Wipeout Pure

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Wipeout Pure

Developer(s)	Sony Studio Liverpool
Publisher(s)	SCE
Designer(s)	Sony Studio Liverpool
Release date(s)	March 24, 2005 April 7, 2005 September 1, 2005
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer for up to 8 players
Rating(s)	PEGI: 3+ CERO: All Ages ESRB: E
Platform(s)	PlayStation Portable
Media	UMD
Input	PSP

Wipeout Pure is a 2005 video game. Wipeout Pure takes the Wipeout series over to Sony's new PlayStation Portable (PSP). The game was released simultaneously with the release of the PSP during its North American launch. The developers expressed a desire to return to the handling of Wipeout 2097 and to make various changes to the track design. Most notably, the pit lane for recharging shields is absent, with the player instead able to replenish energy by absorbing the currently-carried weapon. The return to the style of past games and streamlining of the gameplay make up the "pure" essence of Pure. The game takes place in the year 2197.

1 Description
2 Teams
3 Tracks
- 3.1 Zone mode tracks
4 Music tracks
5 Reviews
6 Sequel
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Description

Wipeout Pure was the first PSP title to support downloadable content including extra vehicles, tracks, and artwork free of charge via the Internet. Packs of downloadable content were made available every month for six months.

See also: Wipeout Pure expansion packs

Pure also uses the WiFi ability of the PSP for multiplayer racing.

To compensate for the delay of the launch in Europe, both for the PSP and its games, Studio Liverpool added a few new features to the European version. Wipeout Pure now supports game sharing (via the Wipeout Pure option in the teasers menu) which means that someone with the Euro version of Wipeout Pure can send the demo version over WiFi to other PSP owners who do not have Pure. This gives the ability to have up to 8 player games with only one copy of the game (but only on the demo tracks). Another feature added was the playable demo for Fired Up and a MediEvil movie demo. The Fired Up demo also supports game sharing for multiplaying with up to 8 friends who don't have Pure or Fired Up, but only on the Junkyard level. Finally, the European release contains 4 exclusive tracks available via download. These are named the Omega Tracks. In addition to the American, European and Japanese versions, there are two more versions: a Korean version with downloadable content support but no available downloads yet, and an asian version ('zone 3') which includes no download feature and has no planned additional content.

These differences between the European and US versions of the game has unfortunately caused the two versions to be incompatible for the purposes of WiFi multiplayer.

Since the release of Wipeout Pure, a hidden web browser has been found in the game's Downloads section. By changing the DNS and access of the Sony PSP to a local machine, the PSP will look for http://ingame.scea.com/Wipeout/index.html on the local machine instead of online. By creating a webpage on a local machine with links, the PSP can thus surf the internet before the actual firmware update was released. Basic interactive functions include navigation of the page with the D-Pad, scrolling through previously viewed sites with the shoulder buttons, activating links with the X button and refreshing pages with the "square" button. http://omlette.net/psp/roto/ has a full detailed explanation of how to get Wipeout Pure to browse the internet. This trick has since been rendered moot by the addition of a fully functional web browser to the PSP operating system for version 2.0 and higher. Further online playability has been worked out for Wipeout Pure. Players with specific models of wireless hardware and the Xlink Kai software can link up via the internet and race with other players regardless of their location across the globe, as if they were making a direct WiFi connection.

[edit] Teams

Main article: Wipeout teams

Feisar
Auricom
Qireж
AG Systems
Piranha
Assegai
Triakis
Harimau
Zone (Hidden team)
Medievil (Hidden team)

[edit] Tracks

Vineta K
Modesto Heights
Chenghou Project
Blue Ridge
Sinucit
Citta Nuova
Sebenco Climb
Sol 2
Karbonis (Hidden track) (from Wipeout)
Sagarmatha (Hidden track) (from Wipeout XL / 2097)
Manor Top (Hidden track) (from Wipeout 3)
Mandrashee (Hidden track) (from Wipeout Fusion)

[edit] Zone mode tracks

Pro Tozo
Mallavol (Hidden track)
Coridon 12 (Hidden track)
Syncopia (Hidden track)

[edit] Music tracks

Aphex Twin: "Naks Acid"
CoLD SToRAGE: "Onyx"
Cosmos: "Kinection"
Drumattic Twins: "Twister"
Elite Force: "Cross the Line"
Freq Nasty: "Grand Theft"
Friendly: "We Got Juice"
Jay Tripwire: "Room 2"
LFO: "Flu-Shot"
Ming + FS: "Hellion"
Paul Hartnoll: "Ignition"
Photek: "C Note"
Plump DJs: "Black Jack 3"
Rennie Pilgrem & Roxiller: "Bug"
T Power: "The System"
Stanton Warriors: "Night Mover"
Tayo Meets Acid Rockers Uptown: "Crafty Youth"
Themroc: "Mean Red"
DJ Tiesto: "Goldrush"
Röyksopp: "Curves" (menu music)

Additionally, an official soundtrack was released through "Distinctive Records". It contained the afformentioned songs except for Goldrush, Black Jack 3, Kinection, The System and Curves. Instead it contained 3 previously unreleased tracks by Distinctive. These were:

TLS: "Saxtrax"
Way Out West: "Pulse Of Life (Edit)"
Hybrid: "Zulu (Original Score)"

See Wipeout Pure: The Official Soundtrack

[edit] Reviews

IGN: 9.3 out of 10 (93%)
GameSpot: 8.8 out of 10 (88%)
Edge (magazine): 8 out of 10

[edit] Sequel

After a year of murmurs a sequel to the PSP launch game Wipeout Pure from 2005 has been officially revealed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Called Wipeout Pulse, the racing game is set for release on PSP later in 2007.

Features and awesome improvements include:

Wipeout Pulse will feature 24 new tracks.
Licensed music from Mason, Loco Dice and Stanton Warriors.
Multiplayer via Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure.
Eight new teams, including “EG-X”.
New “Mag-strip” feature allows ships to magnetically stick to tracks. This will allow certain tracks to feature loops, 90 degree plummets, and various other previously unseen obstacles.
Custom soundtracks allow playback of MP3s stored on Memory Stick.
Photo Mode captures in-game screenshots.
Like Wipeout Pure, the game will feature downloadable content, such as new tracks and songs, immediately after release.