Underplayed Gems

Cosmic Race (1995)

Cosmic Race cover
Developer
Neorex
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Racing
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The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A bare-bones, slightly janky futuristic racer that feels thrown together from spare parts but still lets you zip around for some quick, undemanding fun.

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About

A racing game for the PlayStation released in 1995. Supposedly, the 3D graphics were composed entirely of stock textures from the system's development kit, and the sounds all recorded from a Casio keyboard.

Screenshots

Cosmic Race screenshot 1

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This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.