Summary
Wipeoutis getting ported to the Dreamcast. The iconic PlayStation 1 racer was made to run onSega’s ill-fated console roughly 30 years following its original release.
In recent times, there has been an uptick in fan projects seeking to port a wide variety of games to the Dreamcast. One of the latest examples of this trend materialized in January 2025, when Russian developer Maximqad made some progress on gettingCounter-StrikeandHalf-Life: Deathmatchto run on the Dreamcastusing the Xash3D engine.
Another such project emerged in late March 2025, when modder Jnmartin84 shared an update on their efforts to getWipeoutworking on Sega’s 1999 console. The footage of their project shared by YouTube channel The Sega Guru (viaTime Extension) shows one of the bestPS1 racersrunning smoothly on the Dreamcast, often exceeding 100 frames per second.
Doom 64 Dreamcast Port Informed Jnmartin84’s Wipeout Project
Reflecting on their achievement, Jnmartin84 revealed that the project was largely informed by their previously finalized Dreamcast port of theNintendo 64 exclusiveDoom 64. The older port saw the developer create some utilities for manipulating polygon headers and “fast math stuff,” which they have also utilized in gettingWipeoutto run on Sega’s classic console. The project itself is their second attempt at portingWipeoutto the Dreamcast, following a similar effort in 2023, which produced a game that worked but didn’t have sound and experienced some graphical glitches. The new port isn’t problem-free either; Jnmartin84 reports that the music stops working after racing a few tracks and that trying to quit to the main menu sometimes results in the whole game crashing.
The first working build of the port was successfully compiled on March 19, the developer recalled. Jnmartin84 did not elaborate on whether they intend to keep refining the game, or if this was a one-and-done attempt. One thing that possibly informed their porting efforts was the fact that theoriginalWipeout’s source code is readily available online, having been released by archival group Forest of Illusion back in mid-2022. For projects like this, having access to the original source code significantly improves one’s understanding of the game’s logic and simplifies tasks such as asset extraction and management.
Jnmartin84’s Dreamcast version ofWipeoutemerged online mere weeks after another fan started portingGrand Theft Auto: Vice Cityto Sega’s 1999 console. That particular project is currently being helmed by SKMP, the same developer that previously gotGTA3running on the Dreamcast.
