With the legendary cry of "I gotta believe!", a simple young anthropomorphic dog-thing changed the face of videogames. Parappa The Rapper brought the rhythm action genre to prominence on both sides of ...

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 ...

When Sony released “PaRappa the Rapper” for the original Playstation, many thought the game”s idea was ridiculous. Using two-dimensional cartoon style graphics and silly rhymes, the game seemed ...

PaRappa the Rapper’s name is kind of a misnomer: The stylish pup isn’t actually much of an artist. In fact, not only are his rapping skills pretty meager, but his two eponymous games might not be all ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. 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 ...

When the first Parappa game arrived on our PlayStations a couple of years back, we were drawn by the wonderfully stylised characters and graphic style, and subsequently hooked on the catchy tunes and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...