PaRappa the Rapper

A rhythm game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation in 1996, developed by Masaya Matsuura's NanaOn-Sha. Its flat, paper-like characters designed by Rodney Greenblat move through 3D backgrounds.

Matsuura, a musician with the band PSY·S, began the project in 1994; Greenblat joined as character designer after an SCE producer suggested the collaboration.

Developer

NanaOn-Sha

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Players press buttons matching on-screen symbols in time with rap lyrics across six stages, with a 'U Rappin'' meter rating the performance.

Platform

PlayStation

CPU

MIPS R3000A @ 33.8688 MHz + GTE (geometry coprocessor)

Media

CD-ROM

Bits (period term)

32-bit

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

6 Dec 1996[1]

Europe

26 Sep 1997[1]

North America

17 Nov 1997[1]

Director

Masaya Matsuura

Producer

Masaya Matsuura

Designer

Masaya Matsuura

Composer

Masaya Matsuura, Yoshihisa Suzuki

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME1994

  PlayStation

  Ridge Racer

  リッジレーサー

  Release

  JP 1994.12.03

  Dev

  Namco

  Genre

  Racing

• GAME1995

  Super Famicom

  Chrono Trigger

  クロノ・トリガー

  Release

  JP 1995.03.11

  Dev

  Square

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

• GAME1996

  Game Boy

  Pokémon Red and Green

  ポケットモンスター 赤・緑

  Release

  JP 1996.02.27

  Dev

  Game Freak

  Genre

  RPG / JRPG

As of 2003 it had sold 1.47 million copies in Japan (English Wikipedia), and it was later released on PSP (2006) and PlayStation 4 (2017).

Series: PaRappa the Rapper

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