Wipeout (1995) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Wipeout

Wipeout is a racing game that is set in 2052, where players compete in the F3600 anti-gravity racing league. The game allows the player to pilot one of a selection of craft in races on several different…

75 29 September 1995

What Wipeout is

Wipeout is a racing game developed by Psygnosis and released in 1995. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Android and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Set in the year 2052, players compete in the F3600 anti-gravity racing league, piloting one of a selection of craft in races on several different tracks around the world.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Wipeout holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1995 averaged 66, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 4 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 7 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Wipeout launched on 29 September 1995, within three weeks of Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Twisted Metal, Destruction Derby and Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, Twisted Metal, Destruction Derby, Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer