Demakes, taking a newer game and porting it to an older console that is probably not powerful enough to run it, is popular in the retrogaming world.  We have seen things such as Halo 2600, Far Cry 4 for Sega Genesis/SNES and more over the years.  The Vectrex, a defunct console released by Milton Bradley, is the focus of this demake though. VipEüt takes the idea of WipEout and shows us how it might look if it was released on the Vectrex console- a console that did 3D and such with lines and nothing else.

This demo was created for a TIGSource competition a while back but that does not make it any less interesting.  There are enemies represented and many powerups are available.  This demake features twisting turns and narrow paths in the tracks, similar to many of the tracks in the original.  There is even an autopilot option available which will make the game slightly easier, for a short period.

WipEout was known for its speed and challenging track designs.  It is nearly impossible to tell if this demake features more than one track or not (just check out the video for proof).  VipEüt is a neat demake that, if using additional hardware, could be made to run on the actual Vectrex hardware.  What I mean by additional hardware is similar to how Sega and Nintendo used extra chips in cartridges in games like Virtua Racing, Star Fox, Super Mario Bros 3, etc.  It would not be easy but it would be possible.

Officially we have seen ports of WipEout for the Sony Playstation (original release), Sega Saturn, Windows computers and the Nintendo 64.  This is a game that most gamers will recognize and already understand the idea behind it- though that doesn’t help you suck less at some of the harder tracks.

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