Long-running Japanese gaming tome Famitsu is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and this week’s issue is dedicated ...

One of the PlayStation's oldest franchises is due for a comeback, and thanks to a fan mockup on Reddit, it's finally here. While PaRappa The Rapper is a far cry from the intense graphical showcases ...

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’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 ...

Wrapped in sparkling paper under my family’s Christmas tree sat the familiar squared outline of what was surely a PlayStation game case. It was 1997 and my brother tore the paper off likely expecting ...

20 years ago today, Sony released a video game about a rapping dog in Europe. The rhythm game wound up being an iconic moment for PlayStation as the namesake of PaRappa the Rapper quickly became a ...

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 ...

PaRappa the Rapper is widely credited as the first big music game to come to the US, and the game had all the components needed to make a good music game. The game featured a quirky storyline, unique ...