Prototype WO1 pictures?

[AG-wolf]

I'm not sure how much the footage from Hackers counts, but at the same time I have no idea what stages Wipeout went through in development.

I was looking for my Okami strategy guide, I either misplaced it or put it with my multiple hundreds of gaming magazines from the last nearly 20 years. As I go through all these old magazines, I've gotten stuck looking at articles from different eras in games. Going through the mid 90s and seeing early PSX/Saturn/N64 titles, I stumbled across an early Wipeout shot. It got me wondering what early builds of the game looked like, so if anyone else happens to have early shots they could share, I'd be appreciative

[Lance]

Thanks for the old magazine pic. Very interesting to see.

[Lion]

I have a few at home, will try remember to upload tonight..
I remember reading on here at one stage that wipeout was pencilled to be an on-rails shooter (think a scifi panzer dragoon) before it became a racer, I haven't seen much of the game from that period, but I think that's what it still was at the point of it's appearance in hackers

[Lance]

I don't remember any rails in Hackers; does anybody recall some sort of on-rails behaviour of the ships in the movie? It's been a long time since I saw it.

[Lion]

I don't mean like a train, as in literally on rails...
just that the ship follows a set route and you aim it's weaponry, rather than having full control over the ship itself

anyway, I found my screenshots...
looks like there were 4 or 5 early shots

this contains 2 of them
here's another
and this rounds out the set
but there's also some low res stuff in this magazine preview of the original wipeout that's worth looking at, as is this wipeout64 review, which features one of the above shots

this was also shown in this article about the then-upcoming wipeout3

[Lance]

Hence my qualification of ''some sort of on-rails behaviour''.

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Thanks for digging out the screenshots.

[Lion]

I've watched hackers a lot (too often ) and most of it looks pre-rendered anyway.
if memory serves (can confirm when I get home) the bits that look like game, rather than cutscene, have Dade moving a crosshair around on screen.

[Lance]

As though the ship were following a set 'groove' and could only move the weapon? [reminds me a bit of the original 'Outrun' racing game] Wish I had Hackers now so I could watch the Wipeout scene again. I have the impression in memory that it looked a bit like Tubeslider.

[Task]

Well, that's an easy request to fill! 8 )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ygV4MkUh-M

[Lance]

It's an easy request to fill for someone not on dial-up. YouTube is total crap for me. I've never gotten anything properly viewable from them.

Even on sites that do give one a proper download file, I usually don't bother cos it takes all of my bandwidth for hours to get a video.

But that is not yoUr problem, just my fault.

[Sausehuhn]

Am I the only one who can't hear anything? Audio missing?

[Medusa]

I just love how they refer to the wipeout vehicles as "sleds". Lovely term, just sends you right into the future, doesn't it?

Thanks for the pics Lion, good stuff.
Re: Hackers - Thank goodness Wipeout didn't end up like that.

[q_dmc12]

as is this wipeout64 review

The editor of this article didn't really know what he was talking about, I feel. This is the game that solidified my addiction to wipeout....and racing games for that matter.

Am I the only one who can't hear anything? Audio missing?

no, I got nothing as well

[defor]

Is there anyone still at SL/Psygnosis/Sony who might still have the original rendered source video for the Hackers "arcade" scene? I'd love to see the sequence in its entirety, and at possibly better resolution.

Yes, I'm asking a lot, hoping for old pre-wipeout source files, but, perhaps it's doable?

[RJ O'Connell]

The first uphill run at Terramax is so recognizable yet with that HUD and that environment it's so alien. My word.

[Slacker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix35c_8DEXk

Defor, your wish granted.

[rdmx]

Oh my god that's awesome! How'd you get that?

[AG-wolf]

Oh... my... god... I cant believe what I just watched. that was great I've been wanting to see that from the moment I first saw the movie.... the audio was admittedly AWFUL, but that's beside the point.... that was a fun surprise to come home to ^_^

[stin]

*pressed on that link!, uploading, HQ on, *droool!, (Mmmmm different!), drops my tea and landed on my leg then spilled bloody hot tea on my leg and F%$^$% C%^$%^ my F$%&^£$%^ leg it`s F$^£$^£% hot!!!!!!

Still trying to watch that video!

*saved and stored in a secret place!

Never seen that before!

stevie

[Mu5]

Awesome video! Thanks for posting!