Stunt Car Racer: 4 Open Source Clones Compared
stuntcarremake is explicitly a port of Stunt Car Racer Remake (a separate Windows remake also in this list) to Linux and OpenPandora, rather than a fresh implementation of the original game, and it also builds via Emscripten/WebAssembly to run in a browser; its Windows build has dynamic window resizing that its own Linux build lacks. Stunt Car Racer STE is a separate, unrelated experiment patching the unmodified original Atari ST game to use the STE's Blitter chip for select rendering routines — it isn't a standalone game and must be run inside the Hatari emulator's debugger with the original disk image, and it hasn't yet shown a measurable performance gain. The BBC Micro port, by contrast, is a full reverse-engineered reimplementation built from a Commodore 64 disassembly, with entirely new artwork drawn to fit the BBC hardware's palette limitations.
Comparison table
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Web, Linux
- Play in browser
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Sporadic
- Last updated
- 8mo ago
- Stars
- 105
- Contributors
- 7
- Engine
- SDL2
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- NoPort to Linux and other platforms using SDL/OpenGL, no original assets needed.
Availability
- Status
- —
- Platforms
- Atari
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Halted
- Last updated
- 5y ago
- Stars
- 23
- Contributors
- 1
- Engine
- —
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- YesRequires the standard unmodified Stunt Car Racer game disk image to be run in Hatari emulator and patched with binary overlays.
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- BBC Micro
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Halted
- Last updated
- 5y ago
- Stars
- 19
- Contributors
- 3
- Engine
- —
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- NoReverse engineered from disassembly with new graphics, sound, and I/O routines written specifically for BBC hardware.
Availability
- Status
- Playable
- Platforms
- Windows
- Play in browser
- No
- Mobile
- No
Project health
- Development status
- Not tracked
- Last updated
- Not tracked
- Stars
- Not tracked
- Contributors
- Not tracked
- Engine
- Not tracked
Compatibility
- Requires original assets
- —
| Title | stuntcarremake | Stunt Car Racer STE | Stunt Car Racer | Stunt Car Racer Remake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Playable | — | Playable | Playable |
| Platforms | Web, Linux | Atari | BBC Micro | Windows |
| Play in browser | No | No | No | |
| Mobile | No | No | No | No |
| Project health | ||||
| Development status | Sporadic | Halted | Halted | Not tracked |
| Last updated | 8mo ago | 5y ago | 5y ago | Not tracked |
| Stars | 105 | 23 | 19 | Not tracked |
| Contributors | 7 | 1 | 3 | Not tracked |
| Engine | SDL2 | — | — | Not tracked |
| Compatibility | ||||
| Requires original assets | NoPort to Linux and other platforms using SDL/OpenGL, no original assets needed. | YesRequires the standard unmodified Stunt Car Racer game disk image to be run in Hatari emulator and patched with binary overlays. | NoReverse engineered from disassembly with new graphics, sound, and I/O routines written specifically for BBC hardware. | — |
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Known limitations
- platform: Linux builds use fixed resolution (800x480 or 640x480); dynamic window resizing is only available on Windows.
- compatibility: Patches must be manually loaded into the Hatari debugger and overlaid on the original game; no standalone runnable disk image exists yet.
- performance: Blitter optimizations have not yet shown tangible performance improvements despite implementation.
Frequently asked questions
Are the Stunt Car Racer clones on this page open source?
Yes — every clone catalogued here is an open-source project. Availability, license, and development-status details for each one are listed in the comparison table above.
Do I need to own the original Stunt Car Racer to play these clones?
stuntcarremake and Stunt Car Racer run standalone, no original files needed; Stunt Car Racer STE requires original game assets to play.
Can I play any of these Stunt Car Racer clones directly in a browser?
Yes — stuntcarremake has a browser-playable build linked in the comparison table above, no install required.
See the full write-up for each clone, or go back to Stunt Car Racer.