Dreamcast throwback PlayStation 5 exclusive tested by tennis pros

How about the idea of ​​playing a Dreamcast game, on a fancy new platform, in 2023? Well, if you can’t get past the blinds, the Bebo page, the Badger song Badger Mushroom, or the rest of the 2000s, you’re probably pretty excited about the Cosmic Smash revival coming to PlayStation VR2 on June 23.

If you’re not up to speed on the game, it’s basically an unlikely mix of squash, tennis, meet and Breakout, all mixed with some great dance music (this came out in the early 2000s, right? It stands to reason). An impressive 22 years later, the cult Dreamcast title is being brought back, kicking and screaming, to be reimagined for PSVR2, a pretty good fit for a game like this.

And you don’t just have to take my word for it. Matt Golledge and Adam Hassan, tennis professionals and number one players in the world of touchtennis, have shown how much appeal this game has for anyone with a connection to tennis. You don’t have to be a professional athlete to enjoy C-Smash VRS, of course, but it probably helps. Take a look at his experience playing the game in the video above.

This reinvention of the game has a slightly different name than the original Dreamcast title. C-Smash VRS (yes, VRS stands for “VR” and “versus” together, because it’s so clever) has been created by veteran VR studio Wolf & Wood, who have worked with a variety of licenses before and don’t . a pretty stellar job of arranging everything into a little world that lives in front of your eyes.