Rap Jam: Volume One
{{Short description|1995 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Rap Jam: Volume One
|image = File:RapJamVolumeOneUSBoxShot.jpg
|caption = Cover art
|developer = 64WD Creation{{cite web | url = http://www.giantbomb.com/rap-jam-volume-one/61-946/| title = Developer/publisher information | publisher = Giant Bomb | date = | accessdate = 2011-04-25}}
|publisher = Motown Games
|designer = Pascal Jarry
|programmer = Pascal Jarry
|composer = Michel Winogradoff
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|January 1995{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/588602.html| title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs | date = | accessdate = 2008-10-01}}}}
|genre = Sports
|modes = Single-player
Multiplayer
|platforms = Super NES
}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://super.nesguide.com/games/rapjamvolumeone/| title = Basic game overview| publisher = Super NES Guide| date = | accessdate = 2011-04-25}} 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
- House of Pain (Everlast, Danny Boy, & DJ Lethal)
- LL Cool J
- Naughty by Nature (Treach, Vin Rock, & Kay Gee)
- Onyx (Sticky Fingaz, Fredro Starr, Big DS, & Suave)
- Public Enemy (Flavor Flav, Chuck D, & Terminator X)
- Queen Latifah
- Warren G
- Yo-Yo
Reception
In 1997 Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked it number 9 on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time".{{cite magazine |title=The Top 10 Worst Games of All Time |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly|issue=100 |publisher=Ziff Davis |date=November 1997|page=107}} 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. Electronic Gaming Monthly{{'}}s Seanbaby placed it as number 14 in his "20 worst games of all time" feature.{{cite web|url=http://www.seanbaby.com:80/nes/egm14.htm|title=Seanbaby's EGM's Crapstravaganza - #14: Rapjam Volume One|website=Seanbaby.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060707231933/http://www.seanbaby.com:80/nes/egm14.htm |archivedate=July 7, 2006|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gamespot.com/snes/sports/rapjamvolumeone/index.html Rap Jam listing on gamespot.com]
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Category:Basketball video games
Category:Cultural depictions of hip-hop musicians
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:North America-exclusive video games
Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Super Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Category:Video games based on musicians
Category:Video games based on real people
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games featuring black protagonists
Category:Video games set in 1995
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