8. PaRappa The Rapper
This is one of the coolest computer games ever, one that time has been very kind to, and one that is a joy to play on the old PSX. There are legions of people still trying to get PaRappa to rap like Rakim and it is mighty good, wholesome fun. The main action revolves around getting PaRappa through a series of stages by rapping - pressing the PS buttons in time to the on screen prompt. If you get super good at the game, you can do a little bit of free styling to show off how cool you are and you get loads of adulation. The game has a meter to show you how you are doing - from awful to cool. You can unlock goodies if you are a rap expert. The plot in PaRappa concerns our hero's attempts to win the love of a flower girl called Sunny Funny but his attempts are continually thwarted by the flash and narcisstic dog - Joe Chin. To win Sunny Funny you have to do a rap in a kung fu dojo with a man with an onion for a head. Then you must rap to learn how to drive. Further adventures involve working in a flea market, cooking a cake, queuing for the loo (and if you lose the rap, you will poop yourself) and a big solo rap at the end in which you declare your love for Sunny Funny. PaRappa is one of the best ever computer game characters and the terrific fun the player has in trying to keep up with the whacky songs makes the game playable - over and over again. The sheer bizarreness of the raps makes the game compulsive to play and the situations PaRappa finds himself in - particularly when he poops his pants - are comic gold. There is talk of PaRappa 3 coming to the next generation consoles. But fans of PaRappa will always return to the original and the best