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Maximus:
Back in 1996 or so I was sharing a house in London with some friends. It was a Friday night and everyone was pretty much broke, so we decided to all pitch in for a big bottle of cheap tequila, some beers and rent some games for the communal house PSX from the local video store.

By the time we got to the video store we'd already polished off the beers and were feeling pretty good, we flicked through the games but all of the 'popular' titles were already rented out for the evening. Then I picked up the box for Parappa the Rapper, read the back and announced 'Oh Hell Yes!!! We're getting this one!!'

So we all wandered back to the house and the disk got dumped on the coffee table where it sat for another hour or two while everyone chatted and proceeded to tear into the tequila.

Finally I pick up the disk, wander over to the TV and fire up the PSX with Parappa in the drive. Everyone else was still yapping in the back room and kitchen while I sat mezmorized by the story screens that open the game thinking to myself through a slightly foggy brain 'WTF is going on????'

Then I started into level 1 with Chop Chop Onion Master in his Dojo and my gaming life changed forever!!! Never in my gaming history have I laughed and cried so hard while trying to play a game, even more so watching other pretty wasted people control our Hip Hop Hero. The Parappa party lasted long into the early hours with everyone in the house giving it a go, that will always be one of my fondest console gaming memories.

So just to bring back a little of the magic, here are two of my favorite songs/levels in the game...


Stage two driving the car


Stage three down at the market


UFO:
I remember this game ... it came free with my PSONE...

I too was slightly disturbed by the unfolding action before me, but enjoyed many a game in between Tomb Raider!

Thanks for those memories!

Sent from my GT-I9100

404:
Yep, there was always a handful of games where I was absolutely convinced that the developers were either heavily on drugs or invented new kinds of drugs in home made lab on their spare time.

This was one of those drug lab games.

Le Chuck:
I picked up this game about half way through my freshman semester at college.  Everybody always kept their doors open and we had a very communal floor (coed natch).  I can 100% credit this game with starting one of the most epic dorm parties to have ever happened.  Within an hour of playing we had the room filled with people shouting, giggling, and yelling. Eventually the game was lost in the noise of the party but I owe some really awesome memories to Parappa.  When Um Jammer Lammy came out we tried it with her but she didn't have the same magic, Parappa was good for about a month. 

"In the rain or in the snow, I got the funky funky flow"

jdbailey1206:

--- Quote from: 404 on June 27, 2013, 07:27:39 pm ---Yep, there was always a handful of games where I was absolutely convinced that the developers were either heavily on drugs or invented new kinds of drugs in home made lab on their spare time.

This was one of those drug lab games.

--- End quote ---

I don't think drugs were involved in the invention of this game.  Just like Maximus said...A few beers and a bottle of tequila and a whole bunch of free time.   :)

Either way good memories.  The only game that could beat this one in all out wackyness would probably have to be Conkers Bad Fur Day on N64.

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