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[coffinbirth]

Woke up today from a text from my friend that simply said Cosmic Smash VR, and lo and behold... it appears as though Sega are in fact teasing Cosmic Smash in SOME fashion. They posted this crypic business over on Twitter. I assume this will be like REZ Infinite, but details are scant.
Any Cosmic Smash fans here jumping for joy?!? Thoughts?

https://www.polygon.com/23567653/sega-cosmic-smash-vrs-teaser-dreamcast

https://csmashvrs.com/

 

[Kilau]

Could be amazing in VR.

 

[Punished Miku]

Well that's a Dreamcast game I never heard of. Talk about a deep cut.

Monkey Ball could honestly also be great in VR in a similar style to Lucky's Tale / Astrobot.

 

[Upper_Management]

Whoa, that was one of my favorite Dreamcast games. Throwing it back old school, wouldn't mind a new game besides the VR project.

 

[coffinbirth]

Well that's a Dreamcast game I never heard of. Talk about a deep cut.

Monkey Ball could honestly also be great in VR in a similar style to Lucky's Tale / Astrobot.

It is a fantastic game! An odd mix of Virtua Tennis, Rez and Arkanoid. If you are into emulation, I HIGHLY suggest checking it out!

 

[coffinbirth]

Whoa, that was one of my favorite Dreamcast games. Throwing it back old school, wouldn't mind a new game besides the VR project.

100%
I'd absolutely LOVE another entry in the series, but if Rez Infinite is any indicator, that probably won't happen
I'm just happy to get to play this gem on modern hardware and in VR!!!!

 

[Fat Frog]

Mister Dreamcast is back at Sega...
More IPs of that Era will come back to life

 

[RoboFu]

They should try virtuaOn and watch as everyone vomits until they are unconscious.

 

[anthony2690]

Entered this thread, expecting this for some reason XD

 

[Alexios]

Wonder if it will be like Rez, playable with a gamepad/flat or go all in on VR like, I guess, something like Racket :Nx. Either way, like this managed, it has to offer a lot of hidden and obvious substance to get people to buy in a simple concept that may come off lame like single player VR pong.


Depth is a given if it plays like the original like Rez (mind Cosmic Smash came first), look at all those special moves employed just right to clear the levels, but for VR they will need to device some superb mechanics from scratch like Racket: Nx rather than just go, here's a racket, ball and targets.


Sparc had good ideas but sadly didn't catch on (probably because of the lack of any kind of single player content, especially for being an early VR title). Rec Room's Paddleball is similar if simple.​

 

[dan76]

Wait, What!?! Amazing if true. Seems like a good fit. I remember importing it back in the day. Had a weird transparent cover - wish I still had it.
Hopefully Sega will start porting some of their later arcade titles.

 

[Three]

From our very own VGEsoterica



I don't see why it can't be successful like Beat Saber is being single player even.

 

[Alexios]

Skimming that vid it looks like VGE predictably doesn't even know you can jump (and wall jump) and do all kinds of trick shots rather than just "charge" your shot with the special button (or jump + shot as the arcade only had two buttons but on Dreamcast you could have them as 3 separate ones).

 

[consoul]

I got Sparc in a PSVR press kit and it was actually pretty good, but I don't think anyone bought it.

Hopefully Cosmic Smash will get a bit more love.

 

[Naked Lunch]

Cosmic Smash was the first import I ever bought next to Ikaruga - bought both at the same online shop.
CS still has one of the coolest game packaging out there.
While Smash is not the best game - its decent and had potential - awesome to see its not forgotten.

 

[coffinbirth]

Wait, What!?! Amazing if true. Seems like a good fit. I remember importing it back in the day. Had a weird transparent cover - wish I still had it.
Hopefully Sega will start porting some of their later arcade titles.

Yes!
Unfortunately Cosmic Smash has crept up in price over the years. Can still be had for $100, and probably worth it if you collect DC and/or aren't into emulation.

 

[coffinbirth]

From our very own VGEsoterica



I don't see why it can't be successful like Beat Saber is being single player even.

Wouldn't it be wild if 20 years later Cosmic Smash FINALLY got the attention it deserves? Would love to see this be successful and coax Sega into making a proper sequel.

 

[Upper_Management]

Wouldn't it be wild if 20 years later Cosmic Smash FINALLY got the attention it deserves? Would love to see this be successful and coax Sega into making a proper sequel.

Just thinking about the possibilities a sequel could bring to the table gets the juices flowing. Imagine a full online presence, matchmaking, daily/weekly challenges, worldwide tournaments, time attack and even a world tour/career mode would be so cool. Even a single player campaign with boss battles or player battles. Sign me up Sega, I would gladly lend a hand making this happen!

 

[coffinbirth]

Cosmic Smash was the first import I ever bought next to Ikaruga - bought both at the same online shop.
CS still has one of the coolest game packaging out there.
While Smash is not the best game - its decent and had potential - awesome to see its not forgotten.

Indeed.
It certainly has potential to be truly great with some tweaking and additional content...but...Cosmic Smash is, at it's heart, an arcade game. It's not incredibly deep or anything, just a very slick, weird as hell, Sega arcade game. Putting this into VR just makes sense, just like Rez before it. Hopefully Sega take advantage of this opportunity to flesh it out more and possibly add multiplayer or something. Will be interesting to see how they go about it, at any rate.

 

[coffinbirth]

I got Sparc in a PSVR press kit and it was actually pretty good, but I don't think anyone bought it.

Hopefully Cosmic Smash will get a bit more love.

Oh, wow! I'd never heard of that game. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

 

[coffinbirth]

The Dreamcast’s most obscure revival breaks free from VR jail

Your chance to play the modern Cosmic Smash revival is coming soon

www.polygon.com

Apparently we're getting a non-VR mode for PS5 in late summer, and it's hitting other headsets...now! Hopefully it gets a little more love now.

 

[ReBurn]

It's finally on Meta Quest? Awesome!

 

[ArtHands]

Its already on Quest for a while

 

[darthvargi]

Its already on Quest for a while

Came to Quest last Thursday. I've had it it on PSVR 2 since last summer. That may be what you're thinking about.