
Wipeout
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Wipeout".
Sep 12, 2026
S17 E42: Bob Summerwill on Ethereum Classic & Bitcoin's Fork Season
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177:06Bob SummerwillGUEST
well i i won't claim sole fame for that but i was part of that yeah so so yeah i mean so i i I did computer science at the University of Leeds, and I was lucky enough straight out of that to get a job in the games industry, working for Sony Psygnosis.
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177:26Bob SummerwillGUEST
So Psygnosis were best known for, like, they made Wipeout, which was like this, like, hover future driving thing that was a PlayStation launch title.
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177:38Bob SummerwillGUEST
Anyway, so I worked for them for a while.
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177:41Vlad CosteaHOST
Is that the same thing that launched Gran Turismo later, or I'm confusing them?
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181:54Bob SummerwillGUEST
So, yeah, they did Barbarian.
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181:56Bob SummerwillGUEST
Shadow of the Beast was well-known on Amiga.
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182:00Bob SummerwillGUEST
But, yeah, Lemmings, Wipeout, a bunch of Wipeouts.
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182:04Bob SummerwillGUEST
They did Formula One games as well that were really very popular.
The 3DO Experience - Episode 159: Microcosm: Psygnosis + Rick Wakeman = Success!
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47:51ThrakHOST
Shadow of the Beast 2.
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47:54BillHOST
I think he also did Wipeout, the original Wipeout, in maybe 2097.
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47:59ThrakHOST
He also did some music for Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing.
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48:02BillHOST
Oh yeah, he really did.
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48:05ThrakHOST
did.
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48:08BillHOST
But it was
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48:08ThrakHOST
mainly like Psygnosis stuff, so it's like Wipeout and just Wipeout.
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48:14ThrakHOST
That's kind of what they became after a while.