Back in 1995 Psygnosis’ futuristic racer WipEout represented a generational leap in graphics and music and was the game that heralded the start of PlayStation’s domination of the 32-bit era. The realistic graphical style and techno soundtrack, fused with the ultra-cool concept of anti-gravity racing, was a perfect showcase for what the new PlayStation hardware could do; and many a 16-bit gamer turned green with envy on first witnessing a Fiesar tear around Altima VII – I know I did.
