Beating EVERY N64 Game - Wipeout 64 (106/394) 

The summoning salt gag was amazing 👏

The sense of speed this game managed to create is pretty impressive. It just looks... cool

7:11 “I was now in a new car, the ray Pierre,” -Man driving a Qirex

It's super cute that he said he started raging, and his "raging" was the most chill one I've ever seen.

When the screen went dark and he hit us with the "...but then", I immediately thought of Summoning Salt. Then the music hit and I lost it. Well done.

I laughed so hard at the Summoning Salt reference, top tier editing

Respect. As a Wip3out fanatic I had doubts you could showcase this game, gold everything. Absolutely legendary.

It's really interesting to watch you discover this game for the 1st time in 2022. I was in the peak of my gaming hobby back when Wipeout 1, 2, 3, and 64 were released, and I put hundreds of hours into all 4 of these iconic 90s racers. In my opinion, this is the golden era of Wipeout. Wipeout 64 was the fastest of the 4 and sort of felt like a sequel to Wipeout XL with similar menus, ships, weapons, and overall graphical design. Love these games forever. Thanks for playing it, learning it, and respecting it.

Wipeout 64's Combo Challenge 5 ought to be a milestone for gamers.

CURSE THE MAYANS Edit: that Summoning Salt music killed me lol

I remember when I was a kid playing this game. I've never beaten the wall challenge with any medal better than silver. Beaten all the gold medals except for this one. Seeing you finally beating this monstrous of a challenge made my inner kid SO PROUD! You're my childhood hero, pal.

Fun fact I just learned: WipEout 64 has much higher quality audio than most other N64 games because instead of keeping full lengths songs on the cartridge, it has loops and pieces of songs and data telling the game which order to play them in. This saves space on the cartridge, allowing for higher quality audio and textures.

HE'S BEATING EVERY GAME

Heyo, a mostly silent viewer here! I'm glad for this series to learn more about what the N64 had to offer and which overlooked games might deserve a closer look. Despite apparently quite a few Wipeout fans showing up, I'm surprised they didn't give you more details about the game / series. Since there sadly doesn't seem to be a Grand Prix mode, I would have taken a look at some Single Races for the very least, since I feel like you have missed some stuff since the Challenges don't give you any choices. I don't think it would really affect the score much - I mean, if you can take about an hour for just one challenge each and still rate it a 9/10, that's the sign of a good game. But if you were to revisit it (or want to check out the series in general), here's some details I noticed that you didn't seem to realize plus some tidbits I found interesting. I'm no expert, having grown up with Nintendo as well and only played some of the later Wipeout games, but here we go: While there are different ships with different stats, in most cases when something seems faster, it's because it is actually a different speed class, like Mario Kart's various ccm. Additionally, since faster speeds would make the lap times shorter, the game somewhat balances it out with different lap numbers. Events with the slowest speed classes, Vector and Venom, have 3 laps. The faster Rapier events have 4 laps, while the very fast Phantom class (which you seemed to confuse with the ship) has 5 laps. You probably missed out on both of these since the challenges are fixed, not allowing you to change anything, including ship and speed class. Wipeout 64 was - like a lot of other racing games on the system - actually not competing with F-Zero X. It was released soon after F-Zero X and actually had two installments before Nintendo's AG racer jumped to 3D, the first one being released about 3 years before that. If I picked it up correctly, Wipeout 64 was originally going to be a port of the second game for N64 (both of the first games were multi-platform), but they quickly noticed it wouldn't work out, turning it basically into a "Wipeout 2.5". All the tracks in the game are actually mirrored, sometimes shortened and received a new paintjob with some new / different features on top of it. Even without Wipeout 64, the series would have 8 games, the last one being a launch title for the PS Vita back in 2012. It not only has more games than F-Zero, but also all of them are 3D, while F-Zero has mostly kept to Mode 7 style for its SNES and GBA games. The other Wipeout games actually got music from accomplished artists that were popular in the 90's clubbing scene, often D'n'B, like CoLD SToRAGE, Kraftwerk, Orbital and many more. While Psygnosis was already owned by Sony at that time, they were generous enough to allow them to make multi-platform games and even make this semi-port, which could technically be seen as the only Wipeout game not released for a Sony platform and also the last game playable on a non-Sony platform. The next game was exclusive for PS1 and Psygnosis got renamed into Liverpool Studios, signifying that they had become a full-fledged second-party developer for Sony. I could imagine that Sony saw Wipeout as their counterpart to Nintendo's F-Zero. Psygnosis was already an accomplished studio for more than a decade. I was surprised when I found out they were responsible for the Lemmings!

I fricken DIED at 28:10 when that music started. Well played, well played indeed!

19/20 overall between enjoyability and difficulty. I bet this will be the highest out of every game in this challenge. So cool

Man, what a great episode! The memories, the finish, the SummoningSalt.. I really enjoyed this and it brought back so many memories for "Wipeout" on Playstation1 back then... We played that so so much to perfection. I also think it played a big role in me becoming a DJ, cause of the music. Such great songs and artists on there. Thanks THAB!

The symbols in this game are actually quite logical when you consider the power up they represent. I think the Designers Republic did a fantastic job and really gave the Wipeout series a unique finish which was way ahead of its time. I played the shit out of this game when it came out; I was about 13 and visually it had a big effect on me, not to mention the fantastic music which was a world away from the dreadful UK pop charts. It's a shame that the studio behind the games is gone; there have been several imitations in the years since but nothing comes close to the alchemy of Psygnosis and the DR. It was fun while it lasted!

Your voice is so sincere. You remind me of an old soul like an awkward school teacher or something. Good for you guy👌

ALL OF THEM!

This was my favorite episode so far. Kudos and props to you for doubling down and grinding out that insane challenge. This makes me want to watch the stream now to not miss these awesome moments.

We just witnessed one of the highest scoring games on the list ever. History has taken place.

That coasting finish was a perfect ending. Love this series.

29:53 That's it, he's turning into the kid who goes nuts when he gets a N64 on Christmas.

The best part of waking up on Friday is a new N64 challenge video!

i can't wait till you play F Zero X and XG2. those were the 2 "futuristic style type" racing games i loved on the N64 when i was a kid

This was sweet. I played this way years later. I was expecting a jetski game. This game has good 'flow' moments. And now I've written enough to not spoil my real comment: Blitz 2000 in the Arcade was phenomenal. I *think* I remember the 64 version being great. I'm really excited to see how rose tinted my glasses were.

Definitely my favorite review so far but Hol' up you got the ships names wrong, they go by Team: Feisar (blue/yellow, slow speed, great handling & shield) AG Systems (white/red, great speed, good handling, trash shield) Qirex RD (purple, good speed, trash handling, great shield) Auricom (red/blue, avg everything) Piranha II (gold/crimson, great everything) And the speed classes from slow to fast: Vector, Venom, Rapier, Phantom Fugg super combo challenge 5 for real though

Great to finally see another good racing game! Seeing you play through a bunch of bland racers before this helps me to appreciate the good ones on a whole new level.

I loved this game growing up. It was hard to start but once you got the hang of it, it really opened up

the original wipeout on ps1 was one of my favorite games ever. it was so ridiculously fast, intense, and satisfying. there were a bunch of sequels but for whatever reason none of them ever quite matched up to the original for me.

This is my favorite video of the N64 Challenge so far. I loved the summoning salt part so much also! Great job Thab!

For anyone watching this that owns a PS4 or PS5, Wipeout HD/Fury is good as well. That and Gran Turismo were the best 3D games when I still had my old setup. Looked like your ship was floating right in front of you.

This game had a big impact on my music taste. Risotto by Fluke is a top 10 album for me and I probably would have never heard of it without having this game as a kid.

I hope we get another Wipeout game someday.

This has become my favorite series on RU-vid. I watched them all and I'm rooting for you!

Keep it up man, I've watched all the games you've played on N64 so far and your commentary is great. can't wait to see all the N64 games!!!!

This game takes me back. I got this, Assault Rigs and Twisted Metal 2 as part of the boot package with my family’s first PC.

I like the dramatic pop-in rather than the thick fog of Extreme-G. I have the playstation version's soundtrack to thank for my love of electronic music.

The boosted start makes perfect sense in this game, perhaps better than any other game I've seen. It's exactly how you would rev up a car with a manual you were drag racing. You have to launch with the highest rpm you can manage without burning out.

Look forward to every Friday just for these videos. Best of luck with your channel going forward.

This was one of your best episodes IMHO. Super good all around 👍

I really liked the Wipeout games, and I knew you would too because of the high skill ceiling. Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow !! You went for 100% on this ! Hats off to you ! :D That Summoning Salt reference was amazing xD

dude that last challenge was hype. The break down of the win was also great.

love this series, Thx Thab

Dude I had completely forgotten about this game. You unlocked a core childhood memory of mine. This game was super sick

that game actually looks pretty damn satisfying when it goes right

I don't know a single harder task on the N64 than getting a gold on super combo challenge 5. I did it for the second time earlier this year and even having beaten it once it just does not get any easier. Congrats on this one, I was waiting to see if you'd clear it 100%!

Awesome vid. Great sense of speed in this game. Can’t wait for you to get to F-Zero

love this game, solid music and a real feeling of speed. great video!

Dude the summoning salt call-out and then the W! Amazing video dude. Been loving this series

This game and the original Playtation version are both so good. They are hard as hell, but they are so satisfying when you do a clean run. I don't play many racing games that make me yell in celebration when I win a race, but Wipeout is one of them.

Best series on RU-vid right here. Love it!

Always thought this was a jet ski game based on what I remember seeing in the video store as a kid. Great video, fantastic content, thank you so much.

It's FRIDAY!!!!! I look forward to all of your videos and shorts, but I really look forward to Friday! In it with you for the long haul

As a huge WipEout fan, massive respect for sticking with this game and learning to handle the craft well! One small note, Vector, Venom, Rapier, and Phantom are the racing speed classes, not the names of the ships themselves. (No worries!) The teams/ships are FEISAR, AG-Systems, Auricom, Qirex, and the hidden ship is the Piranha 2! (There's a TON of lore behind the teams and the world of the WipEout universe. It's interesting stuff!) Again, great video, and massive respect! :D Oh, and Combo Challenge 5 really is evil! I never thought to beat it like that, and I can't believe you made it to the finish line! If you're a fan of the oldschool WipEout games, check out Ballistic NG on Steam. It's a huge love letter to WipEout, with full workshop support for custom ships, tracks, sounds, etc!

It felt so strange listening to the commentary for this as someone who's known the series for a good number of years before this point. Hearing the various speed classes being called the ships themselves was... odd, to say the least. That and the comment about the Shield Raider (AG-S Super) being useless when it was actually the most broken weapon in W64 (it instantly leaves its target at 1% Shield and restores some of your Shield, meaning you can just lightly poke them and they explode).

I got pumped to see you playing this. I remember liking to rent it back in the day and remember it being quite hard!

This series is such a blast. Keep it up man! You're creating something pretty special!

Was watching this while lying down for a nap, dozed off and woke up minutes later to "Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" It was so confusing and terrifying for a few seconds.

Grats! That looked soooo tough. Well done!!!!

This series rocks, currently my favorite thing happening as far as streamers go.

Congrats! Best video in the series yet!

I'm kinda surprised a hardcore gamer has never heard of Wipeout, guess I'm getting old

This was such a trip to watch! Was on the edge of my seat!

speaking of boost starts, you'll run into HydroThunder somewhere on your list. the boost start is by no means needed to place 1st on any tracks, but is one of the most bizarre boost starts in any racing game.

Asked for Mario Kart 64 for Xmas, got this, and was suuuuuper bummed. 😂 Great video Thab

YESS!!! Love these videos, Wipeout is an all time favourite series.

I love your series a lot! Even if I dont know of like the game I still watch every video

That would have been a great collab with summoning salt. "Speed runners have been playing Wipeout challenges, and this new comer is beating them all"

I was at that stream when that moment happened. It was amazing.

I would love to see you play the other Wipeout games

Best series on youtube man! Love these vidoes!

I love this series, keep up the great work!

Blows my mind the games this man either hasn’t played or at the least heard of haha. But I love his channel anyway

Best one I've watched so far. That was great.

This was my first game when I got a Nintendo 64 from my dad. I was not into racing games at all, but this game kept me on my feet for hours! That challenge of course did a number on me too, but the satisfying ending was worth it. I think putting ridiculous challenges like those truly push our limits and persistence in video games, which is something we aspire when we find a new game. And I thought the racing was pretty cool. In the end, I exchanged this game for Diddy Kong Racing and I never saw it again. Nonetheless, I was proud to complete it.

We can all agree the summoning salt reference was a major but small piece of why we all keep coming back. This series even though we’re like 50 games behind is golden.

I don’t think I would ever 100% this game. That one track sounds like torture.

Yo. Love the Summoning Salt bit. Cracked me up.

The song ‘bang on’ by The Propeller Heads is such a banger!

Not having heard of wipeout. Someone didn't have a ps, feels bad man. The feel of speeding through the tracks with music blasting in the background, great.

I love this series so much. I look forward to Friday.

Dude, this game is HECKIN' AMAZING. Definitely watching the video later.

29:51 perhaps the most dramatic moment of this series yet. Emotional catharsis not seen since the Cubs won the World Series.

Good vid, prob my favorite N64 review so far.

what an odd coincidence, over here playing some wipeout omega collection, and see thab uploaded Wipeout 64.

Man honestly, wipeout hd is so great,. You have a mode where you just race by yourself and you speed up every lap.

Love this episode! keep it up Thab!

This game seems like it’s stupid hard. No room for error!

Wipeout was a PlayStation exclusive for so long that I completely forgot how late into the PS1 lifecycle that Psygnosis got bought by Sony

8:55 the ship is called AG-Systems, the speed you are going is phantom

It is weird that the hardest challenge still has two more after it. I could even see it as challenge six and then the unlocked seventh one is easier, but being where it’s at does led credence to the idea that it was unintentionally made that difficult. Maybe when it was tested someone got ridiculously lucky so their time to complete fell in line with the rest of the levels (though you’d think having to kill eight racers would seem ridiculous in general). Either way, great work Thab!

Wipeout was a huge success on Playstation and one of the most popular games at the time, to the point where it had a cultural impact. It was praised by any publication, ported on almost every system and spawned many sequels through many generations. How is it possible you "never heard of it"?

29:50 and the crowd goes wild!!!

100% your best video so far

This was one of the best ones yet.

this was a good one, love it

Ironically, Wipeout (and Wipeout XL which this is based off) was one of the reasons I finally gave up on my N64 and bought a Playstation back in the day. Nothing beats the real CD audio soundtrack that was on the disc.