Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

PaRappa the Rapper

Title	PaRappa the Rapper
First release	1996
Developer	NanaOn-Sha
Publisher	Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platform	PlayStation
Genres	music video game, rhythm game
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	PlayStation: 1997-09-26 (PAL), 1997-11-17 (NTSC)
Wikidata ID	Q1340462

PaRappa the Rapper is a 1997 PlayStation video game developed by NanaOn-Sha and released by Sony Computer Entertainment America in the USA on November 17, 1997. Help PaRappa rap with the best of the master rappers and straight into Sunny Funny's heart. Guaranteed you'll be singin' and dancin' along with PaRappa and his pals to the most fun music mixes.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only)

View on Wikidata Read on Wikipedia

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.

Sources

Wikidata (Q1340462) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

TheGamesDB (7792,94236) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Sony Interactive Entertainment · internal use only

1 / 5 Box art Box art (front) (NTSC)

Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Sony Interactive Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sony Interactive Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Sprites

No sprite sheets yet. Find sprites on The Spriters Resource ↗ /

Videos

Parappa the Rapper Longplay (PSX PS1) Full Game No Commentary

By Urien84 Longplays · PlayStation version · longplay · 39:16auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

"Auto-matched" videos were found automatically (title + platform match via the YouTube Data API) and may occasionally be wrong. Videos are hosted by YouTube (embedded via youtube-nocookie.com; nothing loads from YouTube until you press play) and belong to their channels.

More from NanaOn-Sha