Rhythm game rockstar Lammy and her music prowess are the stars in the PlayStation title UmJammer Lammy. Like her paper-thin cousin Parappa, Lammy is a master of rhythm and style, but her choice of weapon is the guitar. Lammy, with her all-mighty axe, shreds through fires, crying babies, lumberjack beavers and all other kinds of zany obstacles in a hilarious pint-sized adventure of head-nodding tunes, whimsical solos and all around fun.
The PlayStation (PSX or PS1) was home to a whole load of amazing games. The system is arguably the best console for RPGs and helped revolutionize sports and shooter games. With such an influx of overwhelmingly great PS1 RPGs and other games, it’s only natural that a few would slip through the cracks.
I thought Dune 2000 was something I made up in my head. I used to ask my brothers about the sand level in Command and Conquer. The interface is like dead-on.
I’m fairly certain Parasite Eve was not underrated. The game got a greatest hits release and is pretty fondly remembered to this day.
The Quest Mode for Ehrgeiz is phenomenal. Really good looking ps1 game that benefits from modern emulation.
I find it weird Um Jammer Lammy being so unknown when I think it's much better than Parappa. It even has a secret second half which you play as Parappa himself, with rap versions of the songs.
However, while Parappa is famous and his first game even got a remaster, Um Jammer Lammy stays forgotten.
Ken McKown writes: The From A to Z series lets our editors go back and take a look at games from past generations that are classics, overlooked gems, or just titles they remember fondly. The idea behind this is to pick five games from each letter of the alphabet, once a week to showcase. This delivers 26 weeks and 130 games to talk about. Hopefully it sparks some conversation, and of course plenty of memories.
Our first series will focus on Sony’s first entry into the console business, the PlayStation.
Let’s continue with the letters “U,V, and W”.
On this week's edition of Retro Weekend, Invisible Gamer's Austin Clark played the Playstation's Parappa the Rapper and took a look at what made this era of NanaOn-Sha's games so special.
