Stunt Island

WOW. I can't believe this game has been added to GOG. I still own all of the original 3 1/2" floppy disks, and I did install it on my new PC. For me, the original version does run, but getting sound to work was sort of a problem, so hoping this has been fixed with the GOG release. I even still own the original manual, which you needed at the time to get past the copy protection. I made Back to the future parts 4, 5 and 6 in Stunt Island aaaaaaaaaall those years ago, back in the 90's. Just used subtitles to show what each character was saying. Good times with this game.

First, the GOG version is not patched to remove the copy protection, so you're going to need to flip through the included PDF manual every single time you start the program to answer one of their stupid copy-protection questions. That inconvenience is actually a good indicator of what lies in store within the actual game because from what I remember of playing it on the real hardware back in the day, Stunt Island is a very powerful tool, but only worked for those willing to really put in the time to master its subtleties. That means it has a very niche audience. It isn't for everyone, that's for sure. But for the dedicated, its 45 planes and wide variety of locations together with its powerful editing tools make it way more than just a game. It's more like a religion. Also, it is still missing the Sea Duck from Disney's Talespin and that's a bug which sadly still hasn't been fixed 30 years later.

All the old glowing reviews were true, but the game simply does not work in Windows 10. Yes it may load, it crashes and or locks up, it crashes if you try and load many old films from before Windows 10. There is zero support for it, no one plays it now. All the fan sites and resources are gone. Many of the games controls don't work. You cannot bring up the joystick configuration with Alt+J as the manual tells you. It is a nightmare. You have been warned.