The Dreamcast is one of the consoles most supported by the retrogaming community. We've already told you about a number of ports to SEGA's latest console, including Minecraft, Prince of Persia, Half-Life / Counter-Strike and GTA III (Vice City is currently being ported).

In terms of ‘practical life’, the console also continues to benefit from improvements, with the recent addition of online save support thanks to the community.

Today, it's a new port that interests us, and not the least. Firstly because the game itself is a legendary title, and secondly because it was originally exclusive to the PlayStation, the Dreamcast's direct competitor.

The game in question is WipEout, the futuristic anti-gravity racing game by Psygnosis, released in 1995. Its port to the Dreamcast is led by jnmartin84, already known to the community for his adaptation of Doom 64 on the same console.

A first port attempt was made in 2023, but suffered from graphical bugs and no sound. On the strength of his experience on Doom 64, jnmartin84 resumed his work on WipEout, and the result is striking: the game can now run at up to 100 frames per second.

The project also benefited from the release of the game's source code in mid-2022, providing invaluable information for this type of development.

As can be seen in the video below, the game is very fluid, although a few graphical bugs remain, along with possible crashes and occasionally temperamental music. Despite everything, these initial results are very encouraging, and we're keeping our fingers crossed that this project will come to fruition, which could give us hope for ports of WipEout 2097 and WipEout 3.

Source : Retronews