1993 Alpha

This is a sub-page of Proto:Stunt Race FX.

Watch on YouTubeWatch on YouTubeThe 1993 Alpha is a very early build of Stunt Race FX (at this point called "FX Trax") that appears to be a general driving test.

To do: How to compile the build? And where are the source files' directory? More differences, screenshots, etc. Info about the various test tracks.

General Differences#

• No mode, car, and track selection screen. The game starts a race immediately after continuing.
• Only one vehicle, the Formula One-like "F-Type", is available. The tires are also smaller.
• There appear to be only three tracks.
• The music and sounds are completely different. Some instrument samples are borrowed from Super Mario Kart and Super Mario World.
• 2-Player mode is accessed by holding Up and pressing Start on the title screen, though it seems to be unfinished: no sound effects are used, the 2P screen is identical to the 1P screen, and the title screen theme is used.

Race#

One major difference is that the tracks do not consist of a circle, but rather runs along a road that repeats itself after the finish line.

• Even when turning, the camera does not stay behind the car, but stays at a fixed angle to look along the route.
• There are no CPU drivers to compete against.
• There are no items to collect. The HUD includes gems, but it's not clear what their purpose would have been and they have no equivalent in the final.

Other differences:

• The boost meter refills automatically, as it does in 2-Player mode in the final.
• Pressing Select brings up a giant cartoony-looking glove that grabs the vehicle and puts it on the middle of the road. Nothing like this is present in the final.
• X makes the vehicle jump and Down lets the vehicle do a handstand.
• A debug function is available by holding Start. Pressing different directions on the D-Pad makes the vehicle float without the tires.
• Some buttons are assigned differently:
  • A accelerates as opposed to B.
  • B and Up boosts as opposed to A.