The late years of Sega’s fondly remembered but ill-fated Dreamcast were defined by a string of thrilling experiments: the kind of games that ensured the console’s legacy would endure. 2001 saw the release of Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s seminal rail shooter Rez, but arriving just a few short weeks before, a faithful port of Sega coin-op Cosmic Smash – a futuristic fusion of squash and Breakout – soon became something of a cult favourite.
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