Linux PPC: wipEout Rewrite

[xeno74]

Hi All,

Dominic Szablewski has created a re-implementation of the 1995 PSX game wipEout.

You can play it in a web browser: https://phoboslab.org/wipegame/

More info in his blog: https://phoboslab.org/log/2023/08/rewriting-wipeout

I was able to compile it on ubuntu MATE 16.04.7 PowerPC today. It starts but it has wrong colors and the sound isn't correct. I think it is an endian issue.

I tested it on Void PPC as well but unfortunately it has the same issues on it.

Screenshot:



I created a bug report today.

Link: Linux PowerPC: Endian issues #56

Cheers,
Christian

[xeno74]

Progress:

Link: Linux PowerPC: Endian issues #56

[Hypex]

This is interesting. I wonder how much work for a rewrite? If the colour issues are the only endian problems that's pretty good. I mean, usually, it would end up in a crash or be faulty in some other way. So it must be fairly portable code then.

[xeno74]

Success ... It was a long way ...



Download: wipEout_Rewrite_0.2-linux-powerpc.tar.gz

It works on ubuntu MATE 16.04.7 PowerPC and higher. It also works on Void PPC, Fienix, and Debian Sid PPC with run_game.sh.