Difference between revisions of "Rez"

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For the Xbox 360 game, see Rez HD.

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Rez

System(s): Sega Dreamcast, PlayStation 2

Publisher: Sega

Developer: United Game Artists

Distributor:

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Europe)

Peripherals supported:

Dreamcast VGA Box, Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit

Trans Vibrator

Genre: Midnight High Shooting (ミッドナイトハイシューティング)^[1]^[2]^[3], Shooting^[4]

Number of players: 1

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Français

Deutsch

Español

Italiano

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	2001-11-22^[2]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800e^[2]	HDR-0178
EU	2002-01-11		MK-51192-50
DE	2002-01-10^[9]		MK-51192-50
ES	2002-01-11		MK-51192-50
FR	2002-01-29^[10]		MK-51192-50
UK	2002-01-11^[5]^[6]^[7]	£29.9929.99^[8]	MK-51192-50
JP	2001-11-22^[12]	¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140)^[12]	SLPM-62101
JP (Special Package)	2001-11-22^[3]	¥8,800 (9,240)8800e^[3]	SLPM-62100
JP (The Best)	2003-07-10^[13]	¥3,000 (3,150)3,000 (3,150)^[13]	SLPM-74006
US	2002-01-07		SLUS-20344
EU	2002-02-22		SCES-50501
EU (Promo)	2002		SCES-50501
DE	2002-02-22	€119.00119.00^[11]	SCES-50501
ES	2002-02-22		SCES-50501
FR	2002-02-22		SCES-50501
UK	2002-02-22		SCES-50501
IT	2002		SCES-50501

Rez (レズ) is a rail shoot-'em-up video game developed by United Game Artists and initially released by Sega simultaneously for the Sega Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 in 2001. It was conceptualized and produced by Tetsuya Mizuguchi and built by many former members of the disbanded Team Andromeda, the Sega development team behind the Panzer Dragoon series.

Mizuguchi's company, Q Entertainment, released a high definition version, Rez HD to the Xbox Live Arcade service in 2008.

1 Story
2 Gameplay
3 History
4 Versions
5 Production credits
6 Magazine articles
7 Promotional material
- 7.1 Dreamcast version
- 7.2 PlayStation 2 version
8 Artwork
9 Gallery
- 9.1 Official photographs
10 Physical scans
- 10.1 Dreamcast version
- 10.2 PlayStation 2 version
11 Technical information
- 11.1 ROM dump status
12 External links
13 References

Story

The game is set in futuristic computer "super network" called the K-project where much of the data flow is controlled by an AI named Eden. Eden has become overwhelmed with the amount of knowledge gathered on the network after a virus infects her, causing her to doubt her existence and enter a shutdown sequence, which would create catastrophic problems everywhere should she be able to complete this. The player plays the protagonist virus, Swayzak (the same that infected Eden earlier), invading Eden's mainframe and battling the mainframe's defense systems to reveal the true being at Eden's core.

The K-Project name and much of the game's visual and synesthesia inspiration comes from the Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, whose name is mentioned at the very end of the game credits, whereas the Rez name was inspired by the Underworld track of the same name.

Gameplay

Rez is a rail shooter in which the player takes control of an onscreen avatar traveling along a predetermined path through the computer network. The player cannot affect his or her movement in any way. The player targets foes by holding a "lock-on" button while moving an aiming reticule over up to 8 enemies. Once the "lock-on" button is released, Swayzak fires shots that home in on each target. Failure to hit an enemy or projectile in time may cause a collision, which reduces Swayzak's current evolution level by one and changes his avatar's form. The game is over if Swayzak is hit while at his lowest possible level. At higher evolution levels, the avatar appears as a humanoid figure, while it appears as a simple sphere at the lowest level.

Some enemies drop power-up items when destroyed. Two different items enhance Swayzak's avatar by increasing his "evolution bar" by one and three points respectively. Another item enables Swayzak to trigger an "Overdrive", which releases a continuous shower of shots at all enemies on the screen for a short period of time. In some game modes, score bonus items also appear periodically.

The game consists of five main areas. The first four are divided into ten sub-sections and conclude with a boss battle. The final area contains a larger number of sections and a boss rush, in which the player must fight variations of the bosses from the first four areas. Swayzak then goes on to the network's core to restart Eden in a final boss battle.

The final area features a variable difficulty scale, depending on the player's performance in the first four areas. According to Sega, this system was employed to make the game more accessible to casual players, while also making it more challenging for experienced players, thus potentially increasing its replay value. In addition, completing all five levels unlocks alternate gameplay modes, color schemes and secret areas.

Unlike most games, Rez contains almost no sound effects or spoken dialogue. Instead, the game is set to trance music, which plays in the background and gradually evolves as Swayzak moves among sections. The music is enhanced by musical effects (such as trills and drums) generated by the player's actions, enemies and surroundings. Player actions are usually locked to the rhythm of the music, such that shots and hits against enemies occur exactly on each beat (as opposed to occurring in real time). Graphical elements such as the polygons that make up Swayzak's avatar, as well as background elements, also "beat" in time with the music. In reference to these coordinated effects, Sega focused its marketing of Rez primarily on the game's qualities of "synesthesia", the association of different senses and stimuli with one another.

History

The game is notable for replacing the typical sound effects found in most rail shooter games with electronic music, with sounds and melodies created by the player as they target and destroy foes in the game, leading to a form of synesthesia, enhanced by an optional Trance Vibrator peripheral made by ASCII. Although Rez was critically acclaimed, it did not get much commercial attention, particularly in the United States where a Dreamcast port failed to surface. Working titles for the game were K-Project, Project Eden, and Vibes, and before it was given a proper name, The Sound Project^[14].

Versions

On the Dreamcast, Rez runs at a full 640x480 resolution at 30FPS, while on the PlayStation 2, the game opts for an interlaced mode, doubling its frame rate at the expense of graphical fidelity.

Both versions have been superseded since the rights moved from Sega; the 2008 Xbox 360 release of Rez HD brought the game up to 720p with a 60FPS target, and the 2016 PlayStation 4 release of Rez Infinite brought the visuals to 4K with virtual reality headset support. A 2017 PC conversion of Infinite supports up to 16K resolutions at higher frame rates, among various other graphical options.

Production credits

Main article: Rez/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Rez/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Dreamcast version

PlayStation 2 version

PDF

SCEE press release

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #151: "February 2002" (2002-01-08)

Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #2002-04: "04/2002" (2002-03-06)

CZ print advert

Artwork

US cover

Gallery

Official photographs

Physical scans

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

100% Consoles (FR)

PAL

40

^[15]

576 Konzol (HU)

90

^[16]

Bonus (YU)

93

^[17]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

82

^[8]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

90

^[18]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[19]

PSX Extreme (PL)

NTSC-U

87

^[20]

	80
Based on 7 reviews

Rez

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Disc Manual

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

100% Consoles (FR)

PAL

40

^[15]

Consoles + (FR)

88

^[21]

Edge (UK)

90

^[22]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[23]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

64

^[24]

GMR (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[25]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

80

^[26]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

77

^[27]

PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK (UK)

PAL

90

^[28]

Playbox (FR)

70

^[29]

Play (DE)

73

^[30]

Players (DE)

PAL

81

^[31]

Play (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[32]

PlayZone (DE)

PAL

75

^[33]

PSM2 (UK)

PAL

66

^[34]

Power Unlimited (NL)

85

^[35]

Silicon Mag (US)

NTSC-U

77

^[36]

Xgen (CZ)

90

^[37]

	77
Based on 18 reviews

Rez

PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, JP (Trance Vibrator 同梱版/Special Package)
Cover

PlayStation 2, JP (PS2 the Best)
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, US
Cover
Disc Manual

PlayStation 2, EU (Promo)

Disc

PlayStation 2, EU
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, UK
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, FR
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, DE
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, ES
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, IT
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: Rez/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2001-06-01

GD-R

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2001-07-30

GD-R

Page

?

CRC32	a8d2e814
MD5	ca4217f3fa0aaf1ce1fa858df4b8c3f2
SHA-1	9cb874374363bfb54c5338c995575e46dd9d6d39

230,785,296

CD-ROM (EU)

SCES-50501 (V1.03)

✔

CRC32	d9684381
MD5	e12971a834314ea440c8723c6bec7aa3
SHA-1	d2998963c25c6a6b723f9385604f53df3ea017fc

230,773,536

CD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-62101 (V1.01)

?

CRC32	0ba84ce3
MD5	847cabd84fb8230e4578472de356e935
SHA-1	328f0db861b39b7c56b793818032a9dd850edb63

230,773,536

CD-ROM (JP)

SLPM-74006 (V1.01)

?

CRC32	76b51326
MD5	d0f7adbe1245c5d0ec6f68b4d785d845
SHA-1	f6ac65761e9d8c8c9eb9d3377ff53719557ae346

230,785,296

CD-ROM (US)

SLUS-20344 (V1.01)

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

2001-09-30

CD-R

Page

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Rez on PlayStation.com: JP, JP (PS2 the Best), JP (Special Package), US

References

↑ File:Rez dc jp backcover.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/011103/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-01-12 17:27)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 http://sega.jp/ps2/rez/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-12-13 22:57)
↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-11-05 15:30)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/stores/static/-/videogames/bs-dreamcast/ (Wayback Machine: 2002-02-14 23:45)
↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=5410 (Wayback Machine: 2002-03-07 08:15)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.dreamcast/c/P1nJy9u1Oyo/m/xXixtyrKeAIJ
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 31" (UK; 2002-01-31), page 20
↑ http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RJ9W (Wayback Machine: 2006-06-21 06:12)
↑ http://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=19832 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-18 15:27)
↑ Play, "12/2001" (DE; 2001-11-21), page 53
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62101.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-05-14 11:16)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm74006.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-07-02 02:43)
↑ Next Generation, "September 2001" (US; 2001-08-21), page 37
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 100% Consoles, "Février 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 86
↑ 576 Konzol, "Január 2002" (HU; 2002-xx-xx), page 59
↑ Bonus, "1/2002" (YU; 2002-01-25), page 58
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
↑ MAN!AC, "01/2002" (DE; 2001-12-05), page 71
↑ PSX Extreme, "02/2002" (PL; 2002-0x-xx), page 41
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Edge, "Christmas 2001" (UK; 2001-11-29), page 74
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 2002" (US; 2002-01-08), page 156
↑ GamesMaster, "January 2002" (UK; 2001-12-20), page 91
↑ GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 93
↑ Hyper, "February 2002" (AU; 2002-01-02), page 75
↑ MAN!AC, "02/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 62
↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "January 2002" (UK; 2001-12-29), page 98
↑ Playbox, "Février 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 55
↑ Play, "01/2002" (DE; 2001-12-19), page 108
↑ Players, "2/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 64
↑ Play, "February 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 59
↑ PlayZone, "02/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 106
↑ PSM2, "January 2002" (UK; 200x-xx-xx), page 65
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 10, Nummer 3, Maart 2002" (NL; 2002-0x-xx), page 46
↑ Silicon Mag, "February 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 24
↑ Xgen, "Únor 2002" (CZ; 2002-0x-xx), page 30

Rez
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[:File:DreamcastMagazine_UK_31.pdf_p20-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 31" (UK; 2002-01-31), page 20

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20060621061249.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.amazon.de.2Fexec.2Fobidos.2FASIN.2FB00005RJ9W-9] ttp://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RJ9W (Wayback Machine: 2006-06-21 06:12)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20021218152709.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.micromania.fr.2Fzooms.2F.3Fref.3D19832-10] ttp://www.micromania.fr/zooms/?ref=19832 (Wayback Machine: 2002-12-18 15:27)

[:File:Play_DE_2001-12.pdf_p53-11] Play, "12/2001" (DE; 2001-11-21), page 53

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20070514111626.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.jp.playstation.com.2Fsoftware.2Ftitle.2Fslpm62101.html-12] 12.0 ^12.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62101.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-05-14 11:16)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20060702024351.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.jp.playstation.com.2Fsoftware.2Ftitle.2Fslpm74006.html-13] 13.0 ^13.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm74006.html (Wayback Machine: 2006-07-02 02:43)

[:File:NextGeneration_US_81.pdf_p37-14] Next Generation, "September 2001" (US; 2001-08-21), page 37

[:File:100.25Consoles_FR_10.pdf_p86-15] 15.0 ^15.1 100% Consoles, "Février 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 86

[16] 576 Konzol, "Január 2002" (HU; 2002-xx-xx), page 59

[17] Bonus, "1/2002" (YU; 2002-01-25), page 58

[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p33-18] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2002-01.pdf_p71-19] MAN!AC, "01/2002" (DE; 2001-12-05), page 71

[20] PSX Extreme, "02/2002" (PL; 2002-0x-xx), page 41

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_120.pdf_p108-21] Consoles +, "Janvier 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:Edge_UK_105.pdf_p74-22] Edge, "Christmas 2001" (UK; 2001-11-29), page 74

[:File:EGM_US_151.pdf_p156-23] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 2002" (US; 2002-01-08), page 156

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_116.pdf_p91-24] GamesMaster, "January 2002" (UK; 2001-12-20), page 91

[:File:GMR_US_01.pdf_p93-25] GMR, "February 2003" (US; 2003-01-07), page 93

[:File:Hyper_AU_100.pdf_p75-26] Hyper, "February 2002" (AU; 2002-01-02), page 75

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_2002-02.pdf_p62-27] MAN!AC, "02/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 62

[:File:OPS2_UK_016.pdf_p98-28] PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "January 2002" (UK; 2001-12-29), page 98

[:File:Playbox_FR_13.pdf_p55-29] Playbox, "Février 2002" (FR; 200x-xx-xx), page 55

[:File:Play_DE_2002-01.pdf_p108-30] Play, "01/2002" (DE; 2001-12-19), page 108

[:File:Players_DE_2002-02.pdf_p64-31] Players, "2/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 64

[:File:Play_US_001.pdf_p59-32] Play, "February 2002" (US; 2002-xx-xx), page 59

[:File:PlayZone_DE_2002-02.pdf_p106-33] PlayZone, "02/2002" (DE; 2002-01-02), page 106

[:File:PSM2_UK_18.pdf_p65-34] PSM2, "January 2002" (UK; 200x-xx-xx), page 65

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_099_200203.pdf_p46-35] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 10, Nummer 3, Maart 2002" (NL; 2002-0x-xx), page 46

[:File:SiliconMag_US_42.pdf_p24-36] Silicon Mag, "February 2002" (US; 2002-0x-xx), page 24

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Difference between revisions of "Rez"

From Sega Retro

Latest revision as of 01:43, 19 January 2024

Contents

Story

Gameplay

History

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Dreamcast version

PlayStation 2 version

Artwork

Gallery

Official photographs

Physical scans

Dreamcast version

PlayStation 2 version

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References

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+| tab2={{PS2}}NTSC-J
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+| system=[[Sega Dreamcast]], [[PlayStation 2]]
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-| peripherals={{DC}} [[Dreamcast VGA Box]], [[Dreamcast Jump Pack]], {{PS2}} [[Trans Vibrator]]
+| peripherals={{DC}} [[Dreamcast VGA Box]], [[Jump Pack]], [[Visual Memory Unit]] {{PS2}} [[Trans Vibrator]]
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+| genre=Midnight High Shooting (ミッドナイトハイシューティング){{fileref|Rez dc jp backcover.jpg}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20080112172709/http://sega.jp/dc/011103/}}{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20011213225735/http://sega.jp/ps2/rez/}}, Shooting{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20201105153001/https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software.html}}
+| languages={{LanguageList|jp|en|fr|de|es|it|format=DC}}
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+| dc_date_jp=2001-11-22{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20080112172709/http://sega.jp/dc/011103/}}
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-| dc_rrp_jp=6,800
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+| dc_rating_jp=all
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+| dc_rating_uk=3
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+| dc_code_fr=MK-51192-50
+| dc_rating_fr=tp
+| dc_date_es=2002-01-11
+| dc_code_es=MK-51192-50
+| dc_rating_es=tp
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 | ps2_code_us=SLUS-20344
+| ps2_rating_us=e
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+| ps2_rating_eu=3
+| ps2_date_eu_Promo=2002
+| ps2_code_eu_Promo=SCES-50501
+| ps2_rating_eu_Promo=
+| ps2_date_uk=2002-02-22
+| ps2_code_uk=SCES-50501
+| ps2_rating_uk=3
+| ps2_date_fr=2002-02-22
+| ps2_code_fr=SCES-50501
+| ps2_rating_fr=tp
+| ps2_date_de=2002-02-22
+| ps2_code_de=SCES-50501
+| ps2_rating_de=6
+| ps2_rrp_de=119.00{{magref|playde|2001-12|53}}
+| ps2_date_es=2002-02-22
+| ps2_code_es=SCES-50501
+| ps2_rating_es=tp
 | ps2_date_jp=2001-11-22{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20070514111626/http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62101.html}}
 | ps2_code_jp=SLPM-62101
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 | ps2_code_jp_1=SLPM-62100
-| ps2_rrp_jp_1=8,800{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20011213225735/http://sega.jp/ps2/rez/}}
+| ps2_rrp_jp_1=8800e{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20011213225735/http://sega.jp/ps2/rez/}}
 | ps2_type_jp_1=Special Package
 | ps2_date_jp_tb=2003-07-10{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20060702024351/http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm74006.html}}
 | ps2_code_jp_tb=SLPM-74006
 | ps2_rrp_jp_tb=3,000 (''3,150''){{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20060702024351/http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm74006.html}}
-| ps2_rrp_de=119,-{{fileref|Play DE 2001-12.pdf|page=53}}
+| ps2_rating_jp_tb=free
 | ps2_date_it=2002
+| ps2_code_it=SCES-50501
+| ps2_rating_it=3
 }}
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+| properties={{Properties|PS2|adx}}
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-| xbla_rrp_us=800
-| xbla_date_eu=2008-01-30
-| xbla_rrp_eu=800
-| xbla_date_jp=2008-01-30
-| xbla_rrp_jp=800
-| xbla_date_au=2008-01-30
-| xbla_date_kr=2008-01-30
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-| esrb=e
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (レズ) is a rail shoot-'em-up video game developed by [[United Game Artists]] and initially released by [[Sega]] simultaneously for the [[Sega Dreamcast]] and [[PlayStation 2]] in 2001. It was conceptualized and produced by [[Tetsuya Mizuguchi]] and built by many former members of the disbanded [[Team Andromeda]], the Sega development team behind the ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' series.
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-'''''Rez''''' (レズ) is a rail shoot-'em-up video game developed by [[United Game Artists]] and initially released by [[Sega]] simultaneously for the [[Sega Dreamcast]] and [[PlayStation 2]] in 2001. It was conceptualized and produced by [[Tetsuya Mizuguchi]] and built by many former members of the disbanded [[Team Andromeda]], the Sega development team behind the ''[[Panzer Dragoon]]'' series. Mizuguchi's company, Q Entertainment, released a high definition version (''Rez HD'') to the [[Xbox Live Arcade]] service in 2008.
-The game is notable for replacing the typical sound effects found in most rail shooter games with electronic music, with sounds and melodies created by the player as they target and destroy foes in the game, leading to a form of synesthesia, enhanced by an optional Trance Vibrator peripheral made by [[ASCII]]. Although ''Rez'' was critically acclaimed, it did not get much commercial attention, particularly in the United States where a Dreamcast port failed to surface. Working titles for the game were '''''K-Project''''', '''''Project Eden''''', and '''''Vibes''''', and before it was given a proper name, '''''The Sound Project'''''{{fileref|NextGeneration US 81.pdf|page=37}}.
+Mizuguchi's company, Q Entertainment, released a high definition version, ''[[Rez HD]]'' to the [[Xbox Live Arcade]] service in 2008.
 ==Story==
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 Unlike most games, ''Rez'' contains almost no sound effects or spoken dialogue. Instead, the game is set to trance music, which plays in the background and gradually evolves as Swayzak moves among sections. The music is enhanced by musical effects (such as trills and drums) generated by the player's actions, enemies and surroundings. Player actions are usually locked to the rhythm of the music, such that shots and hits against enemies occur exactly on each beat (as opposed to occurring in real time). Graphical elements such as the polygons that make up Swayzak's avatar, as well as background elements, also "beat" in time with the music. In reference to these coordinated effects, [[Sega]] focused its marketing of ''Rez'' primarily on the game's qualities of "synesthesia", the association of different senses and stimuli with one another.
+==History==
+The game is notable for replacing the typical sound effects found in most rail shooter games with electronic music, with sounds and melodies created by the player as they target and destroy foes in the game, leading to a form of synesthesia, enhanced by an optional Trance Vibrator peripheral made by [[ASCII]]. Although ''Rez'' was critically acclaimed, it did not get much commercial attention, particularly in the United States where a Dreamcast port failed to surface. Working titles for the game were '''''K-Project''''', '''''Project Eden''''', and '''''Vibes''''', and before it was given a proper name, '''''The Sound Project'''''{{magref|nextgeneration|81|37}}.
 ==Versions==
 On the Dreamcast, ''Rez'' runs at a full 640x480 resolution at 30FPS, while on the PlayStation 2, the game opts for an interlaced mode, doubling its frame rate at the expense of graphical fidelity.
-Both versions have been superseded since the rights moved from Sega - the 2008 [[Xbox 360]] release of ''Rez HD'' brought the game up to 720p with a 60FPS target, and the 2016 [[PlayStation 4]] release of ''Rez Infinite'' brought the visuals to 4K with virtual reality headset support. A 2017 PC conversion of ''Infinite'' supports up to 16K resolutions at higher frame rates, among various other graphical options.
+Both versions have been superseded since the rights moved from Sega; the 2008 [[Xbox 360]] release of ''Rez HD'' brought the game up to 720p with a 60FPS target, and the 2016 [[PlayStation 4]] release of ''Rez Infinite'' brought the visuals to 4K with virtual reality headset support. A 2017 PC conversion of ''Infinite'' supports up to 16K resolutions at higher frame rates, among various other graphical options.
 ==Production credits==
-===Dreamcast version===
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Production credits}}
-{{multicol|
-{{creditstable|
-{{creditsheader|}}
-*'''Producer:''' [[Tetsuya Mizuguchi]]
-*'''Director:''' Jun Kobayashi (Mem)
-*'''Art Director & Lead Artist:''' [[Katsumi Yokota]]
-*'''Programming Director:''' Mitsuru Takahashi
-*'''Game Designers:''' [[Hiroyuki Abe]], [[Katsuhiko Yamada]]
-*'''Graphic Artists:''' Yasuhiko Matsuzaki (Mem), Noboru Hotta (Mem), Hideaki Takamura, Jake Kazdal, Haruka Yoshida
-*'''Programmers:''' Osamu Kodera, [[Kyosei Yukimoto]], [[Keiichi Noda]]
-*'''Assistant Producer:''' [[Mineko Okamura]]
-*'''Assistant Director:''' Yu Ohmura
-<br>
-*'''Sound And Music:''' [[Wave Master|Wave Master Inc.]]
-*'''Sound Producer:''' [[Yukifumi Makino]]
-*'''Sound Director:''' [[Tatsuya Kouzaki]]
-*'''License Coordination:''' [[Fumitaka Shibata]]
-*'''Artist Coordination:''' Masakazu Hiroishi
-*'''Sound Creator:''' [[Keiichi Sugiyama]]
-*'''Assistant Sound Creator:''' [[Tomonori Sawada]], [[Koji Sakurai]] (Cubisme), [[Masafumi Ogata]] (Ams Co., Ltd.)
-*'''Sound Design & Supervising:''' Edizoo Tanuma
-<br>
-*'''Game Tuning Support:''' Sarugakucho Inc, Ryosuke Oishi, Koji Nojiri, Hiroshi Sato, Toru Hashimoto, Noboru Matsumoto, Rtsushi Miyake, Miyuki Sato
-*'''Technical Director:''' [[Osamu Hori]]
-*'''Technical Producer:''' [[Ryichi Hattori]]
-*'''Special Thanks:''' All UGA Members And Thier Families, Toru Mita, Takashi Okamura, Kojiu Kaifu, Shigeru Araki, Michio Yokomizo, Ryutaro Sugiyama, Yoshiyuki Okaitsu, Toshihide Ozeki, Takao Esaka
-*'''Producer's Special Thanks:''' Masatsuka Saki, Megumi Hosoya, Sei Ishii, Hisakazu Hirabayashi, Mitsuhiro Takemura, The Soul Of Kasumba Buore (1955-2001), [[Simon Jeffery]], [[Jason Kuo]]
-{{creditsheader|'''Sega Of America Inc.'''}}
-*'''Vice President of Product Development:''' [[Jin Shimazaki]]
-*'''Localization Manager:''' [[Osamu Shibamiya]]
-*'''Localization Producer:''' [[Klayton Vorlick]]
-*'''Lead Tester:''' Jordan Romaidis
-*'''Assistant Lead Testers:''' [[Beejey Enriquez]], Chester Lee
-*'''Director of Marketing:''' [[Mike Fischer]]
-*'''Senior Product Manager:''' [[Rob Alvarez]]
-*'''Associate Product Manager:''' [[Cord Smith]]
-*'''Director of Creative Services:''' [[Robert Schonfisch]]
-*'''Project Manager:''' [[Angela Santos]]
-*'''CS Project Coordinator:''' [[Arianne Pitts]]
-*'''Director of Publishing:''' [[Kathy Schoback]]
-*'''Senior Strategic Relations Manager:''' Roxana Nui
-*'''Public Relations:''' [[Yasushi Nagumo]], Tomoe Akama, [[Junji Yamazaki]], [[Mineko Okamura]], [[Gwen Marker]], [[Kirsten Merit]]
-*'''Promotion Art Director:''' [[Masahiro "Magic" Kobyashi]]
-*'''Executive Producer:''' [[Tetsu Kayama]]
-*'''Created By:''' [[United Game Artists]]
-*'''Presented By:''' [[Sega]]
-| console=DC
-}}
-}}
 ==Magazine articles==
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 ==Promotional material==
-<gallery>
+===Dreamcast version===
-File:Rez PS2 US PrintAdvert.jpg|US print advert
+===PlayStation 2 version===
-</gallery>
 {{gallery
+|{{gitem|PS2PressInformation 2001-09 Rez SCEE Press Release Rez.pdf|SCEE press release}}
+|{{galleryPrintAd
+|egm|151|143
+}}
 |{{galleryPrintAd
-|text=PlayStation 2 print advert
+|maniac|2002-04|18-19
-|MAN!AC DE 2002-04.pdf|maniac|2002-04|18-19
 }}
+|{{gitem|ETD PS2 CZ advert.jpg|CZ print advert}}
 }}
+==Artwork==
+<gallery>
+Rez Art REZ LOGO.png
+PS2PressInformation MonthlyArtworkDisc 2001-11 Rez REZINLAY.png
+PS2PressInformation MediaTourtoJapan Autumn2001 Rez TRANCEVI.png
+Rez Art 01.jpg
+Rez Art 02.jpg
+Rez Art 03.jpg
+Rez Art 04.jpg
+SegaForeverYT Rez 3307x4547.jpg|US cover
+SegaForeverYT Rez 2250x3000.png
+SegaForeverYT ProtocolRain 3307x4547.jpg
+</gallery>
+==Gallery==
+===Official photographs===
+<gallery>
+PS2PressInformation MediaTourtoJapan Autumn2001 Rez TV02.png
+</gallery>
 ==Physical scans==
 ===Dreamcast version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|DC}}
-| icon=DC
-| dmjp_r=90
-| dmjp_r_source={{num||page=33|pdf=Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
-| console=Dreamcast
-| region=EU
-| front=Rez dc eu front cover.jpg
-| back=Rez dc eu back cover.jpg
-| square=yes
-| disc=Rez dc eu disc.jpg
-| manual=
-}}{{Scanbox
 | console=Dreamcast
 | region=JP
@@ Line 168: / Line 156: @@
 | disc=Rez DC JP Disc.jpg
 | manual=Rez DC JP Manual.pdf
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=Dreamcast
+| region=EU
+| front=Rez dc eu front cover.jpg
+| back=Rez dc eu back cover.jpg
+| square=yes
+| disc=Rez dc eu disc.jpg
+| manual=
 }}
 ===PlayStation 2 version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|PS2}}
-| icon=PS2
-| consolesplus=88
-| consolesplus_source={{num|120|page=108}}
-| edge=90
-| edge_source={{num|105|page=74/75}}
-| playde=73
-| playde_source={{num|2002-01|page=108-109|pdf=Play DE 2002-01.pdf|pdfpage=108}}
-| playbox=70
-| playbox_source={{num|13|page=55|pdf=Playbox FR 13.pdf|pdfpage=55}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
-| console=PlayStation 2
-| region=US
-| cover=Rez ps2 us cover.jpg
-| disc=Rez PS2 US disc.jpg
-}}{{Scanbox
-| console=PlayStation 2
-| region=EU
-| cover=Rez ps2 eu cover.jpg
-| disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
-}}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=JP
@@ Line 206: / Line 182: @@
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
-| region=JP (PlayStation 2 The Best)
+| region=JP (PS2 the Best)
 | cover=Rez PS2 JP Box PS2TheBest.jpg
 | disc=Rez_PS2_JP_disc_best.jpg
 | manual=
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=US
+| cover=Rez ps2 us cover.jpg
+| disc=Rez PS2 US disc.jpg
+| manual=Rez PS2 US Manual.pdf
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=EU (Promo)
+| front=
+| disc=Rez PS2 EU promo disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=EU
+| cover=Rez ps2 eu cover.jpg
+| disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=UK
 | cover=Rez PS2 UK Box.jpg
+| disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=FR
+| cover=Rez PS2 FR cover.jpg
+| disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=DE
+| cover=Rez PS2 DE cover.jpg
+| disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
+}}{{Scanbox
+| console=PlayStation 2
+| region=ES
+| cover=Rez PS2 ES cover.jpg
 | disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=PlayStation 2
 | region=IT
-| cover=
+| cover=Rez PS2 IT Box.jpg
 | disc=Rez PS2 EU Disc.jpg
+}}
+==Technical information==
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
+===ROM dump status===
+{{romtable|
+{{rom|DC|sha1=|md5=|crc32=|size=|date=2001-06-01|source=GD-R|comments=|quality=|prototype=yes|protoname=Dreamcast prototype; 2001-06-01}}
+{{rom|DC|sha1=|md5=|crc32=|size=|date=2001-07-30|source=GD-R|comments=|quality=|prototype=yes|protoname=Dreamcast prototype; 2001-07-30}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=9cb874374363bfb54c5338c995575e46dd9d6d39|md5=ca4217f3fa0aaf1ce1fa858df4b8c3f2|crc32=a8d2e814|size=230,785,296|date= |source=CD-ROM (EU)|comments=SCES-50501 (V1.03)|quality=}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=d2998963c25c6a6b723f9385604f53df3ea017fc|md5=e12971a834314ea440c8723c6bec7aa3|crc32=d9684381|size=230,773,536|date= |source=CD-ROM (JP)|comments=SLPM-62101 (V1.01)|quality=good}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=328f0db861b39b7c56b793818032a9dd850edb63|md5=847cabd84fb8230e4578472de356e935|crc32=0ba84ce3|size=230,773,536|date= |source=CD-ROM (JP)|comments=SLPM-74006 (V1.01)|quality=}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=f6ac65761e9d8c8c9eb9d3377ff53719557ae346|md5=d0f7adbe1245c5d0ec6f68b4d785d845|crc32=76b51326|size=230,785,296|date= |source=CD-ROM (US)|comments=SLUS-20344 (V1.01)|quality=}}
+{{rom|PS2|sha1=|md5=|crc32=|size=|date=2001-09-30|source=CD-R|comments=|quality=|prototype=yes|protoname=PlayStation 2 prototype; 2001-09-30}}
 }}
 ==External links==
-*Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/dc/011103/ Dreamcast], [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/ps2/rez/ PlayStation 2]
+* Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/dc/011103/ Dreamcast], [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sega.jp/ps2/rez/ PlayStation 2]
 * ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on PlayStation.com: [http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62101.html JP], [http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm74006.html JP (PS2 the Best)], [http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm62100.html JP (Special Package)], [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/rez-ps2/ US]
-*''Rez HD'' on Xbox Marketplace: [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-GB/Product/Rez-HD/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108b3 UK], [http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Rez-HD/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108b3 US], [http://marketplace.xbox.com/ja-JP/Product/Rez-HD/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108b3 JP], [http://marketplace.xbox.com/ko-KR/Product/Rez-HD/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584108b3 KR]
 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{RezOmni}}
+[[Category:CD-ROM PlayStation 2 games]]