8 Pre-Internet Video Games That Desperately Needed A Patch

Now it may seem very strange to the younger gamers in the audience watching what appears to be a colourful bin hover above the floor to the sounds of electronica long since forgotten, but there was a time where Wipeout was the low-key king of futuristic racing games.

Reality was out of the window with this title, as was most of the gravity, and players around the world flocked towards this techno-drenched marvel to experience its thumping soundtrack, wonderful track design and aesthetics that hit that perfect "grimy Bladerunner" sweet spot.

As word of mouth and positive reviews spread it seemed like the franchise was set in stone with the first game Wipeout 2097, however the PC port of the game (titled Wipeout XL) dropped like such a lead balloon that it almost cracked the foundation forever.

For you see, in the weirdest bug I've ever heard of, the game would actually run faster depending on how good your PC was. Now for fans of F-Zero this sounds like a dream come true as after all, outside of the bedroom, faster is always better right? Well remember kids, speed kills, and because there was no cap on how fast the game would run relative to your hardware, the game because genuinely unplayable due to how fast it was!

Now I know there might be some of you out there saying, "well surely this got patched right?!" Well yes! It did!

However, the patch required you to mess with the game's code and 9/10 times didn't even work! Fantastic!

And so we have the odd case of a game being too wild to tame even by the devs and a whole PC audience unable to enjoy the game they paid for!