WipEout

Description

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. 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.

Alternate Titles

• "ワイプアウト" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• PlayStation Greatest Hits releases
• PlayStation Platinum Range releases
• WipEout series

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User Reviews

Better than Playstation version? You decide...	SEGA Saturn	AG Wolf (255)
A little piece of history	PlayStation	Ashley Pomeroy (230)
A interesting piece of history, but little else.	PlayStation	DANIEL HAWKS ! (1843)

The Press Says

GamePro (US)	PlayStation	Nov, 1995	5 out of 5	100
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	PlayStation	Nov, 1995	9 out of 10	90
Game Zero	DOS	1995	22.5 out of 25	90
MAN!AC	PlayStation	Oct, 1995	85 out of 100	85
High Score	DOS	Apr, 1996	4 out of 5	80
PC Player (Denmark)	DOS	1996	80 out of 100	80
IGN	PlayStation	Nov 26, 1996	8 out of 10	80
Joystick (French)	DOS	Dec, 1995	68 out of 100	68
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Dec, 1995	63 out of 100	63
The Video Game Critic	PlayStation	Feb 24, 2001	D	25

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Trivia

Buoyed by the success of the game, Sony released in 1995 a full-length CD album called "Wipeout - the Music". 12 tracks of digital audio, rare and extended mixes featuring artists - Chemical Brothers, New Order, Manic Street Preachers, Sunscream, Leftfield, the Prodigy, the Shamen and others. Boasting 140 average beats per minute (bpm)!!!