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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.
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Screenshots

WipEout DOS Twisting track design
WipEout SEGA Saturn About to catch some air (or fall to my doom).
WipEout DOS Missile miss
WipEout SEGA Saturn The first track is incredibly easy.
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WipEout Magazine Advertisement
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Alternate Titles

  • "WipE'out"" -- Alternate spelling
  • "ワイプアウト" -- Japanese spelling
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User Reviews

Better than Playstation version? You decide... SEGA Saturn AG Wolf (275)
A little piece of history PlayStation Ashley Pomeroy (233)
A interesting piece of history, but little else. PlayStation GAMEBOY COLOR! (2002)
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Critic Reviews

GameFan Magazine SEGA Saturn Jun, 1996 95 out of 100 95
Coming Soon Magazine DOS Feb 14, 1996 84 out of 100 84
Game Zero SEGA Saturn Sep, 1996 42 out of 50 84
IGN PlayStation Nov 26, 1996 8 out of 10 80
Eurogamer.net (UK) PlayStation 3 Jun 29, 2007 8 out of 10 80
High Score DOS Apr, 1996 4 out of 5 80
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) SEGA Saturn Jul, 1996 28.5 out of 40 71
Score DOS Dec, 1995 7 out of 10 70
PC Joker DOS Dec, 1995 46 out of 100 46
Computer Games Magazine DOS 1996 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars 40
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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The PlayStation version of WipEout appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

References to the game

A concept video for WipEout was featured in the movie Hackers, though it is never referenced by name.

Soundtrack

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).

Version differences

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.

The Saturn version dropped the CoLD SToRAGE track Transvaal from its audio selection, but included three unique songs not available on any other soundtrack or PlayStation version. The tracks were Poison, Planet 9 and Brickbat. Occasionally miscredited to Orbital, Chemical Brothers, and Leftfield, these three tracks were actually created by Rob Lord and Mark Bandola, who are better known as "PC Music," the composers for most of the songs in Wipeout 64.

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