| Wipeout | The Designers Republic / Psygnosis Limited | 1995 | |
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Wipeout is a futuristic racing game set in the year 2052. Racing for one of four teams, the player competes in the F3600 Anti-Gravity Racing League on six tracks located in futuristic versions of countries such as Canada and Japan, with a seventh, hidden track set on Mars. Each team's hovercraft racer has different ratings in speed, acceleration and turning. In addition to high-speed racing, there is also shooting in the game, with different weapon pickups like rockets and mines available, useful for slowing one's opponents down. Shields can also be picked up and can block the weapons' effects. There are championship, single race and time trial modes. Winning the championship in the regular Venom class unlocks the Rapier class, where the craft are faster and the tracks have slightly different looks. There is also a two-player mode where two opponents can race and shoot at each other. The standard 1995 US version contains only the tracks from Cold Storage. The 1997 platinum release featured three extra tracks from Leftfield, Orbital and The Chemical Brothers. In 1996, an OEM edition of Wipeout was bundled with new Sony Vaio PCs utilizing ATI's 3D Rage chipset. This 3D accelerated edition using the ATI3DCIF API provided additional resolutions of up to 640x480 pixels as well as bilinear filtering. This version also made use of the 3D Rage's MPEG acceleration. In 2024, a fan-made Phantom Edition enhanced source port of the original Playstation version was made for PC (it requires files from the original PSX disc). It features: Uncapped frame rate by decoupling rendering from from game state simulation. High resolution rendering; Widescreen support; Optional 320x240 graphics mode; Increased view distance; Distant geometry fade; Added particle effects for collisions and wall scraping; Ships inherit lighting from track lighting data, similar to WipeOut XL/2097 and WipeOut 3. Maintained authentic PlayStation look by only using blending features available on original hardware, while also providing high resolution smooth graphics; Improved collision response; New music and sound effect system; 3D audio for sound effects. | ||
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