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The source code for Wipeout (1995) has been found and released online

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(Yes, there was a PC port. This was during a transitional period where Psygnosis still functioned as a 3rd-party dev despite being owned by Sony.)

Before someone asks the obvious question of if a modern port could be made using this, someone actually created something similar a few years ago.


While normally a spiritual successor, it does support loading ships from both the original game and 2097 if you grab the necessary files off the disks.
 
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It seems like the release had nothing to do with the original developers, meaning that It may have been stolen.

Remember that the Wipeout IP belongs to Sony, so they may take legal action agains anything using this code.
 
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    • Looks like some interesting work is being done here, though there is also a pre-compiled executable included.
    One thing i completely forgot about is that the PC port of the game was initially only on DOS, not Windows. So the fact this is a native Windows build is unusual.
    In terms of branches, "WIN95" appears to be a build solely designed for ATI Rage GPUs. While "Wipeout 98" was designed for the GPU agnostic Direct3d API.

    Edit: I dug around, and it looks like the ATI Rage version did receive an extremely limited print run in a few bundles. I suspect mainly for the GPU itself. But the closest evidence i could find was it being included in a series of Japanese PCs manufactured by a company known as "Apricot".
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    The Direct3D build is still completely new, it looks like.

    Reinhard Schneider said:
    It seems like the release had nothing to do with the original developers, meaning that It may have been stolen.
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    Not really "stolen" specifically, the more likely explanation is that Forest of Illusion acquired a HDD or disk containing the source from a former Psygnosis dev.
     
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    • Krvavi Abadas said:
    Not really "stolen" specifically, the more likely explanation is that Forest of Illusion acquired a HDD or disk containing the source from a former Psygnosis dev
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    In that case they should just explain. The way they avoided the question on Twitter doesn't makes them any favours
     
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