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submitted 1 year ago by soyagi@yiffit.net to c/gaming@beehaw.org

WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation when it launched back in 1995. The anti-gravity racing game was phenomenal. Now it’s abandoned. So one dedicated programmer took it upon himself to excavate the game’s leaked source code and make it playable for free in any web browser.

“Either let it be, or shut this thing down and get a real remaster going,” he told Sony...

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[-] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

WipeOut was Sony’s initial first-party exclusive for the original PlayStation

It was so exclusive that was ported to DOS, Windows and the Sega Saturn

[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago
[-] Gordon_Freeman@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Well, that's the third entry (wipeout 64) the first game was not ported to the N64

[-] acastcandream@beehaw.org 20 points 1 year ago

Everyone’s a badass until the C&D’s start.

[-] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago

Sony should kee this series going. And Nintendo needs to do something with F-Zero.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 10 points 1 year ago

Sony: yes to demand 1,no to 2.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

All the Wipeout games, even the PSP ones, were excellent!

[-] fox@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Schedar@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

WipeOut 2097 was my first WipeOut game and I absolutely loved it. I’ve still got the soundtrack saved on Spotify for when I need a high energy boost.

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Unabashedly based.

[-] snowbell@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I miss this game. Gonna have to play before it gets shut down.

this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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