When Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Greenblatt were given the go-ahead with their first effort on PlayStation, Parappa the Rapper, the flimsy, 2D characters and happy-go-lucky rap music touched a warm ...

You can pretty much count the number of PlayStation games from 1996 that actually stand the test of time on a single hand, but Parappa the Rapper is a particularly egregious example of a game that had ...

The music game that started it all is back on PS4, as gaming’s famous hip hop-loving pup returns in HD. ‘Kick! Punch! It’s all in the mind; If you wanna test me, I’m sure you’ll find; The things I’ll ...

Joshua Furr is a DualShockers features writer from North Carolina (home of Epic games and Pepsi) with a passion for pop culture. Since Sonic's debut on Sega Genesis, he's been completely smitten with ...

We all have fond memories of PaRappa the Rapper when he first arrived on PlayStation 1 a decade ago. Now, our beloved rapping puppy is back on the PSP. However, nostalgia doesn't make a good game.

Music has almost always been an inexorable part of the gaming experience, but it wasn’t until around the fifth console generation that music became a gameplay mechanic in itself. While some ...

Hailing from sunny (not as much as people think) Italy and long standing gamer since the age of Mattel Intellivision and Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Definitely a multi-platform gamer, he still holds the old ...

It's been two decades since PaRappa the Rapper first appeared on the original PlayStation in 1997. As one of the first rhythm games to make a dent in the public consciousness, the poetic puppy was ...

Just when music and rhythm games were getting popular, Sony busted out on the scene with a little game called PaRappa the Rapper for the original PlayStation. The game remains something of a cult ...

PaRappa the Rapper debuted on the original PlayStation in 1996, more than 20 years ago. The last game to feature the iconic hip-hop hero center stage was PaRappa the Rapper 2 in 2002 on the PS2, ...

Parappa is by far one of the greatest rhythm games ever. Not because of its gameplay, but because the songs in it are amazing. The PSP has been lacking many games latley, whether its quality games or ...

PaRappa the Rapper holds fond memories for me. It was, and still is, a great advert for PlayStation doing different, offbeat things in gaming, but even then, it was an extremely limited game. So will ...