Jackie Chan Stuntmaster -europe- -recalled- Now

Topic: The Censored Crash Game: Jackie Chan Stuntmaster (2000, Midnight/Sony) Region: Europe (PAL) Status: Physically Recalled & Reissued

7/10 (Points for legal absurdity and rarity. Lost points for being functionally inferior to the standard release.)

When discussing the PS1 cult classic Jackie Chan Stuntmaster , most retro gamers praise its fluid motion-capture and slapstick combat. However, a dark, obscure footnote exists in the PAL region: the . Hunting this disc isn’t about finding a better game—it’s about finding a historical car crash in copyright law.

In 2000, developer Radical Entertainment shipped the European version of Stuntmaster with a seemingly innocent asset: the main menu background music. It was a low-key, atmospheric loop of Chinese-inspired trip-hop. Unfortunately, that track was an unlicensed sample of "Time is the Enemy" by Quantic (then known as Quantic Soul Orchestra). Within weeks of release, the legal cease-and-desist landed. Sony and Midnight had to pull every unsold copy from UK and EU store shelves immediately.