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I worked in Electronics Boutique when the original wipeout came out, always remember someone coming p with the box and asking if we had an english copy in, they assumed from the box art it was the japanese version.

back in the day when my dad would overhear me playing wipeout XL he'd try to replicate the sound of the voice that says "mines" except it always came out sounding like "mayans" and then i'd imagine a bunch of confused south americans getting dumped out into the track

A thing to note with Wipeout Pulse is that the PS2 version has a really nasty save corruption bug. Avoid that version and play the PSP version instead.

The fact that you're willing to put together a slickly edited, uniquely personal 45 minute video on a classic series like this is part of the reason I love this channel so much

My mother was a raver-girl back in the 90s, she was also a massive gamer. I was fortunate enough to have played all of the PS1 Wipeout games. My cousin was one of the game testers at Psygnosis back in Merseyside, too. The soundtracks where my childhood theme tunes pretty much.

One thing I learned from Wipeout in phantom class is one thing. Don't blink.

US DJ here. Wipeout XL cemented my love for electronic music. One of my favorite franchises ever and the one that I can say shaped me more than any other (as well as being the reason I have purchased multiple consoles). On another note, RIP Keith, and may your amazing music live on forever.

first time i saw a red bull in a store i was like "OMG ITS RED BULL FROM WIPEOUT" and i immediately bought it, went home, tried it and spit it out. Poured the rest down the sink. But I kept the can, and I still like the IDEA of red bull and the logo, just because of wipeout. But i'll never drink it again

Wipeout had a pretty decent following here in the US as far as I can remember, It's still one of my top 5 favorite racing games.

25:59 “..it’s an all round smoother experience” *clips through the wall barrier* lol Awesome look back at a great series

8:27 - There's my billboard! I am from the United States and fell in love with the game in a demo disc, and my dad bought it and I felt competitive with him over it. I eventually joined the U.S. Air Force and got stationed in the UK for 5 years.

I never thought about how hard this game would hit in Europe damn! America sleeps on uk music so hard even today

i freaking bought a PSP because of wipeout, a PS3 because of Wipeout and a Vita because of wipeout so yeah for me its a system seller. Wip3out SE is the peak in the series

It was my first years as a teenager. Had recently discovered and watched MTV, in Brazil, like crazy. And there was The Prodigy and many others electro/techno groups and DJs and their creative videoclips. This kind of music, raving with pulsating eletronic sounds and noises was like videogame music on steroids, it was also the first time I listened to something so trippy as game music. It was a natural fit to jump into this futuristic world, although I did not know, by that time, a thing the rave culture nor had access to the rave nights. The Prodigy was certainly unique and one of my favorites, its music was part of my teen years. And them I have got a Playstaton as a Xmas gift in 1998 and soon discovered WipeOut. It was a blast! It brought all the techno and futuristic aesthetic to a game like no other. Everything I loved plus a ultra speedy gameplay! And, oh, the challenge!

As an American my first taste of Wipeout was the version released for Sony Vaio PC's. It lacked the licensed tracks and only had the Tim Wright/Cold Storage songs, but it was still enough to blow my mind and keep me hooked to this day. Then my older brother got a PlayStation for Christmas just in time for Wipeout XL (2097 as called in Europe) to come out and introduce us to The Prodigy. Good times indeed.

In the US, this was seen as an F-Zero Clone for the playstation... a few few people knew what the soundtrack was and where it's raver origins came from. They were amazed that a game like wipeout would commercialize an entire subgenre.

My first memory of wipeout is playing 2097 on a Demo disk that came with my playstation. This, along with crash bandicoot defined my childhood. i still boot up that demo disk from time to time and take myself back to the 90s

For Keith.... 2097 is how I found ya!

DJ Slope and a Wipeout history video? I must have done something wonderful in a past life.

American fan of WipEout here. I was too small a kid when the original launched to really know what was going on with marketing it, but by the time I got into gaming, I did not see any advertising for the newer games in the series and only got into it because of personal recommendations. When I was a kid, my mother got me and my sister PSPs that we asked for as Christmas presents. Since she wanted to keep them a surprise and was not into games herself, she asked a game store employee what PSP game she should get. The clerk recommended the WipEout series, so I ended up with copies of Pure and Pulse. So if you were a game store clerk/WipEout fan operating somewhere in upstate SC during the mid to late 2000s, thanks so much for introducing me to this series. So sad that Studio Liverpool closed.

The actual first time I ever touched a playstation controller, and played a game, it was Wipeout... And it wasn't at home, it wasn't in a store, or round a mates house. It was in the Ministry of Sound. I'd gone to see Boy George DJ. And I'd had a few "naughty substances"... I ended up sat there. For about 2 hours. My friends all huddled round the screen dancing, gurning and partying. While watching this madness on screen... It was the start of a brand new type of gaming.

Hackers was really a driver of hype around Wipeout, and I couldn't have been happier. All things I loved, coming together: video games, electronic music, and, well, hackers.

I am from the US and my first exposure to Wipeout was the music video for Fluke's "Atom Bomb" on MTV's Amp. I didn't realize at first that the game actually existed. Sometime later I bought Wipeout 2097 on PC and I was hooked. So my connection with Wipeout came from my interest in 90's electronica.

Futuristic racers really need to make a comeback, especially for the "big 3", F Zero, Extreme G, and of course Wipeout

I'm from the US, and have been playing since Pure-which is my favorite game in the series. Ironically enough, I got the game as a present for my Birthday not knowing what it was (only that it wasn't the game I originally wanted). I've grown up with EDM and Electronica for most of my life, and this game cemented my love for the genre. Still, to this day, I am the only person I know that actively plays these games where I live, but I enjoy it nonetheless.

Great video. I bought the PlayStation on it's release day in the UK from Comet (on some rip-off credit agreement) together with Wipeout, and to say it blew me and my mates away was a massive understatement. I remember UK launch day was a Friday, and I got down to the shop for just after 5pm to grab the one I'd reserved, then me and my mate dashed home to our flat to set it up straight away. At that point it was the one and only game I had (because after shelling out £299 for the console and then £45 or whatever it was for Wipeout it was all I could afford for a while). 7 or 8 hours later we were both still playing it, only stopping to briefly sleep for a bit then get straight back playing it again as soon as we woke up. We didn't stop all weekend, apart from to skin up or nip to the offie downstairs beneath our flat for booze, and our friends that popped over were equally as impressed with it Monday morning, after playing it non-stop for for nearly 3 days, we both took the day off work 'sick' to carry on as we couldn't face stopping. No game has ever gripped me that way before or since.

Sadly i'd never even heard of the series till around the ps3 era, when it was a freebie on ps plus. It blew my mind, and there was still a few people around playing the multiplayer, which I thought was nuts. The soundtrack and design of everything was what stuck out to me, just how 'clean' everything was, its hard to describe.. futuristic/minimalist, I guess? Its still easily in my top 5 racing games even today.

17:58 By that logic then Pokémon: The Movie 2000 must have been quite literally the 2000th Pokémon movie.

Daniel's Complete History kind of videos are a full cup of references of entire cultural zeitgeists, music, youth and design from the past and how it influenced the present. I'm a designer myself and I'm glad to follow him because of these videos. This one also goes along with the ones about Jet Set Radio and Space Chanel 5 really well.

WipEout had a gigantic impact on me personally, ever since I plopped the Wip3out disc into a CD player, without even knowing it's a game. That instantaneously shaped my taste in music, DnB, trance and EDM in general. And then I played the for hours and hours, glued to the TV, on my uncle's borrowed PS1. Later on, I started appreciating the supplementary graphic design elements scattered across the games, it was something no game gave a serious though ever before, apart from an odd logo here and there. That's how my interest and career in design and graphics began, all thanks to the work of The Designers Republic. I love this series so much and owe it a lot as well. Hell, I bought a PS3 just to play WipEout HD, I don't even have any other games for it, well I do have Fifa, GTA IV and GT5, but they're still sealed LMAO. I've completed WipEout 3 Special Edition in all possible ways, not only acquiring all the gold medals for all tracks and all speed classes, ships, challenges, tournaments etc., but also getting top lap and race times for everything, including prototypes, all with perfect laps. I fucking LOVE this game. It's my favorite game of all time - I admit it's not the best game I've ever played or even enjoyed, but it holds such a special place in my heart. When Curly says "GO!", you fucking GO, man! 2097/XL were brutal too, autopilot is your friend on Phantom. Spilskinanke is such a crazy, crazy track, especially with Piranha. Pure and Pulse were both fantastic on the PSP, but HD takes it to a next level, pushing the PS3 to the max, tons of fun with the Zone mode, trophies and such. Btw, everyone who's reading this comment go and watch the intro to WipEout Pulse right now, it's crazy futuristic, X-Project by DJ Fresh playing in the background, turquoise hexagons everywhere, it's just dope as shit, adrenaline rush for the rest of your day guaranteed. The rest - they're decent games, and I respect them for the lore, but aren't as great as these 5 in my opinion. Fusion was the weakest point in the history of the franchise, ironically in terms of in-game lore just as much. I haven't had a chance to play 2048/Omega Collection a whole lot, but they definitely look amazing. Can't wait to try VR, my stomach is going to hate it. Also the music! The Prodigy, Underworld, The Chemical Brothers, Sasha, later on especially Noisia and DJ Fresh - want to listen to a phenomenal assortment of electronic music of all kinds and genres? Listen to WipEout OSTs. It is a PERFECT quick summary of what EDM is. When I saw this video in my recommendations I literally jumped up out of excitement. Why have I refrained from subscribing to you for so long? I fucking love your videos Daniel.

I am from the USA. I remember Wipeout! It means so much to me! I was just discovering house, techno, trance and electronic dance music in-genera. It was quite a time. I love electronic music and Wipeout.to this day. Wipeout blew my mind!

25:59 >it's an all-around smoother experience >drifts into the green void

I'm portuguese and I started playing ps1 games around 6-7 years old and wipeout 2097 was one of my first videogames, really important for me specially the music that listen now and then

Wipeout was a massive influence on me as a youngster. I used to go down to the video shop and hire a Sega Saturn console and play the original version for hours. When I had to return the console, i'd find myself humming the rave tunes. I asked my parents to buy the PC version when it came out here in New Zealand, despite not having a powerful enough machine to run it smoothly without turning all the graphics down low. Wipeout 2097 hit the shelves here about two years later. I even remember asking my Nan if she'd call out to me whenever the 2097 ad came on the TV and I get a few seconds watching the AG machines fly down the track. It wasn't until 1999 I got a new computer and played them both heaps, often chucking the music on in the background while making various Wipeout related webpages etc. In the early 2000s I had read about 3D accelerated version of the original Wipeout what I thought was only available for some obscure SONY PCV laptop, but it turns out with an ATI 3d Rage graphics card it could be played on a PC. In 2011 I bought a copy from a girl on a forum and managed to build up a pc with the right specs. RetroCompaqGuy did a youtube vid on this rare edition and I made my own too, which is on my channel if you want to check it out. Theres also a vid about the Wipeout XL multiplayer link between two PCs. This video Brings back so many memories! Thankyou so much, it was awesome! Daniel - Christchurch, New Zealand.

American fan here. While WipEout had its fans over here, it wasn't as huge over here as in the UK, unfortunately. It did, however, help set the PS1 apart from what came before. I discovered WipEout through a demo disc, and it was definitely one of the games that made me sit up and take notice. During that time, I was heavily into the Electronica/Dance movement in music, so the game really appealed to me. Another thing I associate with "WipEout" was MTV's "Amp"; a show that came on at 1am, and usually featured footage and music from the game. Great video, and thanks for the nostalgia trip!

I'm from the States. Wipeout is a huge part of my teenage years and almost single-handedly responsible for my interest in electronic music and especially The Prodigy.

I'm italian. When Wipeout came out I was 15 and I had just met a group of people that has become, since then, my extended "crew". A group of peiple that was, and still is, mad for electronic music, expecially techno, and for cyberculture. I remember Wipeout as one of the best thing I've ever played, because it was the perfect conjunction between the music and some of the aesthetics related to futuristic technology I was beginning to love.

I stumbled upon this video at 1 am. I'm not really sure who you are or what your channel is about, but here we go *insert long story* I remember playing the demo on PS1 when I was young and being obsessed with the game, but my family never actually got the game at all. But the memory of it always stayed with me and I always wanted to pick one of the games up. Then when I was a teenager and the psp released my friend got one and WipEout Pure and I was so jealous. One psp was major cool here (about the only place I know of where the DS wasn't major popular) and two he had WipEout, something I'd always wanted. So I saved my money for months from mowing my parent lawns and eventually got myself a White PSP 2002 model and Ratchet and Clank Size matters. When Pulse released that was when I first owned my own WipEout game and I loved it. I must have spent more hours playing it than almost any other game in my entire life and being able to play ad hoc and race each others ghosts with my friend was amazing. We'd text each other our best times and challenge each other to beat them A thing most people seem to have forgotten was how you could actually customise the soundtrack on Pulse, you could load your own music onto the Memory Stick and listen to any track you wanted. So even if you didn't like the games soundtrack you could have your own. And also the custom skin creator! You used to be able to go to a website and design your own skins for the ships and import them, I wish this would come back for PS4! I found HD for about $5 as an ex rental at one point and played it for a time, but it didn't capture me at that time the same as it used too, I was more into Rpgs at that point Me and my friend had a rough patch where we didn't really get on anymore and life kind of took hold, but we started to get over that and came back together and started working together I remember when Omega collection released and he called his wife up from the office begging if we could go buy it and she said yes, so we rushed out to get it and play and install the game! Sadly he passed away 2 years ago from a heart attack. So WipEout is not only an important game historically, it holds important memories for me and I'm sure many others. It's close to my heart. So thank you for taking the time to talk about this series, I hope others discover what it has to offer. And I hope we get something new on PS5!

I love how random friends of mine have messaged me on Facebook saying wow Slope just gave you a shout out in the newest video 😬

Bro, you HAVE to try BallisticNG. It is totally a faithful recreation of wipeout. you will love it. I mean pacer looks fun....But it ain't BallisticNG ;)

Thank you for this. I grew up in England in the 90’s, and you absolutely nailed what this game meant for that generation. What this game series represented then transcended far beyond just being a game - it was truly the tone of culture at the time. I’ll never forget playing the demo disc for 2097 over and over and over, with the checkered floor pattern and Firestarter baked in my memory. Having watched the stellar PlayStation Revolution documentary, it’s obvious we aren’t in some minority that feel this way about the series. A big chunk of that [incredible] doc is also dedicated to examining club culture and the impact of PlayStation on a more mature crowd. Thanks, man.

In 90s middle America as a kid, I used to browse through gaming magazines at the store while my mom shopped. My first choice was always Next Generation for its heavy stock paper, interesting content, and great print quality. I still remember seeing the ads and previews for WipEout XL for PlayStation inside one issue. The Designers Republic made it seem like it was truly some sort of message from the future and I desperately wanted to play it. I finally rented the game from Blockbuster one weekend. The soundtrack blew my mind! It was like my TV had begun showing me a portal to some alien dimension. This lead to late nights secretly staying up with the TV on with headphones attached so I could watch MTV's Amp and get more of this sound that was nowhere to be found on our radio. The whole thing made me feel like I was tuned into a future that others weren't yet aware was about to happen. Thanks for the video! What a fun trip back!

Wipeout was rage game that got me begging my parents to get me a PlayStation for Christmas 1995. I was 13 and loved it. It was so cool and stylish. I still own the T-Shirts that I somehow ordered from the UK. The game holds a very special place in my heart even without knowing anything about the UK club culture behind it back then.

I was but a kid in the 90s when WipEout came out and I remember my Dad, brother and myself were blown away by the 2097 Demo1 demo which had ColdStorage's 'Body in Motion' playing - a defining point in my childhood. It was a special time and place in the UK back then - the rise of Britpop, the underground rave scene, the rapid growth in technology, PlayStation bringing experiences I never thought possible, and the internet becoming increasingly accessible - it seemed like there was so much more just on the horizon, awaiting us, but only when we were ready for it. PlayStation was the console riding the razors edge and WipEout had every player feeling like a boyracer in the future. Loved the video, man. RIP Psygnosis / Studio Liverpool. 🖤 You were rock stars.

I didn't own the first game myself, but played it at a mate's house and wasn't quite sure what to make of it. By the time 2097 came out, I'd also discovered Mixmag and Ministry, and I think that helped draw me in as my musical horizons had expanded a bit. And I'm so glad it pulled me in! That game is one of my all time favs to this day, and I still enjoy that particular era of rave. This game (and honourable mention to Rollcage also) also got me a lifelong addiction to drum 'n bass. I didn't really comprehend the the cultural significance of the game in the UK at the time, but I definitely learned about it because of the game. It would take almost another 7-8 years before I ever went to a rave myself, as they were far and few between where I live. Thanks for this trip down memory lane, I'm gonna go put on Body In Motion, and then Messij and just daydream for a little bit

This was absolutely EXCELLENT, DJ Slopes. Thank you!! GOOOOOOO FEISAR!!

Played 2097,wasmind blowing in France. I remember feeling sso much far from this culture, I was young at this time. Unforgettable moment playing this game and throwing me to wait Next generations of this game since PS1. Then skipped the PS2 version founding not like it was. Was pleased by PSP and PS3 version that I still have. So now because of you I want to play it on PS4 on the 4k version. Thanks a lot.

I completed missed the original, having only just enough allowance to get Crash 2 with my console (and about half a year of having no memory card...whee), only to get Spyro 1 and then Tombi after that. I only ever played 2097 on one of the demo discs that had one track, and that was it. It wasn't till I bought a PS2 after the Xbox had turned a bit stale, that I finally got Fusion - And it was honestly my favourite version of the game for years. I loved having so many teams to choose from, which reminded me of games like Twisted Metal and Vigilante.

Hailing from Greece! The whole Wipeout thing happened here as well, pretty much as you describe it for the UK. I was already into underground raves with hardcore, drum n bass and trance back then, we were playing wipeout in the clubs, even after the parties chilling out at someones place. It was mindblowing, still love the music and have all the games. My favourite ps1 series of all time. I was also an amiga fan and with psygnosis being the publisher, i was in gaming heaven.

I feel like a collab with Caddicarus would be good for a video like this- he's quite a fan of the WipEout series...

Good implementation of the WipEout music into the video.

Ayy. This video has got to be one of the best complete history’s I have ever saw. I didn’t know how heavily the prodigy inspired the game. Also thanks for using the logo rework I recreated around 6:11.

I'm from the US (Texas), and I first heard about WipEout from a demo disc that I either received packaged with the PS1 or from one of those gaming magazines, can't remember which as this was 20+ years ago. The demo disc also had Jumping Flash, Ridge Racer, ESPN Extreme Games and Twisted Metal, I loved it so much.

Wipeout is the reason I'm into The Prodigy. I didn't know I needed music like that in my life until I played Wipeout XL in middle school. Consequently, The Fat Of The Land was one of the first albums I bought with my own money, and Firestarter will always be linked with this series in my memory.

38:36 "it was the future, and it still is" this really nails how I feel about this series.

Superbly done..... No cheese mate, Wipeout was definitely a game that made me a hardcore gamer, and it was the whole experience. The reason why I bought the ps1. As a 49 year old dad, I play the VR version, which is just a bloody sublime experience.

The graphic design was sooo ahead of itself! Loved it & I surely wasn’t the only one. Designers republic really nailed it!

What I used to do was as the level loaded on 2097 I opened the disc and replaced it with fat of the land cd but having the switch back once I crossed the line.

I bought Wipeout when I bought my Playstation upon launch in Canada. I was a total techno/rave fan at the time, and Wipeout was a beautiful merge of my favourite music and a game I fell in love with. It turned me into a combat racing and lifelong Wipeout fan.

I am from Norway and Wipeout had a big impact for me here and that and the original ridge racer is what I remember most about the launch of the console here. I recall going to local electronic store right after launch just to play wipeout. And when I finally got the console myself a few months later it came with a demo disc containing the Wipeout demo, which i played to death before I could afford buying the full games. I think it really was a big deal all over Europe.

This game really introduced me to EDM music for the first time.

Seasoned Wipeout pilot here. Currently doing a 2nd playthrough of Wipeout Pure and 1st time playthrough of Pulse and Fusion. I remember getting Wipeout HD Fury on my cousin's PS3 as part of the "Welcome Back" after the PSN Outage.

At last, the video that ever search. The history of one of most underrated game series. Your quote " the game that changed my life", was exactly I wrote to Nick Burcombe a years ago, and he aswer me " Thats the the story that I want to hear. I glad for you". Wipeout 2097 was the pinacle for me, of the series. Joined a perfect mix of speed, future design and electronic music. The videogames never were the same since WipEout.

Worth mentioning that 2097 and 3 are very different :) Wip3out is one of the few PS1 games that runs in High Resolution mode (720×480 / 480i)

As a child of 1993, I regret that I can't say I "Grew up in the 90's", because, let's be real, life doesn't start until 18. I've gone on to have a lifelong love of 90's Club, Trance, Trip Hop ect. We were real pioneers back then, in the musical and chemical senses, and I'll forever be disappointed I'd missed it.

WipeOut blew my mind! I was just 18 when the PlayStation came out and had to pick WipeOut, it was fundamental in my messy nights, cumins home after the club on a HUUUGE comedown and firing up WipeOut! Ahhhh, brilliant times! M

I live in the U.S., and Wipeout was the first PS1 game I played. It was a demo on a big screen at a store of sorts called Incredible Universe. I don't think they are around any more. The one I got when I got my PS1 was Wipeout XL. Then 3. XL is easily one of my favorite games of all time. Me and a friend dropped a bunch of acid and just totally aced that game one night, after months of practice. We were in a trance state. Unlocked everything and set records we'd never come close to ever again. It was legendary. I loved all these games. I started drinking Red Bull, and I was already a huge fan of The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, and Orbital at the time.

When I used to play Wipeout Fusion as a kid, I thought i was a knock-off, that's how "different" it is

My friends and I in Oregon (U.S.A.) LOVED Wipeout - I was introduced to it by the PlayStation Sampler CD that came with my console, but I remember it being quite popular!

Fun fact: I was on set of the Bad Influence episode as a young wiper snapper in Leeds and there is even a shot of me playing Wipeout (pre PS release). I dined out on that day for most of my teens. Great video Dan! Thanks for the nostalgia recollections... #Prodigy

I'm a US fan of wipEout since wipeout 64 it got me into tech music and recently was able to get the omega collection and I'm loving it.

Just picked up a copy of Wipeout XL the other day. One of the best racing series' of all time!

25:59 "it's a smooth experience" >car proceds to glitch out from the track Kek

I am from Brazil and I played Wipeout in early 96 was a greater impact in my life. MTV Brasil, Wipeout and Ridge Racer for me represent the middle 90'

Love The Prodigy!!! It blew my mind growing up and playing this franchise, to today being 43 yrs old and being able to play in VR. Ever hear of Nitrous Oxide music by the Crystal Method on Playstation? What about that in VR?!?!?YES, YES, YES!!!!!!!!!

I'm from colombia and i loved this game when it comes out! and off course, all it's sequels

American checking in... Wipeout was absolutely something noticeably different and special when the PlayStation landed, and I can't understate how important it was that it was playable on that first demo disc, I think alongside Battle Arena Toshinden, Jumping Flash, and ESPN Extreme Games? As a 13 year old at a time that was still very pre-internet-as-we-know-it, I didn't know that what I was playing was specifically, intrinsically British, I just knew it was distinct and I liked it. Eventually I did start looking more into the music. I found my way to Hackers, I found my way to a Saturday night show on MTV called AMP, and eventually on AMP I discovered the video for Fluke's Atom Bomb that tied everything together beautifully. The sensation of being part of that fandom, from where I was, at that time, is hard to nail down in words. Everything that surrounded Wipeout in magazines and whatever other gaming media we found it in at the time made it clear that our little group of pretty damn good Qirex pilots in rural Utah was a part of something considerably larger, what exactly that something was, was a little harder to discern. (We also believed for longer than I like to admit that 2097 was a completely separate game from XL that the US market was being denied because we were so used to getting that treatment from Japan all those years. Then 3SE happened and well...) Finally, Wipeout XL was singularly responsible for the initial demand for Red Bull in the US, and when an indie games/music/movies store in my area began carrying it, it became the de facto gathering point for local Wipeout players. Some of my best gaming memories, honestly.

Wipeout was the reason I ended up getting a PlayStation. I played the demo and was blown away I was I was in love with the music and the graphics. It was all about Wipeout and Resident Evil in those days Now years later my brother is a huge fan as well as my oldest son. Some of my Fondest Memories and one of my favorite games of all time.

My cousin had Wipeout64 here in America. I had no knowledge of the other versions. I recall I was always sort of amazed that this game, which had EVERY appearance on first glance of being budget shovelware to me played SO smooth on the ever-stuttering n64 hardware and was such an addictive title!

The most '90s thing ever. I remember when it came out, I got a PS as soon as I could (after hiring one from Blockbuster a few times and paying a whopping £300 cash deposit every time!) and drinking and playing this and Ridge Racer to death with my mates. It was a mind-blowing experience after the 16bits, but now I have mainly gone back to playing 16bit again now.

Another great video Dan. I enjoyed your little segue at the start into the close association of WipEout with dance culture (I was big fan of hardcore and rave back in the day). 2097 was the one that got me hooked and eventually got me to jump ship from the Sega Saturn to the PS1. Absolutely love this game series.

Speaking as a fan from the states, WipEout was hugely responsible for getting me into electronic music. I didn't know much about it before I got my copy on Sega Saturn. I would take the game disc and record the music onto cassette, basically making mixtapes. After that I headed to the music shop and searched the "dance music" section for whatever cover looked the best. Ended up grabbing Roni Size & New Form's "Reprazent" and I've been hooked on drum & bass and electronic music in general ever since.

late fan here (first game was 2048, from the US). I knew about wipeout when i was little from my stepdad who loved old school EDM and was familiar with pulse and pure but i barely played it to the point where the memories are very faint. Then the Vita came out, and being the loyal PlayStation customer i was i bought it when it was launched. Among little big planet, need for speed, and rayman origins, Wipeout 2048 was where i spent most of my time. Everything from the smooth controls to the banging modern electronic soundtrack just tickled my brain the right way. Admittingly i was oblivious to the classic controls and used the "racer" configuration, but i took a stab at the classic controls and fell in love with how much better it handled. Regardless 2048 was always on my mind, whether it was humming along to Breezeblock by camo & krooked, to imitating the distorted roars of the engine, and even building a wipeout inspired anti gravity tank with my lego bricks. Unfortunately my vita got stolen, and i forgot about wipeout for a while. But recently i reignited my obsession (i couldnt tell you how honestly, i guess i just woke up), and knowing i missed out on a lot of the other wipeout games, forgetting about them or simply not knowing they existed at all, i decided to take a stab at playing the older games. However, not owning any playstation console, only a gaming laptop, emulation was the name of the game. The first one was Wipeout HD/Fury, which took forever to set up, but i finally got it working, and oh my god, i was obsessed. I played the whole thing through. And now i even compiled a "WipEout Megamix" on my apple music app. And yes, even to this day, 2097 inspired me to crush redbulls daily

Wipeout 2097 will by my faborite just because underworld is my favorite artsist of all time. Im so happy to have seen them live last December in miami

Great video! I first got my Playstation in 2000 I used all my birthday money and pocket money to buy it and wipeout 2097 blew my mind! I also had F1 and was obsessed with F1 and Schumacher, when I played 2097 the first thing that grabbed me was the soundtrack, that game literally got me into the Prodigy at the age of 10, little did I know that 10 years later I'd be watching them live at the Warriors Dance festival at MK Bowl and still to this day is one of the best gigs I ever experienced. I missed wip3out and played Fusion on PS2 and I was fully addicted to that game, the ship and character upgrades made me obsessed, I even remember reading in the Manual saying warning this game is highly addictive lol. Although it wasn't the floaty feel of 2097 it was definitely fun and fast, plus the weapons were cool af, one thing to add was as the ship's took damage the ship's model would change as the energy bar went down, it would look like you ship was falling to pieces and smoking. My next wipeout experience was Pure and I bought a psp on release date in the UK but unfortunately didn't buy Pure until about 6 months after (what an idiot, although I did buy the amazing burnout legends) and I played that game to death and I even managed to gameshare it to about 6 psp's in my Year 11 citizenship class and we had a full ad-hoc Lan game! I bought Pulse while at college and one thing to add in Pulse was it thought back more gravity defying loops and vertical drops where the track would look magnetised to the ship. I also played Pulse a few times online and it was a blast even though it could be fairly laggy. I got wipeout HD when Sony fucked up when the PSN got hacked and they gave away 5 free games. And wow was totally blown away it had all the class of Pure but in full HD at 60fps. I bought the Omega collection for my PS4 and my mate Tom had never played wipeout I literally told him it was mario kart for adults and we literally played it for an entire lads night getting obsessed about getting our time trail times down by a few seconds and figuring out the best way to take corners in 2048's weird urban wide track design. It's sad that the studio is no more but wipeout will live on in our memories.

*Christmas 1997* We got a PlayStation and Wipeout. ... Legacy of Kain and a Demo Disc. *I got the most from Wipeout and the Demo Disc.* Resident Evil Director's Cut and Gran Turismo came out soon after. A great time to be alive. 💿

WipEout was the focal point of my PSX years! The controls, the combat and the MUSIC! Thanks to these games for opening my eyes to electronica in general. (Props to you, good Sir for throwing out recognition to CJ Bolland (weirdest music video I have ever watched)! Who do I speak to about trading my eternal soul for a complete remaster of 1, 2097 and 3? Keep up the great work D and keep rolling out The Complete Histories!

Awesome documentary! Worth mentioning that Wipeout 1 here in the US did get a longbox version that has the same artstyle as the PAL release

Love the games, the soundtrack, the artworks, literally everything.

in 6 minutes dan has talked me into playing wipeout....... good going

Wipeout was one of the first three games i played on the PS back in 1995. I have played Wipeout, Wipeout XL, Wipeout 64 and Wipeout HD. The series is a very solid one.

Dude!!.... the PRODIGY!!!! that's the WOW factor for the music!

First time I’ve ever seen someone reference the mad capsule markets, criminally slept on band, separated in 2005 and their CD’s haven’t been in print for forever.

Wipeout was massive in America, it turned me onto electronic music. I’d put the game in my car CD player, I loved Cold Storage’s tracks. Then I picked up Wipeout xL, 3, Pure and HD. Love this series. Fantastic video my guy, but umm... where are the other 2,096 sequels? 😉 TL,DR: Wipeout changed my life too. I got into the rave scene, started DJ’ing & producing D&B, gave up video games for a few years, sold my library of games for the same reason you did lol. It seems Wipeout changed the course of a lot of ppl’s lives on both sides of the pond. Such an impressive game with a perfect formula.

I was hopelessly addicted to this game, and then Wipe3out (Special Edition).

Back in the 90s I attached a big ass 70s stereo speaker tower to my 14" color tv through the heaphone output with some "custom" wiring, and I tried Wipeout 2097 with a Thrustmaster PS1 racing wheel, it was very intense! Even when the game doesn´t have analog support, I mapped steering to the wheel and left and right airbrakes to the pedals, thrust to gear up on the shifter, and shoot to gear down :D Jesus christ it was the most adrenaline-inducing racing experience ever!

announcer: Auricom *gives me chills*

I'm Australian. Wipeout got a lot of press in gaming magazines. The Prodigy here were huge and I think together they were a pretty substantial part of pop culture for a time.

Cape Town, South Africa when it launched. Had an early release of Ridge Racer (still one of my fav racers today) but Wipeout came out, and EVERYONE was playing, the rave scene was growing at the time too :)