Parappa the Rapper

by Sony

Product Features

• "A Bold New Move In Creativity"
• The original music video game.
• Help Parappa rap with the best of the master rappers and straight into Sunny's heart.
• Guaranteed you'll be singin' and dancin' along with Parappa and his pals to the most fun music mixes.
• "Sounds like nothing you've played before? That's why it's so good." - Entertainment Weekly

Product Details

• ASIN: B000GVIU64
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: 1997
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,987 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Original music video game: help Parappa and his Pals rap with the best of the master rappers to fun music mixes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the rain or in the snow, PaRappa's got the funk flow!, April 2, 2007

By 

G. Taylor - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Parappa the Rapper (Video Game)

I grew up playing this game, and when it came out I had never seen anything like it. As a music game, it is more about feeling the beat than watching the screen. The button timing is very well done. The graphics in the game are "flat" (think paper-mario) and very colorful. The characters are all very unique with highly different styles of music. From Mr. Onionhead to the Reggae Frog, this game will keep you singing long after you turn it off.

My personal favorite thing about this game is freestyling. You can press the buttons as you feel in time to "freestyle". If you get up to the level of "cool" then it's just you on stage, freestyling for a ton of points. Each levels "cool" stage is very different and unique and as you progress through the game, reaching the "cool" stage becomes quite difficult. While the game may appear short, if you love music games and will replay the same levels to reach each the status of "cool" on each level, you will have plenty of play time with this game. You just gotta believe this game is good.

You gotta do what?

I gotta believe!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very fun and very different type of game, August 22, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Parappa the Rapper (Video Game)

Befor eI got to play it, my brother kept on singing all the songs, and it bugged the crap out of me! so i picked up the controller and tried it myself, and i was amazed by how fun(ny) this game was. it's much like dance dance revolution where you have to prees the appropriate button to the beat. the songs are annoying and cool at the same time. the dialogue inbetween songs are very funny, and the storyline is great. the only problem i found was the poor grading scale, which lowered your grade sometimes even if you were really close to getting it right. so now whenever i play the song where parappa has to pee, i lose because you basically have to hit most of the buttons or you lose. i still have not beaten it, but to the point where i got, its a very addicting game and if you have a playstation, or a ps2 for that matter, i highly recommend it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Short But Fun, December 29, 2006

By 

Chelsea Thompson "8-bit Heroine" (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Parappa the Rapper (Video Game)

The premise of the game is that you're PaRappa, a dog who raps his way through winning over the girl of his dreams, who happens to be...a sunflower? Rap your way through a garage sale, making a birthday cake, driving a car, and more.
The characters and situations are pretty funny, and get funnier if you mess up (especially the cake level.) The songs are ridiculously catchy and you may find yourself replaying levels just to hear the songs. The only downside to this game is that it is VERY short, and if you're good at rhythm-based games you can probably beat this one in a day. If you're looking for amazing graphics you may be disappointed, since the characters are all rendered as 2d cutouts, almost like a pop-up book. However, this is one of my favorite PSone games and if you like games that are a little on the silly side such as Katamari Damacy and Elite Beat Agents, this is a good game to buy.