PaRappa the Rapper - by Mike Sholars

Available from Pink Gorilla Import & Retro Gaming when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

ISBN: 978-1-940535-31-9 200 pages In the mid-90s, a Japanese prog rock star, an American visual artist, and their small team of collaborators made a colorful cartoon hip hop rhythm game that looked and played (and kicked! and punched!) like nothing else on the market. Initially dismissed by some as a curiosity, PaRappa the Rapper was a hit with players that would eventually sell millions of copies, receive two sequels, and inspire entire genres into being. And for author Mike Sholars, PaRappa le