Seriously I want to thank you for talking about games I feel like doesn't get as much attention these days. It is a good game and it's truly its own thing. Honestly it always brings me joy to watch people react to this game. Especially when they never heard of it. Only have the PSP version . But even then their minds are blown by what this is
Also, check out Internal Section, both of these games are trippy fast paced tunnel shooters, with Internal Section being a Squaresoft title that looks a lot like Rez.
@@ganjaman59650 nope not paid, they had no idea I was gonna do it. I thought it was a nice way to end the video showing that new games are still being made by fans
I worked in Electronics Boutique when the original wipeout came out, always remember someone coming p with the box and asking if we had an english copy in, they assumed from the box art it was the japanese version.
Designers Republic did love their kanji characters, barcodes and weird little meaningless cartoon characters and logos thrown in anywhere. I miss DR a lot.
The fact that you're willing to put together a slickly edited, uniquely personal 45 minute video on a classic series like this is part of the reason I love this channel so much
back in the day when my dad would overhear me playing wipeout XL he'd try to replicate the sound of the voice that says "mines" except it always came out sounding like "mayans" and then i'd imagine a bunch of confused south americans getting dumped out into the track
A thing to note with Wipeout Pulse is that the PS2 version has a really nasty save corruption bug. Avoid that version and play the PSP version instead.
My mother was a raver-girl back in the 90s, she was also a massive gamer. I was fortunate enough to have played all of the PS1 Wipeout games. My cousin was one of the game testers at Psygnosis back in Merseyside, too. The soundtracks where my childhood theme tunes pretty much.
We used to come back from warehouses/beach parties back in the early 90's and hammer this till the sun went back down again! Think it was 92 but my memory is a little foggy of those times ;)
US DJ here. Wipeout XL cemented my love for electronic music. One of my favorite franchises ever and the one that I can say shaped me more than any other (as well as being the reason I have purchased multiple consoles). On another note, RIP Keith, and may your amazing music live on forever.
WipEout had a gigantic impact on me personally, ever since I plopped the Wip3out disc into a CD player, without even knowing it's a game. That instantaneously shaped my taste in music, DnB, trance and EDM in general. And then I played the for hours and hours, glued to the TV, on my uncle's borrowed PS1. Later on, I started appreciating the supplementary graphic design elements scattered across the games, it was something no game gave a serious though ever before, apart from an odd logo here and there. That's how my interest and career in design and graphics began, all thanks to the work of The Designers Republic. I love this series so much and owe it a lot as well. Hell, I bought a PS3 just to play WipEout HD, I don't even have any other games for it, well I do have Fifa, GTA IV and GT5, but they're still sealed LMAO. I've completed WipEout 3 Special Edition in all possible ways, not only acquiring all the gold medals for all tracks and all speed classes, ships, challenges, tournaments etc., but also getting top lap and race times for everything, including prototypes, all with perfect laps. I fucking LOVE this game. It's my favorite game of all time - I admit it's not the best game I've ever played or even enjoyed, but it holds such a special place in my heart. When Curly says "GO!", you fucking GO, man! 2097/XL were brutal too, autopilot is your friend on Phantom. Spilskinanke is such a crazy, crazy track, especially with Piranha. Pure and Pulse were both fantastic on the PSP, but HD takes it to a next level, pushing the PS3 to the max, tons of fun with the Zone mode, trophies and such. Btw, everyone who's reading this comment go and watch the intro to WipEout Pulse right now, it's crazy futuristic, X-Project by DJ Fresh playing in the background, turquoise hexagons everywhere, it's just dope as shit, adrenaline rush for the rest of your day guaranteed. The rest - they're decent games, and I respect them for the lore, but aren't as great as these 5 in my opinion. Fusion was the weakest point in the history of the franchise, ironically in terms of in-game lore just as much. I haven't had a chance to play 2048/Omega Collection a whole lot, but they definitely look amazing. Can't wait to try VR, my stomach is going to hate it. Also the music! The Prodigy, Underworld, The Chemical Brothers, Sasha, later on especially Noisia and DJ Fresh - want to listen to a phenomenal assortment of electronic music of all kinds and genres? Listen to WipEout OSTs. It is a PERFECT quick summary of what EDM is. When I saw this video in my recommendations I literally jumped up out of excitement. Why have I refrained from subscribing to you for so long? I fucking love your videos Daniel.
Yeah it was decent, same a Jet Moto, but I don't think it ever reached the popularity they had in the UK/Euro countries, since the rave/electronic music scene was just not as big in many parts of the US being so rural, and having ZERO nightclub scene to speak of.
@Zero Cool You are talking about 2 major tourist cities, and Orlando having major theme parks like Disney World. It's the same as talking about someplace like Atlanta, which were, and still are big exceptions since again they are very major cities.
8:27 - There's my billboard! I am from the United States and fell in love with the game in a demo disc, and my dad bought it and I felt competitive with him over it. I eventually joined the U.S. Air Force and got stationed in the UK for 5 years.
I'm portuguese and I started playing ps1 games around 6-7 years old and wipeout 2097 was one of my first videogames, really important for me specially the music that listen now and then
As an American my first taste of Wipeout was the version released for Sony Vaio PC's. It lacked the licensed tracks and only had the Tim Wright/Cold Storage songs, but it was still enough to blow my mind and keep me hooked to this day. Then my older brother got a PlayStation for Christmas just in time for Wipeout XL (2097 as called in Europe) to come out and introduce us to The Prodigy. Good times indeed.
It was my first years as a teenager. Had recently discovered and watched MTV, in Brazil, like crazy. And there was The Prodigy and many others electro/techno groups and DJs and their creative videoclips. This kind of music, raving with pulsating eletronic sounds and noises was like videogame music on steroids, it was also the first time I listened to something so trippy as game music. It was a natural fit to jump into this futuristic world, although I did not know, by that time, a thing the rave culture nor had access to the rave nights. The Prodigy was certainly unique and one of my favorites, its music was part of my teen years. And them I have got a Playstaton as a Xmas gift in 1998 and soon discovered WipeOut. It was a blast! It brought all the techno and futuristic aesthetic to a game like no other. Everything I loved plus a ultra speedy gameplay! And, oh, the challenge!
Hackers was really a driver of hype around Wipeout, and I couldn't have been happier. All things I loved, coming together: video games, electronic music, and, well, hackers.
It's irresponsible of you to lump us all in together. I was very into the clubs as a 20something in 1990s NYC and we all most definitely had a peace love understanding and respect for all UK music; you just don't hear about it. Thank God, too, because all the kids growing up with Twitter strapped to their faces would have lost their fucking minds!
@Darth Wheezius There's a lot of theories around the lead singer of Massive Attack being Banksy. A DnB guy called Goldie once referred to Banksy as 'Robert' in an interview. Robert del Naja. There's a ton of conspiracy theories about Banksy art things popping up in cities on the same kind of circuit and timing the Massive Attack tour is on too. They also headlined the Banksy festival when he had it here in the UK. Obviously all a theory, but it does have a fair amount of weight to it.
"America sleeps on uk music" uhh, yeah, apart from like...the majority of 60s, 70s, 80s music, and the likes of Ed Sheeran, Adele, Sam Smith, Calvin Harris today.
American fan of WipEout here. I was too small a kid when the original launched to really know what was going on with marketing it, but by the time I got into gaming, I did not see any advertising for the newer games in the series and only got into it because of personal recommendations. When I was a kid, my mother got me and my sister PSPs that we asked for as Christmas presents. Since she wanted to keep them a surprise and was not into games herself, she asked a game store employee what PSP game she should get. The clerk recommended the WipEout series, so I ended up with copies of Pure and Pulse. So if you were a game store clerk/WipEout fan operating somewhere in upstate SC during the mid to late 2000s, thanks so much for introducing me to this series. So sad that Studio Liverpool closed.
i freaking bought a PSP because of wipeout, a PS3 because of Wipeout and a Vita because of wipeout so yeah for me its a system seller. Wip3out SE is the peak in the series
first time i saw a red bull in a store i was like "OMG ITS RED BULL FROM WIPEOUT" and i immediately bought it, went home, tried it and spit it out. Poured the rest down the sink. But I kept the can, and I still like the IDEA of red bull and the logo, just because of wipeout. But i'll never drink it again
Great video. I bought the PlayStation on it's release day in the UK from Comet (on some rip-off credit agreement) together with Wipeout, and to say it blew me and my mates away was a massive understatement. I remember UK launch day was a Friday, and I got down to the shop for just after 5pm to grab the one I'd reserved, then me and my mate dashed home to our flat to set it up straight away. At that point it was the one and only game I had (because after shelling out £299 for the console and then £45 or whatever it was for Wipeout it was all I could afford for a while). 7 or 8 hours later we were both still playing it, only stopping to briefly sleep for a bit then get straight back playing it again as soon as we woke up. We didn't stop all weekend, apart from to skin up or nip to the offie downstairs beneath our flat for booze, and our friends that popped over were equally as impressed with it Monday morning, after playing it non-stop for for nearly 3 days, we both took the day off work 'sick' to carry on as we couldn't face stopping. No game has ever gripped me that way before or since.
In the US, this was seen as an F-Zero Clone for the playstation... a few few people knew what the soundtrack was and where it's raver origins came from. They were amazed that a game like wipeout would commercialize an entire subgenre.
American fan here. While WipEout had its fans over here, it wasn't as huge over here as in the UK, unfortunately. It did, however, help set the PS1 apart from what came before. I discovered WipEout through a demo disc, and it was definitely one of the games that made me sit up and take notice. During that time, I was heavily into the Electronica/Dance movement in music, so the game really appealed to me. Another thing I associate with "WipEout" was MTV's "Amp"; a show that came on at 1am, and usually featured footage and music from the game. Great video, and thanks for the nostalgia trip!
My first memory of wipeout is playing 2097 on a Demo disk that came with my playstation. This, along with crash bandicoot defined my childhood. i still boot up that demo disk from time to time and take myself back to the 90s
I am from the USA. I remember Wipeout! It means so much to me! I was just discovering house, techno, trance and electronic dance music in-genera. It was quite a time. I love electronic music and Wipeout.to this day. Wipeout blew my mind!
I stumbled upon this video at 1 am. I'm not really sure who you are or what your channel is about, but here we go *insert long story* I remember playing the demo on PS1 when I was young and being obsessed with the game, but my family never actually got the game at all. But the memory of it always stayed with me and I always wanted to pick one of the games up. Then when I was a teenager and the psp released my friend got one and WipEout Pure and I was so jealous. One psp was major cool here (about the only place I know of where the DS wasn't major popular) and two he had WipEout, something I'd always wanted. So I saved my money for months from mowing my parent lawns and eventually got myself a White PSP 2002 model and Ratchet and Clank Size matters. When Pulse released that was when I first owned my own WipEout game and I loved it. I must have spent more hours playing it than almost any other game in my entire life and being able to play ad hoc and race each others ghosts with my friend was amazing. We'd text each other our best times and challenge each other to beat them A thing most people seem to have forgotten was how you could actually customise the soundtrack on Pulse, you could load your own music onto the Memory Stick and listen to any track you wanted. So even if you didn't like the games soundtrack you could have your own. And also the custom skin creator! You used to be able to go to a website and design your own skins for the ships and import them, I wish this would come back for PS4! I found HD for about $5 as an ex rental at one point and played it for a time, but it didn't capture me at that time the same as it used too, I was more into Rpgs at that point Me and my friend had a rough patch where we didn't really get on anymore and life kind of took hold, but we started to get over that and came back together and started working together I remember when Omega collection released and he called his wife up from the office begging if we could go buy it and she said yes, so we rushed out to get it and play and install the game! Sadly he passed away 2 years ago from a heart attack. So WipEout is not only an important game historically, it holds important memories for me and I'm sure many others. It's close to my heart. So thank you for taking the time to talk about this series, I hope others discover what it has to offer. And I hope we get something new on PS5!
Ayy. This video has got to be one of the best complete history’s I have ever saw. I didn’t know how heavily the prodigy inspired the game. Also thanks for using the logo rework I recreated around 6:11.
I'm from the US (Texas), and I first heard about WipEout from a demo disc that I either received packaged with the PS1 or from one of those gaming magazines, can't remember which as this was 20+ years ago. The demo disc also had Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer, ESPN Extreme Games and Twisted Metal, I loved it so much.
I am from the US and my first exposure to Wipeout was the music video for Fluke's "Atom Bomb" on MTV's Amp. I didn't realize at first that the game actually existed. Sometime later I bought Wipeout 2097 on PC and I was hooked. So my connection with Wipeout came from my interest in 90's electronica.
The actual first time I ever touched a playstation controller, and played a game, it was Wipeout... And it wasn't at home, it wasn't in a store, or round a mates house. It was in the Ministry of Sound. I'd gone to see Boy George DJ. And I'd had a few "naughty substances"... I ended up sat there. For about 2 hours. My friends all huddled round the screen dancing, gurning and partying. While watching this madness on screen... It was the start of a brand new type of gaming.
I'm from the US, and have been playing since Pure-which is my favorite game in the series. Ironically enough, I got the game as a present for my Birthday not knowing what it was (only that it wasn't the game I originally wanted). I've grown up with EDM and Electronica for most of my life, and this game cemented my love for the genre. Still, to this day, I am the only person I know that actively plays these games where I live, but I enjoy it nonetheless.
I'm from the States. Wipeout is a huge part of my teenage years and almost single-handedly responsible for my interest in electronic music and especially The Prodigy.
I was but a kid in the 90s when WipEout came out and I remember my Dad, brother and myself were blown away by the 2097 Demo1 demo which had ColdStorage's 'Body in Motion' playing - a defining point in my childhood. It was a special time and place in the UK back then - the rise of Britpop, the underground rave scene, the rapid growth in technology, PlayStation bringing experiences I never thought possible, and the internet becoming increasingly accessible - it seemed like there was so much more just on the horizon, awaiting us, but only when we were ready for it. PlayStation was the console riding the razors edge and WipEout had every player feeling like a boyracer in the future. Loved the video, man. RIP Psygnosis / Studio Liverpool. 🖤 You were rock stars.
Sadly i'd never even heard of the series till around the ps3 era, when it was a freebie on ps plus. It blew my mind, and there was still a few people around playing the multiplayer, which I thought was nuts. The soundtrack and design of everything was what stuck out to me, just how 'clean' everything was, its hard to describe.. futuristic/minimalist, I guess? Its still easily in my top 5 racing games even today.
In 1995 I was in my last year of design school and had an interview at one of the hotter agencies in town. They showed me around the place, including the break room which had a PlayStation hooked up to a projector. The guy picked up WipEout and said, "have you seen this yet?" I hadn't, so he put it in and did one race. I saw three of my biggest passions (music, graphic design, and games) come together on that screen and was blown away. That one experience sold me on getting a PlayStation, and WipEout still has one of my favorites aesthetics I've ever seen.
Today's video game graphics are way too bright and detailed with their 4k HD visuals that I'm sure having a high speed futuristic racing game these days is gonna cause a lot of eye sore for people. Futuristic racing games looked their best in the 6th generation of consoles when graphics had a basic matte look to them.
*Christmas 1997* We got a PlayStation and Wipeout. ... Legacy of Kain and a Demo Disc. *I got the most from Wipeout and the Demo Disc.* Resident Evil Director's Cut and Gran Turismo came out soon after. A great time to be alive. 💿
Daniel's Complete History kind of videos are a full cup of references of entire cultural zeitgeists, music, youth and design from the past and how it influenced the present. I'm a designer myself and I'm glad to follow him because of these videos. This one also goes along with the ones about Jet Set Radio and Space Chanel 5 really well.
WipeOut blew my mind! I was just 18 when the PlayStation came out and had to pick WipeOut, it was fundamental in my messy nights, cumins home after the club on a HUUUGE comedown and firing up WipeOut! Ahhhh, brilliant times! M
Commenting from an American prospective it was definitely a very impressive early game. Sales of the PlayStation were greatly boosted most likely because of its release.
@@noneofyourbusiness4616 Pacer/Formula Fusion/Slamjet Racing has failed to capture the style and gameplay of any wipeout a few concept artists from Sony Liverpool working on unrelated projects arnt "wipeout developers" and Ian Anderson (the only person in TDR) is a twat on such a high horse you could easily mistake it for a girraffe
What I used to do was as the level loaded on 2097 I opened the disc and replaced it with fat of the land cd but having the switch back once I crossed the line.
My orthodontist had a bunch of Nintendo 64s and one of them had wipEout loaded on it. I never got to listen to the music but it was pretty neat and I wanted to see what the game was actually about.
I'm italian. When Wipeout came out I was 15 and I had just met a group of people that has become, since then, my extended "crew". A group of peiple that was, and still is, mad for electronic music, expecially techno, and for cyberculture. I remember Wipeout as one of the best thing I've ever played, because it was the perfect conjunction between the music and some of the aesthetics related to futuristic technology I was beginning to love.
Wipeout was a massive influence on me as a youngster. I used to go down to the video shop and hire a Sega Saturn console and play the original version for hours. When I had to return the console, i'd find myself humming the rave tunes. I asked my parents to buy the PC version when it came out here in New Zealand, despite not having a powerful enough machine to run it smoothly without turning all the graphics down low. Wipeout 2097 hit the shelves here about two years later. I even remember asking my Nan if she'd call out to me whenever the 2097 ad came on the TV and I get a few seconds watching the AG machines fly down the track. It wasn't until 1999 I got a new computer and played them both heaps, often chucking the music on in the background while making various Wipeout related webpages etc. In the early 2000s I had read about 3D accelerated version of the original Wipeout what I thought was only available for some obscure SONY PCV laptop, but it turns out with an ATI 3d Rage graphics card it could be played on a PC. In 2011 I bought a copy from a girl on a forum and managed to build up a pc with the right specs. RetroCompaqGuy did a youtube vid on this rare edition and I made my own too, which is on my channel if you want to check it out. Theres also a vid about the Wipeout XL multiplayer link between two PCs. This video Brings back so many memories! Thankyou so much, it was awesome! Daniel - Christchurch, New Zealand.
Another great video Dan. I enjoyed your little segue at the start into the close association of WipEout with dance culture (I was big fan of hardcore and rave back in the day). 2097 was the one that got me hooked and eventually got me to jump ship from the Sega Saturn to the PS1. Absolutely love this game series.
Wipeout was the reason I ended up getting a PlayStation. I played the demo and was blown away I was I was in love with the music and the graphics. It was all about Wipeout and Resident Evil in those days Now years later my brother is a huge fan as well as my oldest son. Some of my Fondest Memories and one of my favorite games of all time.
In 90s middle America as a kid, I used to browse through gaming magazines at the store while my mom shopped. My first choice was always Next Generation for its heavy stock paper, interesting content, and great print quality. I still remember seeing the ads and previews for WipEout XL for PlayStation inside one issue. The Designers Republic made it seem like it was truly some sort of message from the future and I desperately wanted to play it. I finally rented the game from Blockbuster one weekend. The soundtrack blew my mind! It was like my TV had begun showing me a portal to some alien dimension. This lead to late nights secretly staying up with the TV on with headphones attached so I could watch MTV's Amp and get more of this sound that was nowhere to be found on our radio. The whole thing made me feel like I was tuned into a future that others weren't yet aware was about to happen. Thanks for the video! What a fun trip back!
Thank you for this. I grew up in England in the 90’s, and you absolutely nailed what this game meant for that generation. What this game series represented then transcended far beyond just being a game - it was truly the tone of culture at the time. I’ll never forget playing the demo disc for 2097 over and over and over, with the checkered floor pattern and Firestarter baked in my memory. Having watched the stellar PlayStation Revolution documentary, it’s obvious we aren’t in some minority that feel this way about the series. A big chunk of that [incredible] doc is also dedicated to examining club culture and the impact of PlayStation on a more mature crowd. Thanks, man.
Amazingly insightful! Had no idea this was so tied into the U.K. clubbing scene. This game is the single reason I still listen to electronic music to this day. In the states, I had never heard anything thing like it before. I found out the artists, bought Orbital's self-entitled LP, and have been hooked every since. Awesome!
My friends and I in Oregon (U.S.A.) LOVED Wipeout - I was introduced to it by the PlayStation Sampler CD that came with my console, but I remember it being quite popular!
Bro, you HAVE to try BallisticNG. It is totally a faithful recreation of wipeout. you will love it. I mean pacer looks fun....But it ain't BallisticNG ;)
@@petersharplin4118 Redout's music is a mixed bag but there's nothing wrong with the track design. It just takes more from the F-Zero games than Wipeout. Ballistic NG and Redout are both fantastic games in their own right & there's no reason to pit them against each other when the market is starved for quality zero-g racers.
I completed missed the original, having only just enough allowance to get Crash 2 with my console (and about half a year of having no memory card...whee), only to get Spyro 1 and then Tombi after that. I only ever played 2097 on one of the demo discs that had one track, and that was it. It wasn't till I bought a PS2 after the Xbox had turned a bit stale, that I finally got Fusion - And it was honestly my favourite version of the game for years. I loved having so many teams to choose from, which reminded me of games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante.
The most '90s thing ever. I remember when it came out, I got a PS as soon as I could (after hiring one from Blockbuster a few times and paying a whopping £300 cash deposit every time!) and drinking and playing this and Ridge Racer to death with my mates. It was a mind-blowing experience after the 16bits, but now I have mainly gone back to playing 16bit again now.
Australian here. This was a staple in every recovery party. I started raving at 16 (laws were a bit more relaxed lol) but it definitely was a game that defined our scene at the time. I remember an ex was telling me that the university she worked at even set a PlayStation up in an auditorium and everyone got trashed and played Wipeout on a giant screen with the sound going through the PA system lol was so jealous when I found out!
Superbly done..... No cheese mate, Wipeout was definitely a game that made me a hardcore gamer, and it was the whole experience. The reason why I bought the ps1. As a 49 year old dad, I play the VR version, which is just a bloody sublime experience.
I didn't own the first game myself, but played it at a mate's house and wasn't quite sure what to make of it. By the time 2097 came out, I'd also discovered Mixmag and Ministry, and I think that helped draw me in as my musical horizons had expanded a bit. And I'm so glad it pulled me in! That game is one of my all time favs to this day, and I still enjoy that particular era of rave. This game (and honourable mention to Rollcage also) also got me a lifelong addiction to drum 'n bass. I didn't really comprehend the the cultural significance of the game in the UK at the time, but I definitely learned about it because of the game. It would take almost another 7-8 years before I ever went to a rave myself, as they were far and few between where I live. Thanks for this trip down memory lane, I'm gonna go put on Body In Motion, and then Messij and just daydream for a little bit
Im from Serbia. The game was a big seller but i dont think it was as big as in the UK. The prodigy however were and still are massive in Serbia so having them on the OST was godsend.
Hailing from Greece! The whole Wipeout thing happened here as well, pretty much as you describe it for the UK. I was already into underground raves with hardcore, drum n bass and trance back then, we were playing wipeout in the clubs, even after the parties chilling out at someones place. It was mindblowing, still love the music and have all the games. My favourite ps1 series of all time. I was also an amiga fan and with psygnosis being the publisher, i was in gaming heaven.
I am from Norway and Wipeout had a big impact for me here and that and the original ridge racer is what I remember most about the launch of the console here. I recall going to local electronic store right after launch just to play wipeout. And when I finally got the console myself a few months later it came with a demo disc containing the Wipeout demo, which i played to death before I could afford buying the full games. I think it really was a big deal all over Europe.
Wipeout was rage game that got me begging my parents to get me a PlayStation for Christmas 1995. I was 13 and loved it. It was so cool and stylish. I still own the T-Shirts that I somehow ordered from the UK. The game holds a very special place in my heart even without knowing anything about the UK club culture behind it back then.
Seasoned Wipeout pilot here. Currently doing a 2nd playthrough of Wipeout Pure and 1st time playthrough of Pulse and Fusion. I remember getting Wipeout HD Fury on my cousin's PS3 as part of the "Welcome Back" after the PSN Outage.
Wipeout is the reason I'm into The Prodigy. I didn't know I needed music like that in my life until I played Wipeout XL in middle school. Consequently, The Fat Of The Land was one of the first albums I bought with my own money, and Firestarter will always be linked with this series in my memory.
I live in the U.S., and Wipeout was the first PS1 game I played. It was a demo on a big screen at a store of sorts called Incredible Universe. I don't think they are around any more. The one I got when I got my PS1 was Wipeout XL. Then 3. XL is easily one of my favorite games of all time. Me and a friend dropped a bunch of acid and just totally aced that game one night, after months of practice. We were in a trance state. Unlocked everything and set records we'd never come close to ever again. It was legendary. I loved all these games. I started drinking Red Bull, and I was already a huge fan of The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, and Orbital at the time.
As a child of 1993, I regret that I can't say I "Grew up in the 90's", because, let's be real, life doesn't start until 18. I've gone on to have a lifelong love of 90's Club, Trance, Trip Hop ect. We were real pioneers back then, in the musical and chemical senses, and I'll forever be disappointed I'd missed it.
I bought Wipeout when I bought my Playstation upon launch in Canada. I was a total techno/rave fan at the time, and Wipeout was a beautiful merge of my favourite music and a game I fell in love with. It turned me into a combat racing and lifelong Wipeout fan.
At last, the video that ever search. The history of one of most underrated game series. Your quote " the game that changed my life", was exactly I wrote to Nick Burcombe a years ago, and he aswer me " Thats the the story that I want to hear. I glad for you". Wipeout 2097 was the pinacle for me, of the series. Joined a perfect mix of speed, future design and electronic music. The videogames never were the same since WipEout.
My cousin had Wipeout64 here in America. I had no knowledge of the other versions. I recall I was always sort of amazed that this game, which had EVERY appearance on first glance of being budget shovelware to me played SO smooth on the ever-stuttering n64 hardware and was such an addictive title!
Thanks for mentioning Pacer for the PC, such a great, gritty, modern Wipeout inspired game. Ballistic NG is another great Wipeout inspired game with more of an old-school feel. Redout is awesome too. So many great Wipeout passion projects
Wipeout didn't become a hit in the US until the release of wipeout xl. I think it was due to the US version of wipeout removing the race music. The rave scene in the US didn't become big until the late 90s and lasted to the early 2000s. Than there was a huge revival in the 2010s because all those kids from the late 90s/early 2000s got money.
Played 2097,wasmind blowing in France. I remember feeling sso much far from this culture, I was young at this time. Unforgettable moment playing this game and throwing me to wait Next generations of this game since PS1. Then skipped the PS2 version founding not like it was. Was pleased by PSP and PS3 version that I still have. So now because of you I want to play it on PS4 on the 4k version. Thanks a lot.
American checking in... Wipeout was absolutely something noticeably different and special when the PlayStation landed, and I can't understate how important it was that it was playable on that first demo disc, I think alongside Battle Arena Toshinden, Jumping Flash, and ESPN Extreme Games? As a 13 year old at a time that was still very pre-internet-as-we-know-it, I didn't know that what I was playing was specifically, intrinsically British, I just knew it was distinct and I liked it. Eventually I did start looking more into the music. I found my way to Hackers, I found my way to a Saturday night show on MTV called AMP, and eventually on AMP I discovered the video for Fluke's Atom Bomb that tied everything together beautifully. The sensation of being part of that fandom, from where I was, at that time, is hard to nail down in words. Everything that surrounded Wipeout in magazines and whatever other gaming media we found it in at the time made it clear that our little group of pretty damn good Qirex pilots in rural Utah was a part of something considerably larger, what exactly that something was, was a little harder to discern. (We also believed for longer than I like to admit that 2097 was a completely separate game from XL that the US market was being denied because we were so used to getting that treatment from Japan all those years. Then 3SE happened and well...) Finally, Wipeout XL was singularly responsible for the initial demand for Red Bull in the US, and when an indie games/music/movies store in my area began carrying it, it became the de facto gathering point for local Wipeout players. Some of my best gaming memories, honestly.
Binging as much wipeout content as possible after becoming fixated on the games this is one of the best and most entertaining videos on the series, amazing video man!!
Dallas, TX here, and I was introduced to it through the Playstation. Loved Trance and Techno and spaceships at the time so it was very easy to get into. Owned an N64 and played the hell out of Wipeout 64. Years passed and I found it again through Wipeout Fusion on PS2. Still loved it. Love this series, and I hope to play a thrilling, modernized iteration someday.
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Seriously I want to thank you for talking about games I feel like doesn't get as much attention these days. It is a good game and it's truly its own thing. Honestly it always brings me joy to watch people react to this game. Especially when they never heard of it. Only have the PSP version . But even then their minds are blown by what this is
Hey Slopes, have you ever played N2O/Nitrous Oxide for PS1? The physical disc doubles as a Crystal Method compilation!
Also, check out Internal Section, both of these games are trippy fast paced tunnel shooters, with Internal Section being a Squaresoft title that looks a lot like Rez.
Hey, Daniel. Please do a video on the complete history of Tomb Raider.
@@ganjaman59650 nope not paid, they had no idea I was gonna do it. I thought it was a nice way to end the video showing that new games are still being made by fans
I worked in Electronics Boutique when the original wipeout came out, always remember someone coming p with the box and asking if we had an english copy in, they assumed from the box art it was the japanese version.
Designers Republic did love their kanji characters, barcodes and weird little meaningless cartoon characters and logos thrown in anywhere. I miss DR a lot.
liar
@@thematicschematic Yep xd
We need some hour long videos from you my dude
Thank you for sharing that’s awesome lol
The fact that you're willing to put together a slickly edited, uniquely personal 45 minute video on a classic series like this is part of the reason I love this channel so much
Dito, this channel is excellent
Mee tooo❤
back in the day when my dad would overhear me playing wipeout XL he'd try to replicate the sound of the voice that says "mines" except it always came out sounding like "mayans" and then i'd imagine a bunch of confused south americans getting dumped out into the track
Oh my god, I'm dying.
Without any intend to kill the joke, mayans are from Mexico and Central America. Sorry, I am a native from the Yucatan Península myself.
Well there is the Aztec track lol.
@@enzocompanbadillo5365 fair enough, I'll amend my description in the future
XD
A thing to note with Wipeout Pulse is that the PS2 version has a really nasty save corruption bug. Avoid that version and play the PSP version instead.
Owww but I want all the dlc....
And it also lacks the concept crafts...
My mother was a raver-girl back in the 90s, she was also a massive gamer. I was fortunate enough to have played all of the PS1 Wipeout games.
My cousin was one of the game testers at Psygnosis back in Merseyside, too.
The soundtracks where my childhood theme tunes pretty much.
We used to come back from warehouses/beach parties back in the early 90's and hammer this till the sun went back down again! Think it was 92 but my memory is a little foggy of those times ;)
Your mom sounds cool lol
My uncle was The Queen.
US DJ here. Wipeout XL cemented my love for electronic music. One of my favorite franchises ever and the one that I can say shaped me more than any other (as well as being the reason I have purchased multiple consoles). On another note, RIP Keith, and may your amazing music live on forever.
It will❤
One thing I learned from Wipeout in phantom class is one thing.
Don't blink.
That!
WipEout had a gigantic impact on me personally, ever since I plopped the Wip3out disc into a CD player, without even knowing it's a game. That instantaneously shaped my taste in music, DnB, trance and EDM in general. And then I played the for hours and hours, glued to the TV, on my uncle's borrowed PS1. Later on, I started appreciating the supplementary graphic design elements scattered across the games, it was something no game gave a serious though ever before, apart from an odd logo here and there. That's how my interest and career in design and graphics began, all thanks to the work of The Designers Republic. I love this series so much and owe it a lot as well. Hell, I bought a PS3 just to play WipEout HD, I don't even have any other games for it, well I do have Fifa, GTA IV and GT5, but they're still sealed LMAO.
I've completed WipEout 3 Special Edition in all possible ways, not only acquiring all the gold medals for all tracks and all speed classes, ships, challenges, tournaments etc., but also getting top lap and race times for everything, including prototypes, all with perfect laps. I fucking LOVE this game. It's my favorite game of all time - I admit it's not the best game I've ever played or even enjoyed, but it holds such a special place in my heart. When Curly says "GO!", you fucking GO, man!
2097/XL were brutal too, autopilot is your friend on Phantom. Spilskinanke is such a crazy, crazy track, especially with Piranha.
Pure and Pulse were both fantastic on the PSP, but HD takes it to a next level, pushing the PS3 to the max, tons of fun with the Zone mode, trophies and such. Btw, everyone who's reading this comment go and watch the intro to WipEout Pulse right now, it's crazy futuristic, X-Project by DJ Fresh playing in the background, turquoise hexagons everywhere, it's just dope as shit, adrenaline rush for the rest of your day guaranteed.
The rest - they're decent games, and I respect them for the lore, but aren't as great as these 5 in my opinion. Fusion was the weakest point in the history of the franchise, ironically in terms of in-game lore just as much. I haven't had a chance to play 2048/Omega Collection a whole lot, but they definitely look amazing. Can't wait to try VR, my stomach is going to hate it.
Also the music! The Prodigy, Underworld, The Chemical Brothers, Sasha, later on especially Noisia and DJ Fresh - want to listen to a phenomenal assortment of electronic music of all kinds and genres? Listen to WipEout OSTs. It is a PERFECT quick summary of what EDM is.
When I saw this video in my recommendations I literally jumped up out of excitement. Why have I refrained from subscribing to you for so long? I fucking love your videos Daniel.
An obvious fan right here.... cant thank you enough for the kind words :D
25:59 “..it’s an all round smoother experience” *clips through the wall barrier* lol
Awesome look back at a great series
Wipeout had a pretty decent following here in the US as far as I can remember, It's still one of my top 5 favorite racing games.
Yeah it was decent, same a Jet Moto, but I don't think it ever reached the popularity they had in the UK/Euro countries, since the rave/electronic music scene was just not as big in many parts of the US being so rural, and having ZERO nightclub scene to speak of.
@Zero Cool You are talking about 2 major tourist cities, and Orlando having major theme parks like Disney World. It's the same as talking about someplace like Atlanta, which were, and still are big exceptions since again they are very major cities.
The US is a foul place.
@@afistfulofpimples1745 WOW so edgy!!! 😒
@Zero Cool They're all still there coz they want to take part in one of their famous gun massacres.
8:27 - There's my billboard!
I am from the United States and fell in love with the game in a demo disc, and my dad bought it and I felt competitive with him over it. I eventually joined the U.S. Air Force and got stationed in the UK for 5 years.
😮 whao
I'm portuguese and I started playing ps1 games around 6-7 years old and wipeout 2097 was one of my first videogames, really important for me specially the music that listen now and then
DJ Slope and a Wipeout history video? I must have done something wonderful in a past life.
As an American my first taste of Wipeout was the version released for Sony Vaio PC's. It lacked the licensed tracks and only had the Tim Wright/Cold Storage songs, but it was still enough to blow my mind and keep me hooked to this day. Then my older brother got a PlayStation for Christmas just in time for Wipeout XL (2097 as called in Europe) to come out and introduce us to The Prodigy. Good times indeed.
It was my first years as a teenager. Had recently discovered and watched MTV, in Brazil, like crazy. And there was The Prodigy and many others electro/techno groups and DJs and their creative videoclips.
This kind of music, raving with pulsating eletronic sounds and noises was like videogame music on steroids, it was also the first time I listened to something so trippy as game music. It was a natural fit to jump into this futuristic world, although I did not know, by that time, a thing the rave culture nor had access to the rave nights.
The Prodigy was certainly unique and one of my favorites, its music was part of my teen years.
And them I have got a Playstaton as a Xmas gift in 1998 and soon discovered WipeOut. It was a blast! It brought all the techno and futuristic aesthetic to a game like no other. Everything I loved plus a ultra speedy gameplay! And, oh, the challenge!
Hackers was really a driver of hype around Wipeout, and I couldn't have been happier. All things I loved, coming together: video games, electronic music, and, well, hackers.
I never thought about how hard this game would hit in Europe damn! America sleeps on uk music so hard even today
I miss trip-hop.
It's irresponsible of you to lump us all in together. I was very into the clubs as a 20something in 1990s NYC and we all most definitely had a peace love understanding and respect for all UK music; you just don't hear about it. Thank God, too, because all the kids growing up with Twitter strapped to their faces would have lost their fucking minds!
@@DonnyKirkMusic I thoroughly recommend a 2010 album called 'A Bright Cold Day' by Dutch.
@Darth Wheezius There's a lot of theories around the lead singer of Massive Attack being Banksy. A DnB guy called Goldie once referred to Banksy as 'Robert' in an interview. Robert del Naja.
There's a ton of conspiracy theories about Banksy art things popping up in cities on the same kind of circuit and timing the Massive Attack tour is on too. They also headlined the Banksy festival when he had it here in the UK.
Obviously all a theory, but it does have a fair amount of weight to it.
"America sleeps on uk music" uhh, yeah, apart from like...the majority of 60s, 70s, 80s music, and the likes of Ed Sheeran, Adele, Sam Smith, Calvin Harris today.
American fan of WipEout here. I was too small a kid when the original launched to really know what was going on with marketing it, but by the time I got into gaming, I did not see any advertising for the newer games in the series and only got into it because of personal recommendations.
When I was a kid, my mother got me and my sister PSPs that we asked for as Christmas presents. Since she wanted to keep them a surprise and was not into games herself, she asked a game store employee what PSP game she should get. The clerk recommended the WipEout series, so I ended up with copies of Pure and Pulse. So if you were a game store clerk/WipEout fan operating somewhere in upstate SC during the mid to late 2000s, thanks so much for introducing me to this series.
So sad that Studio Liverpool closed.
i freaking bought a PSP because of wipeout, a PS3 because of Wipeout and a Vita because of wipeout
so yeah for me its a system seller.
Wip3out SE is the peak in the series
I was going to post exactly the same except I also bought a PS1 because of Wipeout 2097.
I hope we get a new Wipeout for the PS5.
Totally agree, but wipeout HD and wipeout 2097 are a close second.
first time i saw a red bull in a store i was like "OMG ITS RED BULL FROM WIPEOUT" and i immediately bought it, went home, tried it and spit it out. Poured the rest down the sink. But I kept the can, and I still like the IDEA of red bull and the logo, just because of wipeout. But i'll never drink it again
For Keith.... 2097 is how I found ya!
That's exactly where I first heard Firestarter! Well the instrumental version anyway. I heard the vocal version not too long afterwards.
Great video. I bought the PlayStation on it's release day in the UK from Comet (on some rip-off credit agreement) together with Wipeout, and to say it blew me and my mates away was a massive understatement. I remember UK launch day was a Friday, and I got down to the shop for just after 5pm to grab the one I'd reserved, then me and my mate dashed home to our flat to set it up straight away. At that point it was the one and only game I had (because after shelling out £299 for the console and then £45 or whatever it was for Wipeout it was all I could afford for a while). 7 or 8 hours later we were both still playing it, only stopping to briefly sleep for a bit then get straight back playing it again as soon as we woke up. We didn't stop all weekend, apart from to skin up or nip to the offie downstairs beneath our flat for booze, and our friends that popped over were equally as impressed with it Monday morning, after playing it non-stop for for nearly 3 days, we both took the day off work 'sick' to carry on as we couldn't face stopping.
No game has ever gripped me that way before or since.
In the US, this was seen as an F-Zero Clone for the playstation... a few few people knew what the soundtrack was and where it's raver origins came from. They were amazed that a game like wipeout would commercialize an entire subgenre.
American fan here. While WipEout had its fans over here, it wasn't as huge over here as in the UK, unfortunately. It did, however, help set the PS1 apart from what came before. I discovered WipEout through a demo disc, and it was definitely one of the games that made me sit up and take notice. During that time, I was heavily into the Electronica/Dance movement in music, so the game really appealed to me. Another thing I associate with "WipEout" was MTV's "Amp"; a show that came on at 1am, and usually featured footage and music from the game. Great video, and thanks for the nostalgia trip!
My first memory of wipeout is playing 2097 on a Demo disk that came with my playstation. This, along with crash bandicoot defined my childhood. i still boot up that demo disk from time to time and take myself back to the 90s
I am from the USA. I remember Wipeout! It means so much to me! I was just discovering house, techno, trance and electronic dance music in-genera. It was quite a time. I love electronic music and Wipeout.to this day. Wipeout blew my mind!
I stumbled upon this video at 1 am.
I'm not really sure who you are or what your channel is about, but here we go *insert long story*
I remember playing the demo on PS1 when I was young and being obsessed with the game, but my family never actually got the game at all. But the memory of it always stayed with me and I always wanted to pick one of the games up.
Then when I was a teenager and the psp released my friend got one and WipEout Pure and I was so jealous. One psp was major cool here (about the only place I know of where the DS wasn't major popular) and two he had WipEout, something I'd always wanted.
So I saved my money for months from mowing my parent lawns and eventually got myself a White PSP 2002 model and Ratchet and Clank Size matters.
When Pulse released that was when I first owned my own WipEout game and I loved it.
I must have spent more hours playing it than almost any other game in my entire life and being able to play ad hoc and race each others ghosts with my friend was amazing.
We'd text each other our best times and challenge each other to beat them
A thing most people seem to have forgotten was how you could actually customise the soundtrack on Pulse, you could load your own music onto the Memory Stick and listen to any track you wanted. So even if you didn't like the games soundtrack you could have your own.
And also the custom skin creator!
You used to be able to go to a website and design your own skins for the ships and import them, I wish this would come back for PS4!
I found HD for about $5 as an ex rental at one point and played it for a time, but it didn't capture me at that time the same as it used too, I was more into Rpgs at that point
Me and my friend had a rough patch where we didn't really get on anymore and life kind of took hold, but we started to get over that and came back together and started working together
I remember when Omega collection released and he called his wife up from the office begging if we could go buy it and she said yes, so we rushed out to get it and play and install the game!
Sadly he passed away 2 years ago from a heart attack.
So WipEout is not only an important game historically, it holds important memories for me and I'm sure many others.
It's close to my heart.
So thank you for taking the time to talk about this series, I hope others discover what it has to offer.
And I hope we get something new on PS5!
Ayy. This video has got to be one of the best complete history’s I have ever saw. I didn’t know how heavily the prodigy inspired the game. Also thanks for using the logo rework I recreated around 6:11.
I'm from the US (Texas), and I first heard about WipEout from a demo disc that I either received packaged with the PS1 or from one of those gaming magazines, can't remember which as this was 20+ years ago. The demo disc also had Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer, ESPN Extreme Games and Twisted Metal, I loved it so much.
Worth mentioning that 2097 and 3 are very different :) Wip3out is one of the few PS1 games that runs in High Resolution mode (720×480 / 480i)
I am from the US and my first exposure to Wipeout was the music video for Fluke's "Atom Bomb" on MTV's Amp. I didn't realize at first that the game actually existed. Sometime later I bought Wipeout 2097 on PC and I was hooked. So my connection with Wipeout came from my interest in 90's electronica.
The actual first time I ever touched a playstation controller, and played a game, it was Wipeout... And it wasn't at home, it wasn't in a store, or round a mates house. It was in the Ministry of Sound. I'd gone to see Boy George DJ. And I'd had a few "naughty substances"... I ended up sat there. For about 2 hours. My friends all huddled round the screen dancing, gurning and partying. While watching this madness on screen... It was the start of a brand new type of gaming.
I'm from the US, and have been playing since Pure-which is my favorite game in the series. Ironically enough, I got the game as a present for my Birthday not knowing what it was (only that it wasn't the game I originally wanted). I've grown up with EDM and Electronica for most of my life, and this game cemented my love for the genre. Still, to this day, I am the only person I know that actively plays these games where I live, but I enjoy it nonetheless.
I'm from the States. Wipeout is a huge part of my teenage years and almost single-handedly responsible for my interest in electronic music and especially The Prodigy.
I was but a kid in the 90s when WipEout came out and I remember my Dad, brother and myself were blown away by the 2097 Demo1 demo which had ColdStorage's 'Body in Motion' playing - a defining point in my childhood. It was a special time and place in the UK back then - the rise of Britpop, the underground rave scene, the rapid growth in technology, PlayStation bringing experiences I never thought possible, and the internet becoming increasingly accessible - it seemed like there was so much more just on the horizon, awaiting us, but only when we were ready for it. PlayStation was the console riding the razors edge and WipEout had every player feeling like a boyracer in the future.
Loved the video, man.
RIP Psygnosis / Studio Liverpool. 🖤
You were rock stars.
Sadly i'd never even heard of the series till around the ps3 era, when it was a freebie on ps plus.
It blew my mind, and there was still a few people around playing the multiplayer, which I thought was nuts.
The soundtrack and design of everything was what stuck out to me, just how 'clean' everything was, its hard to describe.. futuristic/minimalist, I guess?
Its still easily in my top 5 racing games even today.
Excellent video! Think i'll play some wipeout vr tonight
In 1995 I was in my last year of design school and had an interview at one of the hotter agencies in town. They showed me around the place, including the break room which had a PlayStation hooked up to a projector. The guy picked up WipEout and said, "have you seen this yet?" I hadn't, so he put it in and did one race. I saw three of my biggest passions (music, graphic design, and games) come together on that screen and was blown away. That one experience sold me on getting a PlayStation, and WipEout still has one of my favorites aesthetics I've ever seen.
Futuristic racers really need to make a comeback, especially for the "big 3", F Zero, Extreme G, and of course Wipeout
There is Redout, which is arguably the finest AG racer I've ever played...
@@alaeriia01 right. Personally I prefer the feel of the XG series, they have substantial weight to them. I would kill for an XGRA remake/remaster
@@jdmweeb8663 XG3 is ridiculously good, I will give you that!
Today's video game graphics are way too bright and detailed with their 4k HD visuals that I'm sure having a high speed futuristic racing game these days is gonna cause a lot of eye sore for people. Futuristic racing games looked their best in the 6th generation of consoles when graphics had a basic matte look to them.
@@doclouis4236 well, XG2/ XGRA had a cyberpunk feel to them. so the muted colors would work.
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>it's an all-around smoother experience
>drifts into the green void
*Christmas 1997*
We got a PlayStation and Wipeout.
... Legacy of Kain and a Demo Disc.
*I got the most from Wipeout and the Demo Disc.*
Resident Evil Director's Cut and Gran Turismo came out soon after.
A great time to be alive. 💿
Daniel's Complete History kind of videos are a full cup of references of entire cultural zeitgeists, music, youth and design from the past and how it influenced the present. I'm a designer myself and I'm glad to follow him because of these videos. This one also goes along with the ones about Jet Set Radio and Space Chanel 5 really well.
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By that logic then Pokémon: The Movie 2000 must have been quite literally the 2000th Pokémon movie.
This was absolutely EXCELLENT, DJ Slopes. Thank you!!
GOOOOOOO FEISAR!!
The graphic design was sooo ahead of itself! Loved it & I surely wasn’t the only one. Designers republic really nailed it!
& the music!! Photex third sequence still kicks ass!!!
& btw I’m Belgian & CJ Bolland is too ;) & wipeout hit us as hard as the UK
& yes wipeout 2097 was my first
WipeOut blew my mind! I was just 18 when the PlayStation came out and had to pick WipeOut, it was fundamental in my messy nights, cumins home after the club on a HUUUGE comedown and firing up WipeOut! Ahhhh, brilliant times! M
Commenting from an American prospective it was definitely a very impressive early game. Sales of the PlayStation were greatly boosted most likely because of its release.
If you think Pacer is alright then you might have brain damage.
BallisticNG is the true heir to the wipEout throne.
it's closer to brain-damaged thinking to believe that differences in taste can only be the results of brain damage
@@noneofyourbusiness4616 Pacer/Formula Fusion/Slamjet Racing has failed to capture the style and gameplay of any wipeout
a few concept artists from Sony Liverpool working on unrelated projects arnt "wipeout developers" and Ian Anderson (the only person in TDR) is a twat on such a high horse you could easily mistake it for a girraffe
I ve just understood you’re nickname :)
Redout would like a word with you.
What I used to do was as the level loaded on 2097 I opened the disc and replaced it with fat of the land cd but having the switch back once I crossed the line.
My orthodontist had a bunch of Nintendo 64s and one of them had wipEout loaded on it. I never got to listen to the music but it was pretty neat and I wanted to see what the game was actually about.
BEAST of a video. Thank you for having me!
New sub, your content seems juicy!
@@TheLastComa Thank you!
I'm italian. When Wipeout came out I was 15 and I had just met a group of people that has become, since then, my extended "crew". A group of peiple that was, and still is, mad for electronic music, expecially techno, and for cyberculture. I remember Wipeout as one of the best thing I've ever played, because it was the perfect conjunction between the music and some of the aesthetics related to futuristic technology I was beginning to love.
Wipeout was a massive influence on me as a youngster. I used to go down to the video shop and hire a Sega Saturn console and play the original version for hours. When I had to return the console, i'd find myself humming the rave tunes. I asked my parents to buy the PC version when it came out here in New Zealand, despite not having a powerful enough machine to run it smoothly without turning all the graphics down low.
Wipeout 2097 hit the shelves here about two years later. I even remember asking my Nan if she'd call out to me whenever the 2097 ad came on the TV and I get a few seconds watching the AG machines fly down the track.
It wasn't until 1999 I got a new computer and played them both heaps, often chucking the music on in the background while making various Wipeout related webpages etc.
In the early 2000s I had read about 3D accelerated version of the original Wipeout what I thought was only available for some obscure SONY PCV laptop, but it turns out with an ATI 3d Rage graphics card it could be played on a PC. In 2011 I bought a copy from a girl on a forum and managed to build up a pc with the right specs. RetroCompaqGuy did a youtube vid on this rare edition and I made my own too, which is on my channel if you want to check it out. Theres also a vid about the Wipeout XL multiplayer link between two PCs. This video Brings back so many memories! Thankyou so much, it was awesome! Daniel - Christchurch, New Zealand.
Another great video Dan. I enjoyed your little segue at the start into the close association of WipEout with dance culture (I was big fan of hardcore and rave back in the day). 2097 was the one that got me hooked and eventually got me to jump ship from the Sega Saturn to the PS1. Absolutely love this game series.
I'm a US fan of wipEout since wipeout 64 it got me into tech music and recently was able to get the omega collection and I'm loving it.
Wipeout was the reason I ended up getting a PlayStation.
I played the demo and was blown away I was I was in love with the music and the graphics.
It was all about Wipeout and Resident Evil in those days
Now years later my brother is a huge fan as well as my oldest son.
Some of my Fondest Memories and one of my favorite games of all time.
I love how random friends of mine have messaged me on Facebook saying wow Slope just gave you a shout out in the newest video 😬
Haha hi Glenn
In 90s middle America as a kid, I used to browse through gaming magazines at the store while my mom shopped. My first choice was always Next Generation for its heavy stock paper, interesting content, and great print quality. I still remember seeing the ads and previews for WipEout XL for PlayStation inside one issue. The Designers Republic made it seem like it was truly some sort of message from the future and I desperately wanted to play it.
I finally rented the game from Blockbuster one weekend. The soundtrack blew my mind! It was like my TV had begun showing me a portal to some alien dimension. This lead to late nights secretly staying up with the TV on with headphones attached so I could watch MTV's Amp and get more of this sound that was nowhere to be found on our radio. The whole thing made me feel like I was tuned into a future that others weren't yet aware was about to happen.
Thanks for the video! What a fun trip back!
Just picked up a copy of Wipeout XL the other day. One of the best racing series' of all time!
Thank you for this. I grew up in England in the 90’s, and you absolutely nailed what this game meant for that generation. What this game series represented then transcended far beyond just being a game - it was truly the tone of culture at the time. I’ll never forget playing the demo disc for 2097 over and over and over, with the checkered floor pattern and Firestarter baked in my memory.
Having watched the stellar PlayStation Revolution documentary, it’s obvious we aren’t in some minority that feel this way about the series. A big chunk of that [incredible] doc is also dedicated to examining club culture and the impact of PlayStation on a more mature crowd.
Thanks, man.
Amazingly insightful! Had no idea this was so tied into the U.K. clubbing scene. This game is the single reason I still listen to electronic music to this day. In the states, I had never heard anything thing like it before. I found out the artists, bought Orbital's self-entitled LP, and have been hooked every since. Awesome!
My friends and I in Oregon (U.S.A.) LOVED Wipeout - I was introduced to it by the PlayStation Sampler CD that came with my console, but I remember it being quite popular!
Yep, that was my first exposure to Wipeout as well. Demo disc!
I feel like a collab with Caddicarus would be good for a video like this- he's quite a fan of the WipEout series...
Dude!!.... the PRODIGY!!!!
that's the WOW factor for the music!
Good implementation of the WipEout music into the video.
Bro, you HAVE to try BallisticNG.
It is totally a faithful recreation of wipeout. you will love it.
I mean pacer looks fun....But it ain't BallisticNG ;)
Redout is better
@@alaeriia01 Not to mention, redout has very straight, boring track design. And terrible music.
@@alaeriia01 Seriously who wants to play a straight line simulator.
Who cares which is better. If you're not playing it in VR, then you're playing it wrong.
@@petersharplin4118 Redout's music is a mixed bag but there's nothing wrong with the track design. It just takes more from the F-Zero games than Wipeout.
Ballistic NG and Redout are both fantastic games in their own right & there's no reason to pit them against each other when the market is starved for quality zero-g racers.
I completed missed the original, having only just enough allowance to get Crash 2 with my console (and about half a year of having no memory card...whee), only to get Spyro 1 and then Tombi after that.
I only ever played 2097 on one of the demo discs that had one track, and that was it. It wasn't till I bought a PS2 after the Xbox had turned a bit stale, that I finally got Fusion - And it was honestly my favourite version of the game for years. I loved having so many teams to choose from, which reminded me of games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante.
What was the name of the track the 2097 demo had?? I loved it
Gare d'Europa :D
The most '90s thing ever. I remember when it came out, I got a PS as soon as I could (after hiring one from Blockbuster a few times and paying a whopping £300 cash deposit every time!) and drinking and playing this and Ridge Racer to death with my mates. It was a mind-blowing experience after the 16bits, but now I have mainly gone back to playing 16bit again now.
Australian here. This was a staple in every recovery party. I started raving at 16 (laws were a bit more relaxed lol) but it definitely was a game that defined our scene at the time. I remember an ex was telling me that the university she worked at even set a PlayStation up in an auditorium and everyone got trashed and played Wipeout on a giant screen with the sound going through the PA system lol was so jealous when I found out!
Does anyone know the song at 9:53? If somebody knows, please comment:)
When I used to play Wipeout Fusion as a kid, I thought i was a knock-off, that's how "different" it is
It's still a pretty okay title, doesn't really deserve as much hate as it gets
@@tripdefect87 i think it was trying to be more like that bike racing game, it was called something dumb like XXDLFX
Superbly done..... No cheese mate, Wipeout was definitely a game that made me a hardcore gamer, and it was the whole experience. The reason why I bought the ps1. As a 49 year old dad, I play the VR version, which is just a bloody sublime experience.
I didn't own the first game myself, but played it at a mate's house and wasn't quite sure what to make of it.
By the time 2097 came out, I'd also discovered Mixmag and Ministry, and I think that helped draw me in as my musical horizons had expanded a bit. And I'm so glad it pulled me in!
That game is one of my all time favs to this day, and I still enjoy that particular era of rave. This game (and honourable mention to Rollcage also) also got me a lifelong addiction to drum 'n bass.
I didn't really comprehend the the cultural significance of the game in the UK at the time, but I definitely learned about it because of the game.
It would take almost another 7-8 years before I ever went to a rave myself, as they were far and few between where I live.
Thanks for this trip down memory lane, I'm gonna go put on Body In Motion, and then Messij and just daydream for a little bit
I'm from colombia and i loved this game when it comes out! and off course, all it's sequels
Im from Serbia. The game was a big seller but i dont think it was as big as in the UK. The prodigy however were and still are massive in Serbia so having them on the OST was godsend.
Hailing from Greece! The whole Wipeout thing happened here as well, pretty much as you describe it for the UK. I was already into underground raves with hardcore, drum n bass and trance back then, we were playing wipeout in the clubs, even after the parties chilling out at someones place. It was mindblowing, still love the music and have all the games. My favourite ps1 series of all time. I was also an amiga fan and with psygnosis being the publisher, i was in gaming heaven.
I am from Norway and Wipeout had a big impact for me here and that and the original ridge racer is what I remember most about the launch of the console here. I recall going to local electronic store right after launch just to play wipeout. And when I finally got the console myself a few months later it came with a demo disc containing the Wipeout demo, which i played to death before I could afford buying the full games.
I think it really was a big deal all over Europe.
Wipeout was rage game that got me begging my parents to get me a PlayStation for Christmas 1995. I was 13 and loved it. It was so cool and stylish. I still own the T-Shirts that I somehow ordered from the UK. The game holds a very special place in my heart even without knowing anything about the UK club culture behind it back then.
So this is the video when I realized "DJ Slopes" isn't just a screen name.
Seasoned Wipeout pilot here. Currently doing a 2nd playthrough of Wipeout Pure and 1st time playthrough of Pulse and Fusion.
I remember getting Wipeout HD Fury on my cousin's PS3 as part of the "Welcome Back" after the PSN Outage.
Awesome documentary! Worth mentioning that Wipeout 1 here in the US did get a longbox version that has the same artstyle as the PAL release
Wipeout is the reason I'm into The Prodigy. I didn't know I needed music like that in my life until I played Wipeout XL in middle school. Consequently, The Fat Of The Land was one of the first albums I bought with my own money, and Firestarter will always be linked with this series in my memory.
I live in the U.S., and Wipeout was the first PS1 game I played. It was a demo on a big screen at a store of sorts called Incredible Universe. I don't think they are around any more.
The one I got when I got my PS1 was Wipeout XL. Then 3. XL is easily one of my favorite games of all time. Me and a friend dropped a bunch of acid and just totally aced that game one night, after months of practice. We were in a trance state. Unlocked everything and set records we'd never come close to ever again. It was legendary. I loved all these games. I started drinking Red Bull, and I was already a huge fan of The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, and Orbital at the time.
As a child of 1993, I regret that I can't say I "Grew up in the 90's", because, let's be real, life doesn't start until 18. I've gone on to have a lifelong love of 90's Club, Trance, Trip Hop ect. We were real pioneers back then, in the musical and chemical senses, and I'll forever be disappointed I'd missed it.
I am from Brazil and I played Wipeout in early 96 was a greater impact in my life. MTV Brasil, Wipeout and Ridge Racer for me represent the middle 90'
25:59 "it's a smooth experience"
>car proceds to glitch out from the track
Kek
Wipeout 2097 is analogue compatible on Sega Saturn via the use of the 3D controller. ;-)
Love the games, the soundtrack, the artworks, literally everything.
I bought Wipeout when I bought my Playstation upon launch in Canada. I was a total techno/rave fan at the time, and Wipeout was a beautiful merge of my favourite music and a game I fell in love with. It turned me into a combat racing and lifelong Wipeout fan.
At last, the video that ever search. The history of one of most underrated game series. Your quote " the game that changed my life", was exactly I wrote to Nick Burcombe a years ago, and he aswer me " Thats the the story that I want to hear. I glad for you". Wipeout 2097 was the pinacle for me, of the series. Joined a perfect mix of speed, future design and electronic music. The videogames never were the same since WipEout.
This game really introduced me to EDM music for the first time.
For me Wipeout Pure introduced me to electronic music in general. Now it's one of my favorite kinds of music.
My cousin had Wipeout64 here in America. I had no knowledge of the other versions. I recall I was always sort of amazed that this game, which had EVERY appearance on first glance of being budget shovelware to me played SO smooth on the ever-stuttering n64 hardware and was such an addictive title!
RIP Studio Liverpool. Your legacy lives on.
Thanks for mentioning Pacer for the PC, such a great, gritty, modern Wipeout inspired game. Ballistic NG is another great Wipeout inspired game with more of an old-school feel. Redout is awesome too. So many great Wipeout passion projects
Wipeout didn't become a hit in the US until the release of wipeout xl. I think it was due to the US version of wipeout removing the race music.
The rave scene in the US didn't become big until the late 90s and lasted to the early 2000s. Than there was a huge revival in the 2010s because all those kids from the late 90s/early 2000s got money.
Played 2097,wasmind blowing in France. I remember feeling sso much far from this culture, I was young at this time. Unforgettable moment playing this game and throwing me to wait Next generations of this game since PS1. Then skipped the PS2 version founding not like it was. Was pleased by PSP and PS3 version that I still have. So now because of you I want to play it on PS4 on the 4k version. Thanks a lot.
American checking in...
Wipeout was absolutely something noticeably different and special when the PlayStation landed, and I can't understate how important it was that it was playable on that first demo disc, I think alongside Battle Arena Toshinden, Jumping Flash, and ESPN Extreme Games? As a 13 year old at a time that was still very pre-internet-as-we-know-it, I didn't know that what I was playing was specifically, intrinsically British, I just knew it was distinct and I liked it.
Eventually I did start looking more into the music. I found my way to Hackers, I found my way to a Saturday night show on MTV called AMP, and eventually on AMP I discovered the video for Fluke's Atom Bomb that tied everything together beautifully.
The sensation of being part of that fandom, from where I was, at that time, is hard to nail down in words. Everything that surrounded Wipeout in magazines and whatever other gaming media we found it in at the time made it clear that our little group of pretty damn good Qirex pilots in rural Utah was a part of something considerably larger, what exactly that something was, was a little harder to discern.
(We also believed for longer than I like to admit that 2097 was a completely separate game from XL that the US market was being denied because we were so used to getting that treatment from Japan all those years. Then 3SE happened and well...)
Finally, Wipeout XL was singularly responsible for the initial demand for Red Bull in the US, and when an indie games/music/movies store in my area began carrying it, it became the de facto gathering point for local Wipeout players.
Some of my best gaming memories, honestly.
Binging as much wipeout content as possible after becoming fixated on the games this is one of the best and most entertaining videos on the series, amazing video man!!
Dallas, TX here, and I was introduced to it through the Playstation. Loved Trance and Techno and spaceships at the time so it was very easy to get into. Owned an N64 and played the hell out of Wipeout 64.
Years passed and I found it again through Wipeout Fusion on PS2. Still loved it. Love this series, and I hope to play a thrilling, modernized iteration someday.