Proto:Rez (Dreamcast)

This page details one or more prototype versions of Rez (Dreamcast).

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Vibes (also known as K Project) is a Rez prototype dated June 7, 2001, five-and-a-half months away from the game's release.

Differences

• The Sega logo uses the lighter Eastern variant of the logo.
• The title screen looks very different.
• Areas 1 through 4 all use the song Cowgirl by Underworld (specifically the Live Rez/Cowgirl performance) and all boss fights in those areas use Born Slippy .NUXX, also by Underworld.
  • The music and sound design of Area 5 is nearly identical to the final build, however the boss fights lack background music.
• The sounds used for the shots 1 to 7 sound slightly different, while the 8 shot sounds similar, but not quite.
• There is an Extra mode which flips your Y-axis.
• The prototype has a separate model for the First and Fifth forms. The former has a triangle with a smooth tip in its body instead of a small square, while the latter's spikes are yellow instead of grey.
• The Final form isn't present in this build.
• When starting a level, the area X log-in text is not present.
  • The layer level XX text displayed after breaching a firewall is also not present.
• The text shown before a boss fight is much more brief.
• The text shown in-between each layer in Area 5 is not present.
• If you die, there is a continue screen not present in the final game. If you continue, you go back to the first form.
• Score Attack is not available. However, Bonus Nodes appear in the normal "play" mode unlike the final build.

Bugs

• In this prototype, you can lock onto a Node more than one time before it breaks.