Rez
- Original Title: レズ
- Franchise: Rez
- Year: 2001
- Platform: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
- Genres: Rail Shooter, Music, Rhythm
- Themes: Hacking, Synesthesia, Cyberspace, AI
A rail shooter video game where the player's actions generate music and visual effects. The player controls a hacker avatar in a futuristic computer network, shooting down viruses and firewalls while progressing through five areas. Each action creates musical notes that layer onto the background music, creating a synesthetic fusion of visuals and sound.
- Companies:
- United Game Artists (Developer)
- Sega (Publisher) - Japan & North America
- Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Publisher) - Europe (PS2)
- Credits:
- Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Producer)
- Shuji Utsumi (Producer)
- Jun Kobayashi (Director)
- Hiroyuki Takanabe (Director)
- Mineko Okamura (Assistant Producer)
- Yu Ohmura (Assistant Director)
- Yasuyuki Togo (Game Designer)
- Hiroyuki Abe (Game Designer)
- Katsuhiko Yamada (Game Designer)
- Katsumi Yokota (Art Director)
- Jake Kazdal (Character Artist) - Also Graphics Co-Designer
- Yasuhiko Matsuzaki (Graphic Artist)
- Noboru Hotta (Graphic Artist)
- Hideaki Takamura (Graphic Artist)
- Haruka Yoshida (Graphic Artist)
- Ryutaro Sugiyama (Graphics Co-Designer)
- Mitsuru Takahashi (Programming Director)
- Osamu Kodera (Programmer)
- Kyosei Yukimoto (Programmer)
- Keiichi Noda (Programmer)
- Yukifumi Makino (Sound Producer) - Wave Master Inc.
- Tatsuya Kouzaki (Sound Director) - Wave Master Inc.
- Keiichi Sugiyama (Sound Creator) - Wave Master Inc.
- Tomonori Sawada (Assistant Sound Creator) - Wave Master Inc.
- Koji Sakurai (Assistant Sound Creator) - Cubisme
- Masafumi Ogata (Assistant Sound Creator) - Ams Co., Ltd.
- Masakazu Hiroishi (Music Coordinator)
- Ken Ishii (Music Contributor) - Area 1
- Joujouka (Music Contributor)
- Coldcut (Music Contributor) - Final Boss Theme
- Adam Freeland (Music Contributor)
- Tim Bran (Music Contributor) - Final Boss Theme
- Oval (Music Contributor)
- Osamu Hori (Technical Director)
- Ryichi Hattori (Technical Producer)
- Tetsu Kayama (Executive Producer) - Sega of America
- Jin Shimazaki (VP of Product Development) - Sega of America
- Osamu Shibamiya (Localization Manager) - Sega of America
- Jordan Romaidis (Lead Tester) - Sega of America
- Ryosuke Oishi (Game Tuning Support)
- Koji Nojiri (Game Tuning Support)
- Hiroshi Sato (Game Tuning Support)
- Toru Hashimoto (Game Tuning Support)
- Noboru Matsumoto (Game Tuning Support)
- Atsushi Miyake (Game Tuning Support)
- Miyuki Sato (Game Tuning Support)
Releases 6
| Rez (Dreamcast, Europe) | Europe | 2002-01-22 |
| Rez (Dreamcast, Japan) | Japan | 2001-11-22 |
| Rez (PlayStation 2, Europe) | Europe | 2002-01-25 |
| Rez (PlayStation 2, Japan) | Japan | 2001-11-22 |
| Rez (PlayStation 2, North America) | North America | 2002-01-07 |
| Rez: Trance Vibrator Edition (PlayStation 2, Japan) | Japan | 2001-11-22 |
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