Fly it!        Film it!           Edit it!              Distribute it! Perhaps the most creative piece of software ever devised, unsurpassed in its abilities - Stunt Island (SI) is still hard to beat and really fun at every level!

	SI Harbor Quick Info. Center
What is Stunt Island?	Stunt Island (SI) is/was a software program developed by Adrian Stephens of The Assembly Line and published by Walt Disney Computer Software, Inc. in 1992. The following text is from the back of the box: "Fly it. Film it. Edit it. Stunt Island sets the new standard for simulations, combining a first-rate flight simulator with an extraordinary Hollywood film-making module. Play STUNT ISLAND as a campaign, where you compete 32 challenging stunt flying assignments. Or let your imagination run wild as you create your own action-packed films! STUNT ISLAND was developed with the assistance of top Hollywood producers, stunt coordinators, set designers, and pilots. It's the only flight simulator offering you a "crash course" on Hollywood!"
What does the box say about FLYING?	"Do things you've never done before with a flight simulator - land on moving trains, play chicken with a truck on a crowded street, or pluck an escaping convict off a tower on Alcatraz island. Choose any of 45 carefully crafted military and civilian aircraft, beautifully rendered with Gouraud shading. Fly in the stunt competition, or create and fly your own stunts."
What does the box say about FILMING?	"Position up to 8 cameras to capture all the action. Place cameras on moving cars or even in a spotter plane, using your pan and zoom to stay right with the scene. Choose the location, STUNT ISLAND is a huge self-contained 3-D world featuring 34 pre-built sets (large cities, small towns, a castle, LAX, a canyon, and much much more. Or build your own set from an inventory of more than 800 objects, famous landmarks and vehicles. Set vehicles in motion, trigger explosions, fire missiles... you have complete control over all the action."
What does the box say about EDITING?	"With film footage in hand, head for the editing facility, where you'll cut and splice the best camera angles into your action-packed film. Add music, sound, optical effects, credits, even your own voice-over. Existing stunts come with an auto edit feature to help you learn the ropes. Then set the date for your Hollywood premiere".
Do other people need to have the Stunt Island program to see movies I create?	No, not at all. You simply supply an easy to use, free to distribute, player utility that is about 200k with your movie. And viewers only need to get the SI player once.(It also runs perfectly in DOSBOX.) These days however, most people will screen capture the player output to an MP4 file, then use it with a video editor, before placing on YouTube or another website.
What aircraft can you fly in Stunt Island?	Bristol Bulldog (Mk IIA) Curtiss JN Jenny Curtiss June Bug Fokker DR. I Sopwith Camel Sopwith Triplane Messerschmitt Bf 109G Messerschmitt Bf 110 F4U Corsair Junkers Ju 87D Stuka Junkers Ju 88A Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen P-38 Lightning P-51D Mustang Spitfire A-10 Thunderbolt A-6E Intruder B-2 Stealth Bomber E-3 AWACS F-117A Stealth (Fighter) F-15C Eagle F-16C Falcon F-4E Phantom F-86 Sabre F/A - 18 Hornet Hawk Lockheed TR-1 Lockheed U-2 (Spy Plane) MiG-15 (UTI) Midget MiG-25 Foxbat MiG-29 Fulcrum Mirage 2000 SR-71A Blackbird Topolev TU-142 Bear Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Boeing 747 Douglas DC-10 Beechraft Bonanza V-35 Cessna 172 (Skyhawk) Hang Glider Learjet 60 Paraglider Piper Cherokee Pitts Special Space Shuttle Anything else can be made to fly...(It will fly with a generic flight envelope)
Wow, that's a pretty impressive list. Are you telling me each aircraft has its own distinct flight envelope and characteristics?	Yup. Well, kinda - to be honest. Remember this is an early flight sim, but they tried their best and the flight envelopes are indeed different.
What about different cockpit interiors?	Yeah, so there are several different types depending on what type of aircraft you're in. Some look great, others... umm, not so much.
Do you wish you could have said something to the developers and programmers?	I sure do! I would say: "Guys, the thing is awesome - thanks so much for all your time, effort, dedication, and sheer genius." A special thanks to the fantastic abilities of Adrian Stephens. Wow, he may just be the best programmer of all time - best assembly programmer on the planet! THANK YOU SIR! This section is really a tribute to their effort...
I heard that older DOS flight simulators were tricky to get to run... Does SI run on newer systems?	Yes, It actually runs superb in DOSBox 0.74 with no issues other than you have to adjust the default speed of the emulation up.
How do I get it...I MUST HAVE IT!	Well, it's usually always available at around $25 for the full game on eBay. An inferior earlier version of SI... is currently available for a price at two major gaming platform sites. It used to be available free on many abandonware sites, now they've all removed the game and only links to the pay sites remain. Hmm, either they're getting a kickback for a referral, or the pay sites threatened the abandonware sites with legal action for continuing to offer the game free on their sites... These pay sites also bundle in a copy of Dosbox - which you can get free yourself. SI original disks are available on Archive.org. However, it's best to get your own copy (you'll love the manual and map). IF you do own the game - you can download a fully-patched (V3) updated version of the game with custom additions, right here - in the Support area.
What about the manual?	Yes, there's a huge brick of a manual that goes with the game, it's very helpful... and required reading actually... fun too! And lucky you, there's a new high resolution PDF of the manual, which can be downloaded for free in the Support area.
Are there any Patches for Stunt Island?	Yes, a very important one. If you have the original game disks or bought a crappy original ver. 1.0 version of the game online, you need to install the patch - which is extensive and even removes copyright protection. You can learn more about the patch and download it in "Mic's SI Notes" sub-section of the Support area.
How come when I run the program, the graphics look so blocky or lower in resolution that the screen grabs and graphics you show on your site?	There's nothing wrong with the program, it runs in good old standard VGA, thats 320 x 200 - 256 color mode (unfortunately). This is the mode many flight sims ran in back in the early 1990s. It was not until about 1995, that resolutions like 800 x 600 were offered or possible - usually providing exceedingly poor frame rates on all but the fastest systems.
So, what's the deal with the screen grabs?	When screen grabs are taken in VGA mode, they appear to be full screen. However, when you are operating at today's average full screen graphics resolution: 800 x 600, or 1024 x 768; these grabs will only take up a small portion of the screen when displayed by most modern monitors.
How can I see how the program will really look on my system?	You can simply multiply the image by the largest available full scale enlargement your resolution will provide:   Example: Running in 800 x 600 pixels, you can enlarge a 320 x 200 screen grab by 2x fold: 640 x 400. You cannot go up to 3X because 960 x 600 is too large for the 800 x 600 screen (You can do it if you switch up to the 1024 x 768 resolution mode - as now the graphic will fit).
What can I do about the low resolution of this program:	Nothing that I know of; short of getting the programmer to re-program the program - not to likely, unfortunately. It can take a small bit of time to get "de-ressed" back to operating in VGA, but SI does such a great job with this mode, you will hardly mind. There's good game play and utility here, and that's the ticket.
I really want the complete item: the big box, manual, map, disks and all... Where can I get it?	Again, like I said above, I would think eBay would be you best bet.
So, like why are you spending all this time on a product which is so old? Surely it has been surpassed by newer versions with more features, better graphics, sound, everything - right?	I wish that was true! NO. It has not. Programs like Stunt Island, a toolkit of sorts were built in the hey-day of individualized computer gaming and simulations. It's simply not done today. The problem now is too many people spend all their time on the internet passively consuming. They don't know how to produce, and they don't want to know. Also, the marketing of computer games has completely changed from the way it was back in the early 1990s.   On the programmer side, there was certainly an air of trying out new concepts and seeing if it could be accomplished with the PC. It was a time when the quality of the product was worth more to the company than how many units were sold (at least initially). This time period, "The Golden Age of PC Games" did not last long...
So what is this website about? Are you in it for the big bucks?	LOL. No. This website has been up for decades.(It has cost me personally lots of money.) However, you can still learn about SI and its abilities, see examples of aircraft, scenery, sets, films, program tips, Download files... And, get excited that someone out there still appreciates what you are interested in...
How big and complete will this section of your site become?	Well, I guess that depends really on how long this phase of SI Fever grabs me. The fever has come and gone over the years. I hope it lasts a while - but you can never tell with me; along comes some other darn program or project, and poof - my brain is off.
Hey, I was wondering why you called this section of your site: Stunt Island Harbor?	Gee, you sure ask a lot of questions... Well, being a mariner of sorts, "harbors" store and supply things - lots of things (and thats what good webpages do too). I wanted a name to do with Stunt Island of course, but didn't want something that would lead you to expect this site is the nexus of SI knowledge on the web (I'd rather play with SI more than build that...). So, like any good harbor, I hope you can stock up here on a few supplies; get a bit of direction and a chart or two if you need it. This site is also here to let you know someone else is still interested in this rather esoteric title. Finally, "siharbor" is eight letters, and I like to stick to the old DOS convention of naming.
Wow, I really didn't need that long winded of an answer.	Ahhhh, sorry about that mate.....
Dude, this site is great! You really helped me out... How can I help?	Bro, very cool, that means the world to me - you see, I'm a teacher by training. However, if you'd like to offer a small token of appreciation:

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