1999

Samba de Amigo

FROM: Sega

BEHIND THE MUSIC: A cult hit in arcades and on Sega's Dreamcast console, which put plastic maracas in your hands and had you shake-shake-shake through a trippy, Latin-flavored world of sombrero-clad monkeys and dancing bears.

WHY IT ROCKS: Taught an essential lesson: Even the seemingly dumbest activity can be made 10 times cooler when it involves physically waving some gonzo electronic accessory and the kind of sensory backdrop only LSD could inspire.

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