![]() opponents to finish in the highest position possible. Pilots race each other or computer-controlled A.I. Aside from the different circuits and new weapons, the fundamental aspects were kept. Gameplay does not differ much from the previous title. It is the second installment released in the Wipeout series and it was originally released in 1996 for the PlayStation, and in 1997 for Microsoft Windows and the Sega Saturn that was later ported by Digital Images to the Amiga in 1999 and by Coderus to Mac OS in 2002. Wipeout 2097 is a futuristic racing game developed and published by Psygnosis. Genres: Racing Video Game, Action game, Vehicular combat game ![]() ![]() Publishers: Psygnosis, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Virtual Programming, GameBank Corp. However, the PC version of the game does not include licensed music - its whole soundtrack was written/performed by Tim Wright (aka CoLD SToRAGE.Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Playstation, Sega Saturn, AmigaOS, Amiga, Mac operating systems, Classic Mac OS, WarpOS However, all the songs are licensed versions of previously released material, so there is no new music except the intro and outro musics by by Tim Wright (aka CoLD SToRAGE). The game's soundtrack includes music by Prodigy, Future Sound of London, and The Chemical Brothers. The sound effects track was created by PC Music. It was spotted by some movie people who wanted to put it into Hackers, so an extended version was created and tailored for the film. The version of Wipeout seen in the Hackers movie was from a very early SoftImage animation created before the original Wipeout, to see how the game could possibly look. The game made a cameo appearance in the 1995 movie Hackers (it's the game Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller play on a giant screen (also notice they are using the dual analog Playstation controller)). The name of the most powerful weapon in the game is composed of the names of two first person shooting games. The music is actually "red book" audio which means that you can pop the CD into your audio CD player and listen to it. The game shipped without a multiplayer feature, but a patch was released with support for IPX, TCP/IP, serial and modem connection. Wipeout 2097 can be played using a keyboard, a joypad/joystick and keyboard or a mouse and keyboard. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the game. The CD will autoboot when you put it in the drive. This game takes place in the same year as One Must Fall: 2097. 1 Insert the Wipeout 2097 CD into your CD-ROM drive. The PS1 version of Wipeout 2097 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott. ![]() In addition to the main championship mode, there are also challenge modes, winning in which rewards the player with faster game settings, new tracks, and new vehicles. The game's four difficulty levels are used to crank the speed up and down, with the highest setting corresponding to the highest speed. As in the first game, the vehicles move at very high speeds. The gameplay system is similar to that of the previous game: players race against each other or computer in high-speed futuristic environments, liberally picking up weapons scattered around the stages and using them against the opponents to finish the race in the highest position.Įach vehicle is provided with a shield once this shield is breached (by weapons or other kinds of damage), the craft explodes. Instead of the F3600 anti-gravity racing competition, the game features an even faster and more dangerous tournament: the F5000 AG league. WipEout XL is set in the year 2097, around four decades after its predecessor. ![]()
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