A prototype version of Wipeout appeared in the seminal 1995 film "Hackers" [1]... the very same film that involved future Shaggy actor Matthew Lillard sporting a red Motorola pager and a pre-"Tomb Raider" Angelina Jolie declaring that "RISC architecture is gonna change everything". What a fantastic (in the literal and figurative senses of the term) film.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATlszssL-eI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATlszssL-eI</a>
Ah man the breaks in this mix. I got into electronica (mainly trance, progressive and DnB) around 2004, but then found breaks around 2005-6. Adam Freeland and stuff. It's such a different vibe. But I always felt the craziest part was, after you recognize the breaks stuff, you then realized it was there all along among the various Oakenfold or Paul Van Dyk or Judge Jules or LTJ Bukem mixes you downloaded off of LimeWire or BearShare. It's an eclectic sound that is all around you, hollow and futuristic, and so good!
All the graphic design/branding was done by The Designer's Republic: <a href="https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/</a><p>Direct link to Wipeout: <a href="https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/wipeout" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedesignersrepublic.com/wipeout</a>
I love the Wipeout series, despite finding the game very hard beyond the first few tournaments. I recently began playing Wipeout Pure (2007, PSP) on my phone via emulator, and it's remarkable how modern it still looks.<p>Wipeout is one of the few games that stuck with that '90s vision of what 2097 would look like. Everything from the design language, menu transitions, music choices and AI voices fit that theme in all games from 1995-2009. I believe Wipeout Fury HD for PS3 was the last game made by the original studio.<p>I highly recommend the "Zone" mode of Wipeout, where your ship goes faster and faster as you complete each lap. The course colors change into psychedelic combinations with each lap. The sensation is truly unique.<p>The OST also has some deep cut techno/breakbeat tracks from artists that didn't get released as singles, or at all.<p>1. Chemical Brothers - Leave Home (Underworld Remix 1)<p>2. Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L (also on 1998's Pi OST)<p>3. Fluke - V Six<p>4. The Prodigy - Firestarter (Instrumental ver.)