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> Brøderbund was the publisher of "Stunts", but not the developer. The developer was Distinctive Software Inc. This is literally the first thing I write in the
by alberto-m 1y ago
> Brøderbund was the publisher of "Stunts", but not the developer. The developer was Distinctive Software Inc.
This is literally the first thing I write in the article :-) I also link to a video about DSI's story which in my opinion deserves more views.
Test Drive III being developed by a different company explains why that game is visionary but fundamentally broken, while DSI's creations are still fun to play.
- op00to 1y agoI loved TD3 as much as I loved stunts. I never thought it was fundamentally broken, but as a 10ish year old kid, you take what you can get.
- alberto-m 1y agoMaybe you had exactly the right CPU for it? On my old computer TD3 run ~3x faster than it should have because the devs forgot to implement the game clock calibration, an unforgivable sin for a 1990 game. On top of that the steering sensitivity was completely off. Ross Scott made an excellent review of the game, illustrating its problems as well as its memorable design ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zZZn8wy4E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68zZZn8wy4E
- jama211 1y agoReading the article before commenting is too hard apparently! Fantastic article btw