for the look.

[@jimmyholster]

I used to think this was a real place! haha looooooved this game.

[@AlexWitney]

Never played this, or many flight games. Need to get myself a joystick!

[@RMCRetro]

alex & emily I love flight sims but they can get very complex, even in the 90s games like Falcon 3 had mammoth manuals to fly. Thanks as always for supporting the channel!

[@wkeil1981]

still have manual and floppy disks for this back from 93. i was obssessed with this

[@anthonykearney608]

I remember playing this on my 386 back in the day. Also bought it on gog recently

[@C4nn15]

Wait? I'm sure 1993 was pretty much the time period that SoundBlaster was ruling the roost, as most people I knew had a creative or compatible. The SB16 was already out by then.

[@RMCRetro]

Warren Ferguson it was pretty much a done deal hence "tightened its grip" but there were still challengers like the sound source working to different standards. The game also supports the MT32 which I'm sure sounds good. Hope you liked the trip

[@C4nn15]

Was a pretty nostalgic trip :-). I remember a lot of games from this era and the polygons, oh the polygons :-). Yeah MT-32 was nice, my stepdad who had a friend with one and we went over to his house and he put on Monkey Island... Oh my, and then the Ghostbusters game and it sounded like the movie. I guess for me 1993 was already solidly Creative as I had an SB Pro2, my stepdad an SB16, my friend as well and another with some generic one that worked the same.

[@Tossphate]

This game was outstanding, your copy looks absolutely mint

[@RMCRetro]

I loved it and as you can probably tell I enjoyed revisiting it, although I spent a lot more time just flying around than video editing. My copy is probably an 8/10 - mint contents but sun faded on one side of the box.

[@itsaPIXELthing]

Looks cool! Never heard of it! ;) Great video!

[@janneaalto3956]

That gouraud-shading :3

[@HistoricNerd]

God I loved this game as a kid and it's like 20 floppy discs...edit* I guess it was just 6...I remembered there being alot more.

[@venares76]

Great quality stuff my man.

[@RMCRetro]

Thank you Mr Fancy Pants

[@wkeil1981]

loved this game as a kid

[@ITTom]

Remake of Stunt Island on GTA engine would be a smashing hit today.....

[@AnimalFacts]

Good stuff ❤️👍

[@rasz]

Whoa, nice set!

[@RMCRetro]

You could be referring to many things but I thank you regardless :D

[@tokyophonic9461]

P-38 Lightning! My favorite.

[@dragongamer2670]

Yeah one of my Favorite Games of All Time - ahead of its time in more ways then one. Kinda wish Disney would get back into stuff like this or Game Developers. Just a shame most game companies just want to milk and not let people be creative. Only company doing games like this is Media Molecule

[@aaldrich1982]

Without wing flaps how do the ducks take off?

[@RMCRetro]

Andy Aldrich some kind of force coming from the rear end perhaps?

[@dowekeller]

The average duck doesn't have high enough wing loading to require flaps. ;-P

[@jasoncowley4718]

Gouraud shading!

[@lofi-guy]

I'm sure I have this game stuffed in a box in the Garage somewhere

[@nathandivino]

I never played it, but will give it a try. Cheers

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

I'd kill for a source-port or something for Stunt Island, I want to get lost in that world again for a while. But with an upgrade kind of like C&C Remastered!

[@PayrollTips]

I was trying to remember the name of the game Interphase! I dont know how I recognised it was the one, but it was :)

[@RMCRetro]

PayrollTips I remember playing a demo of it an aweful lot and enjoying the atmosphere of it but never played the full game

[@PayrollTips]

The demo was enough. I don't think I ever made it past level 1, or even worked out how to play the game properly. But the fast graphics, sound effects and going from 3D to blueprint gameplay did stick in my mind as one of my favorite ST games. Now I know the name of the game, I may go and give it another try...

[@ALIENiAM]

i could still beat my head for throwing away all the Original Games from the past...from Dragonflight to TFX, Falcon, Amberstar, MonkeyIsland or WINGS and also THIS awesome Game...would be nice to have them packed in a board here. But damn, this Gameconcept redone with 2019 Graphics and Physics, with CloudServerBased Feature where everybody can share and test out the Stages of other players, and rank them and also with an ingame Video Editing easy to use to make the BEST OF Scenes....damn, i am sure it would sell good... But before that i want a DRAGONFLIGHT Remake :D

[@Marc42]

Such great memories!

[@Alianger]

What were you playing it on?

[@Daud76]

I loved this game! I remember my older brother and his friend typed in a secret code at the beginning of the game that disabled the copy protection. Anyone else rememebr how it was done? 🤔

[@KlingonCaptain]

Just found this game complete in box for $1.99 at Goodwill.

[@gainonten4031]

great looks smooth

[@kyleolson8977]

Alone in the Dark is not the inspiration for Resident Evil, it's coincidence. Alone in the Dark may play similarly, and development did start after Alone in the Dark, but the game started as a sequel to the 1989 game Sweet Home, which was 2D but was a horror game with similar themes that was released three years before Alone in the Dark. A haunted house horror game. Sweet Home was a movie license, Capcom did not have the rights anymore, so they needed their own IP rather than creating Sweet Home 3D or Sweet Home Solid or whatever. Outside of the theme, the main similarities to Alone in the Dark have to do with how developers poorly handled cameras in early 3D games. The gameplay of Resident Evil is far more action oriented. Alone in the Dark's similarity to Resident Evil was rediscovered by the internet at some point, and since it came first it was declared the father of the unrelated Resident Evil through years of the internet telephone game repeating of facts.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

DID Videos EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON EF2000 TACTCOM has to be played. sorry for shouting that is the way it is on the box.

[@RMCRetro]

THIS IS A VERY OLD VIDEO YOU MAY LIKE kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpi7cqageKp1n6M WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

It is just the way the box art is printed on the box

[@raymondyee2008]

I got this from gog but without a joystick it’s impossible to play.

[@andrewdupuis1151]

I brought this game on gog about year ago

[@infinitecanadian]

You really should fix that table. I daresay that it looks like it will fall - complete with anything on it.

[@RMCRetro]

Bit of a wobble on there wasn't there! I have a lovely looking reclaimed wood workbench coming so this is just a temporary table. The new one should be much more solid and less "Swedish furniture warehouse"

[@infinitecanadian]

RetroManCave Lol. Yeah; you just don't want a nice CRT to go by the board because of a cheap table.

[@RMCRetro]

One step at a time :D We've come a long way in the last 6 months

[@kylemassey4060]

Any modern games similar to this?

[@kylemassey4060]

Not flying sim but stunt focused

[@wkeil1981]

do janes usnf 97

[@donpalmera]

I think you video the footage and then dub audio over it? It seems a bit weird when the things you're doing in the video don't match the narration well.

[@RMCRetro]

+donpalmera on cam I'm not dubbed (face) everything else I narrate for the best quality audio. I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@speedwolf]

8:18 Duck the Police

[@d2factotum]

Surely if the duck can lay eggs it's a "she", not a "he"? :)

[@RMCRetro]

A duck can be whatever it dreams to be :D

[@d2factotum]

True, which probably explains why she can fly at 65mph as well!

[@RMCRetro]

And why the eggs are 3 times the size of the body!

[@chedarmentosbrown5922]

"it's so big..."

[@RMCRetro]

They call it the ThrustMaster

[@chedarmentosbrown5922]

Stunt Island is on GoG. Do you have an affiliate link?

[@RMCRetro]

I don't, but I understand you can make and curate games lists on there with affiliate links so I think I may build one and add the games I review to it, if people think that's a good idea

[@tech-5231]

this game had run perfect on my 386/40mhz back then. so its 386 gaming.

[@RMCRetro]

Tech- 52 How about we settle on DOS gaming? :D I'm playing it on a 486 hence the title. Hope you enjoyed the trip.

[@GadgetUK164]

Yeah, I think I ran it original on a 386 too, but it was at that point when the 486 was becoming affordable and I think you could have easily played it on either system tbh.

[@randywatson8347]

It ran on a 80286. Mine was 20mhz and was playable.