WipeOut for the PC was among the first computer games I ever played. My family’s first computer was a Sony, and WipeOut was bundled in the software package.
Bizarrely, Sony has abandoned that original title, so a very clever gamer has made it available through a web browser by reverse engineering the code. Now the question is, will Sony take it down?
For Wipeout fans out there who may not have heard about this already, there's a webgl port of the original Wipeout game using the leaked source code that came out last year. The author of this webgl version is purposely attempting to get Sony to see there are people who want the original to be playable on newer consoles again and wants to help work on a rerelease/remake.
Fan Ports #PlayStation Classic, Dares #Sony To Shut Him Down And Make Its Own
Beloved #PS1 launch game #WipeOut is now playable for free in your web browser
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.
Côté Gamers, a development team in Europe, has brought the Sony Playstation classic WipeOut to the Vectrex. Well, sort of. Unsurprisingly, the game (titled WireOut RE 2X) is more of a demake than anything, with the hovercrafts and the track drawn in wireframes....
Wipeout Omega Collection still looks so good despite being a remake of a PS3 game. 4k 60hz even on a PS4 Pro. This game is usually also low price and far better than more recent clones. Highly recommended.
[1] I'm not even sure what to call it. It's not actually the military doing it, it's a commercial/#mercenary#paramilitary. Officially their aim is to #topple the leadership of the #military, not the #civilian#government of the country, but I'm sure #Putin doesn't see it that way.
I'm throwing ideas at the wall to see what #sticks, but still don't see a clear path to success for #Prigozhin . Even if he's truthful about this only being about the military leadership, and not a full-blown coup.
The #Wagner Group is a hell of a #paramilitary, but compared to the army, they are undermanned, under-resourced, and under-armed. I do not believe Wagner would have a chance in a head-on clash with the #army.
So far I've come up with one ending that isn't a #wipeout for Wagner.
I'm not one for "New Year's resolutions", but I am one for overly ambitious projects.
For 2023, Project365 is "One New Game Per Day".
Given that I have 634 unplayed games in my Steam account and {mumble} unredeemed bundle Steam keys, there's a reason my unplayed collection is tagged "Pile of Shame".
I'll pin this to my profile, and give a brief summary here each day (or x, if I miss x days due to work or stuff).
I'll play 15-30 minutes of (at least) one new game I've never played before (or played less than 15 minutes of). I'll give every game at least 15 minutes, even if I hate every minute of it.
I'm also open to suggestions; if you reply to this thread with a game, I'll schedule it, or tell you what I thought of it.
One of the things that's come up is that I have a bunch of games that I've played once, and not touched again.
Flashout 3D: Enhanced Edition is a third-person Wipeout-style track racer. Race hover-ships, upgrade them, win races, etc.
After getting out of the game and checking the release date, I had to double-check the details, and then hit Google.
This does not play like a game released in 2022. Per the game description it's a free re-release to celebrate the developer's release of Flashout 3.
The reason I didn't recall the original Flashout is because it was released in 2012, and it was mobile-only.
That makes more sense of the "Enhanced Edition", but the gameplay is very much 2012, and there's just not a lot to offer here, even for free, that isn't bettered by more recent games.
They didn't put any energy into even providing mapping information for the controller buttons, let alone configuration, and I had to quit the game and turn off Steam input for it to even register any buttons other than the left control stick.
If you've got a gaming budget of zero, or want a free game for your kids' PC, it's not terrible, but it's not great either.
Vectral brings wireframe WipeOut and two other games to the world's only vector-scan game console (cotegamers.com)
Côté Gamers, a development team in Europe, has brought the Sony Playstation classic WipeOut to the Vectrex. Well, sort of. Unsurprisingly, the game (titled WireOut RE 2X) is more of a demake than anything, with the hovercrafts and the track drawn in wireframes....