Triverse writes, "When Sony launched the Playstation One (back when it was simply Playstation) they had a hell of a challenge ahead of them. Sega was coming off of a series of failed add-ons for their first succesful console, the Sega Genesis, and Nintendo was touting "SGI this" and "SGI that" where ever they could. Sony was the underdog to say the least in this trio, they were the second to launch thanks to Sega making a HUGE mistake in launching the Saturn six months early without telling anyone- um, Sega, it is called marketing- you did it so well in the later years of the Genesis, what the hell happened?"
Game preservationists Forest of Illusion have released the source code for the original Wipeout PS1 online, as well as its Windows port.
Featuring historical context and an interview with the designer, we take a look at the controversial WipEout poster that caused uproar in the UK press.
Amazing poster and one of the best racing franchises in the games industry - Period
No game give you the speed and rush like WipEout and the music is a key component to the game
Must make lots more WipEout's
mourne for that late 90s and 00s swag. All the cool stuff never known by dumb child me, curses!
From the carnage of Burnout to the underground street racing culture of Midnight Club, Nexus Hub explores five racing game franchises that are in need of a revival today.
I agree absolutely with Ridge Racer, but would prefer what Namco did with Ridge Racers on the PSP. Basically pull Ridge Racer 1-5 together, make it all about drifting and create new tracks with the same oldskool Arcade Feel. Wipeout however? Redout and Ballistic NG replaced it for me. I miss Rock N Roll Racing in this list
RR 6 & 7 were both good on the 7th gen but it is surprising there wasnt an 8th gen RR8. Ace Combat got a release on 8th gen but not RR of all things (unless you count the stripped down vita version).
I'd love to see the return of PGR and Tokyo Extreme Racer.
I would love to see Rockstar put another Midnight Club out. I remember that game fondly, the customization was top notch at the time. It had a nice arcady feel to the driving, but looking at the cars was the main point.
Playstation One? no it's just Playstation or PSX or PS1. Do you call it Playstation Two? No you do not. Yes, they eventually brought out the slim version and called it PSOne but no one uses that name.
I would really like a new Wipeout for PS4 but didn't the company that made wipeout close down? I can't remember.
imo, wipeout took the futuristic racer batton from f-zero and ran with it into another dimension.
it culminated with the creatively fervent 2097. that was for me the perfection of wipeouts vision. the later versions played with new modes and tracks but the series hasn't really blown me away since back then in the 90's.