Here’s another one from me. Wipeout was an ultra cool game. This is from 1995 and is still in fantastic condition, box and game inside are barely touched (how do you add multiple pics on here?). Wipeout featured a fantastic soundtrack featuring Orbital, Chemical Brothers and Leftfield amongst others. It was probably one of the earliest games to show what the PS1 was really capable off and blew away anything the competition had.

  • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    For those that love the game like myself. This is the closest thing in recent years. Playing it in VR was nuts.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I reckon I’d have had the world’s fastest time on that one demodisc track. I never had the full game but I played the everloving holiness out of the demo.

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I owned this game, it was one of the only “longbox” games I kept around because it was so good. That being said the sequel Wipeout XL (aka Wipeout 2097) was superior in basically every way so it got a lot more play time. Fun fact, there was a native PC port for Wipeout XL that looked and ran amazing even at the highest resolution it supported (1600x1200 I believe).

          • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            2 days ago

            If you give it a shot and have success, please let everyone know. I’ll do the same since I no longer use Windows, but I’m unlikely to be playing with it anytime soon.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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              2 days ago

              I imagine you might just need to add the .exe to Steam as a non-Steam game, make sure you’ve got some version of Proton selected under “Compatibility” in the game properties (on Steam), and then run it.

              It really is that easy these days for most old Windows games. There’s often no “playing with it” needed.

              • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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                2 days ago

                As I said to another person, it is more due to the age of the title than it being an exe. It’s a shame that this game isn’t still available somewhere like gog. It’s probably in some sort of licensing limbo.

                • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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                  2 days ago

                  Oh I know, I’m just saying it’s literally that easy to play old Windows games on Linux now. That’s literally all you need to do for most of them in my experience.

          • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            2 days ago

            I’ve not had good luck with old (late 90s) Direct3D titles on modern systems, even within Windows. Then again, at this point Proton might be better at the legacy games than Windows.

            • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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              2 days ago

              No, I think Proton is absolutely better for old games than Windows these days. That’s kind of what my point was.

              I’m not sure if Steam on Windows gives you the same Proton compatibility options as Linux, but it’s often as simple as adding the game to Steam and clicking “start”

  • WFH@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Slight correction here (because I’ve been obsessed with this game series for the best part of the last 30 years): WipEout only features music from Psygnosis’ in house composer Tim Wright aka CoLD SToRAGE. Left Field, the Chemical Brothers and Orbital appear on the official soundtrack CD but not in the game. Its sequels like WipEout 2097 or Wip3out include in-game licensed music from the likes of the Prodigy, FSoL, Propellerheads or Photek.

    • TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.clubOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Is this true for only the US version? I’m in the UK and I very specifically remember playing the game CD on a stereo. However looking back on it, it was not the black label release.

      • WFH@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Haha same, especially with 2097. But yeah even the euro version lacks licensed music, which wasn’t a thing yet in 1995.

        • TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.clubOPEnglish
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          4 days ago

          Having checked the Wikipedia page for Wiepout, the Euro version featured a track each from Leftfield, Chemical Brothers and Orbital. I didnt know The Prodigy were approached to provide an original song, but apparently it never happened. Looking back, it is probably my earliest memory of licensed music being used in a game. I became a big fan of Chem Bros and Leftfield because of Wipeout. Orbital not so much. It wasn’t until Gran Tursimo 1 when I again remember a licensed soundtrack being used so well and heavily.

          • WFH@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            4 days ago

            Wow I completely forgot, you’re right. I must atone and give it another spin.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    That’s awesome. I remember ripping the music from Wipeout 3 when I was younger. Good stuff.

  • arctanthrope@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I had it on the n64. we also had Mario kart, but we mostly only played battle mode on that, and if we actually wanted to race, it was usually wipeout

    edit: apparently the n64 one was actually a whole separate game in the series, not a port of the ps version

  • agentTeiko@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Man I miss long boxes it was that perfect link between carts and jewel case disc games where it didn’t just feel like a CD or DVD.

  • Asetru@feddit.orgEnglish
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    4 days ago

    how do you add multiple pics on here?

    Just add them to the text in your post.

    But yeah, wipeout was awesome. Redout 1 really scratched that itch, including the music.

      • mfbatz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Just wanted to add another spiritual successor, BallisticNG. PS1 style graphics, Wipeout XL/2097 inspired music, and an incredible modding scene.

        You can even get a full XL/2097 campaign mod that includes the original OST.

        Linux/Mac/Windows compatible.

        • fitgse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          4 days ago

          Does anyone remember a computer game from around 2002-2003 by Grin software? I thought it was called Ballistics but must be misremembering.

          It was like these games but you were in a tunnel and the ship stuck to the edges so you’d have to rotate around obstacles or temporarily use the release to float off and reattach. I remember it being very fast.

          I beta tested the game for Linux but don’t think the Linux port ever went GA before the Linux publisher (maybe LGP) shutdown.