Play WipEout in Your Web Browser While Fans Pray for Sony to Bring the Series Back | Push Square
Regular readers will know that we're huge fans of WipEout. The futuristic racing series has long been ignored by Sony — much to our disappointment — but if you're yearning for a quick fix of eye-watering speed (and perhaps a healthy nostalgia hit) then you may be in luck.
Programmer Dominic Szablewski has managed to revive the original PS1 WipEout through means that we're not going to pretend to understand — and you can play the game right now through your web browser. What a time to be alive, etc. The browser version can be found via this link.
Szablewski has documented the porting process in a lengthy blog post that's no doubt worth reading if you're into the technical side of things. It's all pretty interesting, even if, like us, you can't wrap your head around the specifics.
«Sony has demonstrated a lack of interest in the original WipEout in the past, so my money is on their continuing absence,» writes Szablewski (and we hope he's right!).
«If anyone at Sony is reading this, please consider that you have (in my opinion) two equally good options: either let it be, or shut this thing down and get a real remaster going,» Szablewski concludes.
We sometimes find ourselves daydreaming about a new WipEout, but will it ever happen? Try using arrow keys to race at WipEout speeds in the comments section below.
Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.
Fun fact: There is a Wipeout game exclusive to the Nintendo 64.
Single developer porting a PS1 game to browser: 0$ Rockstar porting Read Dead Redemption to PS4: 50$
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