<s>
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
(	O
published	O
as	O
Stunt	B-Application
Track	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Geoff	O
Crammond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1989	B-Application
by	O
MicroProse	O
,	O
under	O
their	O
MicroStyle	O
and	O
MicroPlay	O
labels	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
racing	O
games	O
and	O
games	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
with	O
many	O
calling	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
such	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turbo	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
car	O
go	O
faster	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
in	O
each	O
race	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
compete	O
against	O
computer	O
opponents	O
or	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
with	O
another	O
player	O
using	O
two	O
computers	O
connected	O
via	O
a	O
null	O
modem	O
cable	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
TV	O
or	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
direct	O
head-to-head	O
racing	O
between	O
players	O
is	O
also	O
made	O
possible	O
by	O
pairing	B-Application
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
computer	I-Device
with	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
computer	O
via	O
the	O
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
developer	O
Geoff	O
Crammond	O
spent	O
three	O
years	O
developing	O
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
,	O
his	O
second	O
car-based	O
title	O
after	O
Revs	B-Application
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
suggested	O
after	O
a	O
magazine	O
interview	O
with	O
Crammond	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
 '	I-Application
,	O
but	O
he	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
seen	O
it	O
only	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
months	O
of	O
his	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
impact	O
on	O
its	O
outcome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visually	O
,	O
the	O
difference	O
between	O
the	O
early	O
8-bit	O
and	O
later	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
releases	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
latter	O
use	O
a	O
system	O
for	O
plotting	O
polygons	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
solid	O
fill	O
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
key	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
besides	O
racing	O
head-to-head	O
on	O
two	O
linked	O
computers	O
,	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
can	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
computer	O
via	O
the	O
same	O
RS-232	O
serial	O
port	O
on	O
both	O
machines	O
for	O
cross-platform	B-Application
play	I-Application
,	O
owing	O
to	O
Crammond	O
's	O
experience	O
with	O
outputting	O
data	O
for	O
his	O
other	O
game	O
,	O
Aviator	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
ports	O
of	O
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
were	O
programmed	O
by	O
Pete	O
Cooke	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Tim	O
Ansell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
Power	O
Play	O
cartridge	O
together	O
with	O
Rick	B-Application
Dangerous	I-Application
and	O
MicroProse	B-Application
Soccer	I-Application
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
C64	B-General_Concept
Games	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
platforms	O
to	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
were	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
both	O
programmed	O
by	O
Crammond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
was	O
rumored	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
long-awaited	O
sequel	O
,	O
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
Pro	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
April	O
2003	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
never	O
came	O
to	O
fruition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amstrad	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
Computing	O
International	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
vector	O
graphics	O
on	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
computer	O
not	O
well	O
recognised	O
for	O
its	O
library	O
of	O
decent	O
3D	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
controls	O
and	O
the	O
difficulty	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
hybrid	O
of	O
Hard	B-Application
Drivin	I-Application
and	O
Power	B-Application
Drift	I-Application
,	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
ideas	O
of	O
its	O
own.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Amstrad	O
Action	O
defined	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
truly	O
stunning	O
racing	O
sim	O
"	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
ever	O
on	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
comparison	O
,	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
ports	O
were	O
generally	O
favorable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
side	O
,	O
Zero	O
lamented	O
the	O
port	O
's	O
lack	O
of	O
track	O
detail	O
and	O
limited	O
color	O
palette	O
,	O
but	O
otherwise	O
found	O
that	O
it	O
still	O
had	O
the	O
pace	O
and	O
gameplay	O
that	O
was	O
as	O
exhilarating	O
as	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
ST	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Editors	O
of	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
voted	O
Stunt	B-Application
Car	I-Application
Racer	I-Application
as	O
the	O
1989	B-Application
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
,	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
ranked	O
it	O
respectively	O
the	O
10th	O
,	O
the	O
11th	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
85th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
platforms	O
they	O
covered	O
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
likewise	O
named	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
15	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
