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Here's another one from me. Wipeout was an ultra cool game. This is from 1995 and is still in fantastic condition, box and game inside are barely touched (how do you add multiple pics on here?). Wipeout featured a fantastic soundtrack featuring Orbital, Chemical Brothers and Leftfield amongst others. It was probably one of the earliest games to show what the PS1 was really capable off and blew away anything the competition had.
Great game and great memories with my friends.
I still listen to that soundtrack.
Played a hell of a lot more Diddy Kong Racing.
For those that love the game like myself. This is the closest thing in recent years. Playing it in VR was nuts.
I reckon I'd have had the world's fastest time on that one demodisc track. I never had the full game but I played the everloving holiness out of the demo.
I owned this game, it was one of the only "longbox" games I kept around because it was so good. That being said the sequel Wipeout XL (aka Wipeout 2097) was superior in basically every way so it got a lot more play time. Fun fact, there was a native PC port for Wipeout XL that looked and ran amazing even at the highest resolution it supported (1600x1200 I believe).
Is it this? https://github.com/wipeout-phantom-edition/wipeout-phantom-edition
It seems based on the original Wipeout, but I can't find a similar XL decomp/rewrite project, just emulation.
Nope, it is definitely Wipeout XL. I quite literally still have the old rar file (25MB or so, crazy tiny), though I don't know if it would run properly as it is a early Direct3D title.
Looks like you can get it here https://www.myabandonware.com/game/wipeout-xl-cok
Probably gonna run just fine via proton/wine
If you give it a shot and have success, please let everyone know. I'll do the same since I no longer use Windows, but I'm unlikely to be playing with it anytime soon.
I imagine you might just need to add the .exe to Steam as a non-Steam game, make sure you've got some version of Proton selected under "Compatibility" in the game properties (on Steam), and then run it.
It really is that easy these days for most old Windows games. There's often no "playing with it" needed.
As I said to another person, it is more due to the age of the title than it being an exe. It's a shame that this game isn't still available somewhere like gog. It's probably in some sort of licensing limbo.
Oh I know, I'm just saying it's literally that easy to play old Windows games on Linux now. That's literally all you need to do for most of them in my experience.
Direct3D
It'll probably work on Proton then
I've not had good luck with old (late 90s) Direct3D titles on modern systems, even within Windows. Then again, at this point Proton might be better at the legacy games than Windows.
No, I think Proton is absolutely better for old games than Windows these days. That's kind of what my point was.
I'm not sure if Steam on Windows gives you the same Proton compatibility options as Linux, but it's often as simple as adding the game to Steam and clicking "start"
No, XL had official releases on Windows and Mac.
Isn't that the one that was emulated on a microcontroller last week or so?
Slight correction here (because I've been obsessed with this game series for the best part of the last 30 years): WipEout only features music from Psygnosis' in house composer Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE. Left Field, the Chemical Brothers and Orbital appear on the official soundtrack CD but not in the game. Its sequels like WipEout 2097 or Wip3out include in-game licensed music from the likes of the Prodigy, FSoL, Propellerheads or Photek.
Is this true for only the US version? I'm in the UK and I very specifically remember playing the game CD on a stereo. However looking back on it, it was not the black label release.
Haha same, especially with 2097. But yeah even the euro version lacks licensed music, which wasn't a thing yet in 1995.
Having checked the Wikipedia page for Wiepout, the Euro version featured a track each from Leftfield, Chemical Brothers and Orbital. I didnt know The Prodigy were approached to provide an original song, but apparently it never happened. Looking back, it is probably my earliest memory of licensed music being used in a game. I became a big fan of Chem Bros and Leftfield because of Wipeout. Orbital not so much. It wasn't until Gran Tursimo 1 when I again remember a licensed soundtrack being used so well and heavily.
Wow I completely forgot, you're right. I must atone and give it another spin.
Hell yeah! I had Wipeout XL and the twisty controller!
Twisty controller?
https://share.google/9MpzCsUEZQliHptCH
Like this
Thanks. That is genuinely really cool. I remember the name NegCon but I dont remember this controller. Slipped me by and maybe never released in Europe?
Definitely possible, and I only had one of them. It made an already awesome game even better. It's really a shame no more controllers like it were ever made because it would sure be nice for Moto GP.
Great cover art
Designer's Republic was the graphic design firm. Their work is so distinctive and, for me, the apex of 90s graphic design.
That's awesome. I remember ripping the music from Wipeout 3 when I was younger. Good stuff.
You may like this site I found a while ago
https://downloads.khinsider.com/
Its fun. Used it for the flatout ost
Wow, that is fantastic! There are so many. Found this from my childhood. Running from home in particular.
https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/moto-roader-turbografx-16
What an awesome site.
Yeah, it is great!!
I had it on the n64. we also had Mario kart, but we mostly only played battle mode on that, and if we actually wanted to race, it was usually wipeout
edit: apparently the n64 one was actually a whole separate game in the series, not a port of the ps version
how do you add multiple pics on here?
Just add them to the text in your post.
But yeah, wipeout was awesome. Redout 1 really scratched that itch, including the music.
Yes, that was a good spiritual successor as was quantum redshift on the xbox. Thanks for the pics tip!
Just wanted to add another spiritual successor, BallisticNG. PS1 style graphics, Wipeout XL/2097 inspired music, and an incredible modding scene.
You can even get a full XL/2097 campaign mod that includes the original OST.
Linux/Mac/Windows compatible.
Does anyone remember a computer game from around 2002-2003 by Grin software? I thought it was called Ballistics but must be misremembering.
It was like these games but you were in a tunnel and the ship stuck to the edges so you’d have to rotate around obstacles or temporarily use the release to float off and reattach. I remember it being very fast.
I beta tested the game for Linux but don’t think the Linux port ever went GA before the Linux publisher (maybe LGP) shutdown.
I guess I answered my own question 🫢
Found this game on My Abondonware.
It works great under WINE, but you need a No CD Patch. I used Ballistics v1.0 [ENGLISH] No-CD/Fixed EXE #3 which worked perfectly.
Is that a long box edition in your pocket or are you just happy to see me
Man I miss long boxes it was that perfect link between carts and jewel case disc games where it didn't just feel like a CD or DVD.
I have to say, I do miss the robustness of a megadrive / genesis case
Yeah they were built to last. They were like library shelf ready.
WipEout is my favourite game series of all time. All of them, yes even Fusion on the PS2.
Wip3out is probably my most favourite in the series. Mega Mall being by far the best track. But yeah just an absolute fantastic series all around.
Was? It's a timeless masterpiece!