Wipeout 64

Wipeout 64
North American cover art
Developer(s)Psygnosis
Publisher(s)Midway Games
SeriesWipeout
Platform(s)Nintendo 64
Release
  • NA: 4 November 1998
  • PAL: 5 February 1999
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Wipeout 64 is a 1998 racing video game developed by Psygnosis and published by Midway Games for the Nintendo 64. It is the third game in the Wipeout series and remains the only one published on a Nintendo console. At the time of the game's release, developer Psygnosis had been owned for five years by Sony Computer Entertainment, for whose hardware all subsequent Wipeout games have been released exclusively.

Set in 2098, a year after Wipeout 2097, Wipeout 64 introduced several new elements to the Wipeout series including analogue control which benefited from the Nintendo 64's controller, new weapons, teams, and tracks. The game received generally positive reviews from critics. Many critics praised the game for its individuality among the Wipeout series, its graphics, offering more tracks and racing craft, unique atmosphere and "superior track design", comparing the game favourably to Nintendo's own F-Zero X. However, the game was criticised for its slow frame rate, and opinion is divided whether Wipeout 64 is a 'true sequel' to Wipeout 2097.