Random: Someone's Porting PS1 Classic WipEout to the Playdate | Push Square
If you’re not familiar with the Playdate, it’s the dinky yellow handheld with a crank that’s actively coveting a hobbyist, indie game development crowd. It’s home to a number of unique experiences already, but for PlayStation fans, this may be the most intriguing outing yet: Psygnosis’ legendary PS1 racer WipEout, rendered in beautiful black-and-white polygons.
To be honest, it looks really nice in this clean, retro, wireframe format:
The port itself is based upon a rewritten version of WipEout, which itself was created using some leaked source code. Obviously there are also sorts of legal issues associated with a project like this, but hopefully Sony turns a blind eye and just lets it be – it’s not like it’s doing much else with the franchise these days, is it?
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«it’s not like it’s doing much else with the franchise these days, is it?»
The last Wipeout game was released in 2021 on phones. It's online services have since been terminated due to a lack of interest. A lack of interest will probably also explain why the PS5 will be the first Sony console that won't get a game in the series. Nobody particularly wanted the PS4 game either, so there's probably your answer.
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Sony's been slacking with their arcade racers. Motorstorm games were stellar and they've wasted Evolution studios.
What a damn shame
@Specky Unfortunately the last MotorStorm died a quick death because of the earthquake in Japan a week before it was due to release. Then Driveclub couldn't get past it's release day jitters and also died. Sony cut their losses after that, and the next game from the studio, OnRush died even quicker.
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