Wipeout 64 (N64)

Although the view that the Wipeout games are based mainly on the Playstation (which is true) I have discovered (with great surprise but also joy) that this N64 port of the original version is actually very good and well worth buying. Released back at the start of 2000 (I think), this game was cruelly ignored by N64 racing fanatics due to the release of the equally excellent F-Zero X a couple of months beforehand. Shamefully I admit that the graphics had deterred me from purchasing this game but having played it many months later I realised just how playable and fun it really was. Anyway, I didn't have a Playstation at the time but I desperately wanted to buy it ...

To be honest, I had doubts about buying WipEout 64. The PlayStation versions were renowned for their crisp, clear graphics, and fantastic sound tracks. On the Nintendo 64, however, how would these graphics fare after the texture blurring process? And surely those soundtracks will disappear? Wrong. Graphically, WipEout 64 is superior to both the original WipEout and WipEout 2097, although it looks nowhere near as good as the recent WipEout 3. The textures are crisp, and the frame rate is smooth. However, there is certainly a low polygon count at play, as many of the cliff faces and stadia look quite rectangular. Possibly the biggest issue with the graphics, ...

Wipeout 64 is the advanced member of the Wipeout series for the Nintendo 64 (hence the 64 suffix) it follows in the footsteps of the highly successful wipeout, wipeout 2097 and all the other members of the franchise. It is a futuristic racing game which involves you piloting sort of hover ships armed with all sorts of groovy weapons. You take part in races containing fifteen entrants at high speeds round all sorts of long and winding circuits. #Graphics & Sounds The graphics of past outings were impressive but this unsurprisingly tops them all. Modern dance music pumps out of your TV as you speed round at ridiculously high speeds which gives the player ...