WipEout (1995)

Wipeout (stylised as wipE'out") is a futuristic racing video game developed and published by Psygnosis. It is the first game in the WipEout series and is set in 2052. It was originally released in 1995 for PlayStation and MS-DOS, and in 1996 for Sega Saturn, being a launch title for the PlayStation in Europe. It has since been re-released as a downloadable game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable via the PlayStation Network in 2007.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It's one of the first games released for the PlayStation, showing the console's hardware strength.
 * 2) Four teams to pick with two playable pilots each. One of the most popular characters among the fanbase and canon is Auricom's pilot Arial Tetsuo.
 * 3) A good variety of weapons from rockets to turbo.
 * 4) Seven tracks to compete (six if not counting the Firestar secret track).
 * 5) Amazing soundtrack composed by Tim Wright AKA CoLD SToRAGE. The PAL release for PlayStation adds few licensed tracks by Orbital, The Chemical Brothers and Leftfield.
 * 6) Beautiful graphics even by it's 1995 standards.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The game aged very badly compared to later games, for example: If you simply touch a wall, your AG craft will instantly stop no matter if you're scraping or not. This, however, was fixed in WipEout 2097.
 * 2) No Splitscreen multiplayer, instead you need to use a link cable on your PS1 console to another PS1 console as well as having 2 copies of the same game, which is not only expensive but also awkward
 * 3) The advertising for the game was rather controversial. It features two women covered in blood with the caption claiming that WipEout is "a dangerous game". Some of them accused the advert for depicting a drug overdose.
 * 4) The licensed tracks such as "P.E.T.R.O.L (WipEout Mix)" by Orbital are only featured in the PAL version of the PlayStation release.