Wipeout

n/a

Wipeout

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Psygnosis (EU), Sega (US), Soft Bank (JP)

Developer: Psygnosis,

Tantalus/Perfect Entertainment

Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (10 tracks)

Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer Joystick

Genre: Racing

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1996-07-12	¥5,8005,800	T-18603G
US	1996-05-03	$54.9954.99	81211
EU	1996-03-29^[1]		T-11301H-50
PT	1996		STJSE0165
AU	199x

ESRB

PEGI

ELSPA

USK

OFLC

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Wipeout (ワイプアウト), often stylised wipE'out'', is a futuristic 3D racing game developed by Psygnosis. It was the first in the series, and was followed by Wipeout 2097.

Gameplay

Wipeout is a futuristic racing game set in the year 2050, where players compete in F3600 anti-gravity vehicles. Up to 8 racers can compete on a number of tracks, and it is possible to pick up weapons to attack (and potentially eliminate) your opponents while you race.

Four manufacturers exist in the game, with two drivers each (leading to a total of eight different vehicles, though the statistics do not vary between teammates).

Manufacturers

	AG Systems International

	Auricom Research Industries

	FEISAR

	Qirex International

Pilots

	John Dekka (AG Systems)

	Daniel Chang (AG Systems)

	Arial Tetsuo (Auricom)

	Anastasia Cherovoski (Auricom)

	Kel Solarr (Qirex)

	Arian Tetsuo (Qirex)

	Sophia de la Renté (FEISAR)

	Paul Jackson (FEISAR)

Weapons

	Shield

	Turbo Boost

	Mines

	Shock Waves

	Rockets

	Missiles

Versions

Wipeout arrived late on the Saturn, having originally been released as a PlayStation launch title in the West in late 1995. Despite having been rushed for its PlayStation release and therefore lacking many planned features, the Saturn conversion is a straight port of the PlayStation game, albeit one that runs at a slower frame rate (20FPS vs. 30FPS) and without the licensed music.

Some textures were replaced in the conversion, with Psygnosis banners being replaced with adverts for Tantalus, and PlayStation logos with adverts for Krazy Ivan (which incidentally would not reach the Saturn until mid-1997). Some semi-transparent sprites are omitted, not because the team couldn't get them to work on the Saturn, but because their process took nine times longer than non-transparent alternatives^[3].

The PlayStation version of Wipeout supports the console's Link Cable, allowing two machines to be directly connected together for multiplayer modes. While Taisen Cable support was considered^[4], the technology was not widely understood and was scrapped due to Psygnosis' demands for a release prior to March 1996 (reportedly so it could be counted as part of the 1995/1996 financial year)^[4]. Taisen Cable support would not be seen in games until the Japanese release of Hyper 3D Taisen Battle Gebockers in Februrary 1996.

Performance would be largely rectified in the sequel, Wipeout 2097.

Production credits

Executive Producer: Mark Cochrane
Producer: Leon Walters
Quality Assurance: Mark Inman, Paul Tweedle, Nevin Gaston
Publishing Staff: Glen O'Connell, Sue Campbell
Thanks to: Andrew Parsons, Dominic Mallinson, Dave Rose, Craig Duddle, Jenni Rees

Original Wipeout Team

Producer: Dominic Mallinson
Designer: Nick Burcombe
Programmers: Dave Rose, Rob Smith, Jason Denton, Stuart Sockett
Artists: Nicky Carus Westcott, Laura Grieve, Louise Smith, Darren Douglas, Pol Sigerson
Other Artwork: Lee Carus Westcott, Jim Bowers
Additional Graphic Design: The Designers Republic
Music and Sound Effects: Tim Wright
Manual and Packaging Design: Keith Hopwood, Damon Fairclough, The Designers Republic

Saturn version by Tantalus

Game Programmer: Shane Stevens
Saturn Engine: Shane Stevens
Technical Director: Andrew Bailey
Executive Producer: Arthur Kakouris
Additional Artwork: Alun Bjorksten

A Perfect Entertainment Production

Project Manager: Colin Fuidge
Quality Assurance: Matt Stamps
Additional Music for Perfect Entertainment: Rob Lord, Mark Bandola, Planet 9, Brickbat, Poison
Special Thanks to: Angela Sutherland, Trevor Nuridia

Source:

In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Wipeout/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-09: "1996-09 (1996-06-14)" (1996-05-24)

Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-10: "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (1996-06-14)
also published in:

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) #1996-11: "1996-11 (1996-07-12)" (1996-06-28)^[5]

Print advert in Playmag (FR) #4: "Juin 1996" (1996-0x-xx)

Print advert in Playmag (FR) #5: "Juillet/Août 1996" (1996-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

91

^[14]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

85

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

95

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

50

^[2]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

71

^[17]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[18]

Fun Generation (DE)

PAL

80

^[19]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

95

^[20]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[22]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[23]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

90

^[24]

Intelligent Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[25]

Joypad (FR)

89

^[26]

Maximum (UK)

75

^[8]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

90

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

85

^[28]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

91

^[29]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[30]

neXt Level (DE)

75

^[31]

Player One (FR)

89

^[32]

Playmag (FR)

PAL

91

^[33]

Random Access (UK)

80

^[34]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[35]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

69

^[36]

Sega Magazin (DE)

76

^[37]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

87

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

92

^[39]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

92

^[40]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

67

^[41]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[42]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

99

^[43]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

85

^[44]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

PAL

84

^[45]

Ultra Player (FR)

67

^[46]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

76

^[47]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[48]

	81
Based on 37 reviews

Wipeout

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, JP
Cover
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

670,860,960

CD-ROM (EU)

T-11301H-50 V3.700

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

618,030,336

1996-03-13

CD-ROM (JP)

T-18603G V3.900

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

618,030,336

CD-ROM (US)

81211 V1.002

References

[:File:CVG_UK_174.pdf_p64-1] Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 64

[:File:CVG_UK_174.pdf_p82-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 82

[:File:MeanMachinesSega45UK.pdf_p84-3] Mean Machines Sega, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-03), page 84

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_04.pdf_p135-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Maximum, "February 1996" (UK; 1996-xx-xx), page 135

[:File:SSM_JP_19960712_1996-11.pdf_p29-5] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-11 (1996-07-12)" (JP; 1996-06-28), page 29

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_053.pdf_p126_.28126.2F127.29-6] Consoles +, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 126/127 (126)

[:File:CVG_UK_174.pdf_p82_.2882.2F83.29-7] Computer & Video Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-12), page 82/83 (82)

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_05.pdf_p148-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Maximum, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-03-29), page 148

[:File:MeanMachinesSega43UK.pdf_p68_.2868-71.29-9] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-04), page 68-71 (68)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_063.pdf_p96_.2896.2F97.29-10] Player One, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 96/97 (96)

[:File:SSM_UK_06.pdf_p70_.2870.2F71.29-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-23), page 70/71 (70)

[:File:SSM_JP_19960628_1996-10.pdf_p232_.28230.29-12] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (JP; 1996-06-14), page 230 (232)

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12_.2810.29-13] Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 10 (12)

[:File:576KB_HU_1996-06.pdf_p20-14] 576 KByte, "Június 1996" (HU; 1996-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_4.pdf_p23-15] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1996-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_053.pdf_p126-16] Consoles +, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 126

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p24-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 24

[18] Famitsu, "1996-07-19" (JP; 1996-07-05), page 1

[:File:FunGeneration_DE_1996-05.pdf_p59-19] Fun Generation, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 59

[:File:GameFan_US_0406.pdf_p18-20] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 6: June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 18

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0907.pdf_p54-21] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 7 July 1996" (US; 1996-06-11), page 54

[:File:GamePro_US_094.pdf_p70-22] GamePro, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 70

[:File:GameInformer_US_038.pdf_p43-23] Game Informer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 43

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_056.pdf_p68-24] Hobby Consolas, "Mayo 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:IntelligentGamer_US_01.pdf_p88-25] Intelligent Gamer, "June 1996" (US; 1996-05-27), page 88

[:File:Joypad_FR_052.pdf_p66-26] Joypad, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 66

[:File:MegaForce_FR_49.pdf_p82-27] Mega Force, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 82

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-05.pdf_p60-28] Mega Fun, "05/96" (DE; 1996-04-xx), page 60

[:File:MeanMachinesSega43UK.pdf_p68-29] Mean Machines Sega, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-04-04), page 68

[:File:NextGeneration_US_19.pdf_p80-30] Next Generation, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 80

[:File:NextLevel_DE_1996-05.pdf_p50-31] neXt Level, "Mai 1996" (DE; 1996-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_063.pdf_p96-32] Player One, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 96

[:File:Playmag_FR_02.pdf_p93-33] Playmag, "Avril 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 93

[randomaccess1996-04-08-34] Random Access (UK) (+0:00)

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-14_19960705.pdf_p128-35] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 14" (JP; 1996-06-21), page 128

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1996-18_19960906.pdf_p72-36] Saturn Fan, "1996 No. 18" (JP; 1996-08-23), page 72

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_30.pdf_p73-37] Sega Magazin, "Mai 1996" (DE; 1996-04-10), page 73

[:File:SegaPower_UK_79.pdf_p36-38] Sega Power, "June 1996" (UK; 1996-04-11), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_59.pdf_p24-39] Sega Pro, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-05-xx), page 24

[:File:SSM_UK_06.pdf_p70-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1996" (UK; 1996-03-23), page 70

[:File:SSM_JP_19960628_1996-10.pdf_p232-41] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1996-10 (1996-06-28)" (JP; 1996-06-14), page 232

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p12-42] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 12

[43] Sonic the Comic, "21 June 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 11

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p67-44] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 67

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_18.pdf_p64-45] Ultimate Future Games, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-03-29), page 64

[:File:UltraPlayer_FR_36.pdf_p108-46] Ultra Player, "Juillet/Août 1996" (FR; 1996-07-02), page 108

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1996-05.pdf_p92-47] Video Games, "5/96" (DE; 1996-04-24), page 92

[:File:VideoGames_US_90.pdf_p63-48] VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 63

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Wipeout

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Manufacturers

Pilots

Weapons

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References