Before Parappa the Rapper, the music genre was nonexistent. The concept, which was created by NanaOn-Sha’s Masaya Matsuura and artist Rodney Greenblat, started an obsession in Japan that still exists to this day. After spending a little time with the
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Jaded Gamer
Sometimes a game will come along that is so original, it doesn't fit into any category and one must be created for it. Such is the case with PaRappa the Rapper, and the category in question is the "rhythm" genre. PaRappa kicked the rhythm genre off over
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along. And that is it. There is nothing more to say about the gameplay, for it doesn't get any simpler than this. This is where the mystery of the game lies: Just why is it so good? I simply cannot answer that. Maybe it's because nothing like Parappa has
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As the PlayStation library becomes more and more cluttered with derivative software, I found it increasingly difficult to distinguish the good games from the bad ones. Lucky for Sony that there are still a few diamonds in the rough and a game like
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