Software:Rap Jam: Volume One

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Rap Jam: Volume One
Rap Jam: Volume One
Cover art
Developer(s)64WD Creation[1]
Publisher(s)Motown Games[1]
Designer(s)Pascal Jarry
Programmer(s)Pascal Jarry
Composer(s)Michel Winogradoff
Platform(s)Super NES[2]
Release
Genre(s)Sports[2]
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Rap Jam: Volume One is a basketball video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by American studio 64WD Creation, in which the players are rap and hip-hop artists.[3] The game is played on an urban basketball court, with fisticuffs and no foul calls. There is an exhibition mode and a tournament mode.

The game was released in January 1995. Despite the Volume One moniker, this was the only installment released. It is also the second and final game to be developed by Motown Software.

Characters

  • Coolio[3]
  • House of Pain (Everlast, Danny Boy, & DJ Lethal)[3]
  • LL Cool J[3]
  • Naughty by Nature (Treach, Vin Rock, & Kay Gee)[3]
  • Onyx (Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Big DS, & Suave)
  • Public Enemy (Flavor Flav, Chuck D, & Terminator X)[3]
  • Queen Latifah[3]
  • Warren G[3]
  • Yo-Yo[3]

Reception

In 1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked it number 9 on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time".[4] Electronic Gaming Monthly's Seanbaby placed it as number 14 in his "20 worst games of all time" feature.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Developer/publisher information". Giant Bomb. http://www.giantbomb.com/rap-jam-volume-one/61-946/. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Release information". GameFAQs. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588602.html. Retrieved 2008-10-01. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Basic game overview". Super NES Guide. http://super.nesguide.com/games/rapjamvolumeone/. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  4. "The Top 10 Worst Games of All Time". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (100): 107. November 1997.  Note: Contrary to the title, the intro to the article explicitly states that the list covers console video games only, meaning PC games and arcade games were not eligible.
  5. "Seanbaby's EGM's Crapstravaganza - #14: Rapjam Volume One". Archived from the original on July 7, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060707231933/http://www.seanbaby.com:80/nes/egm14.htm. 

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