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PaRappa the Rapper
Console icon PlayStation

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Developer

NanaOn-Sha

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment

Genre

Rhythm

Released

December 6, 1996

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Achievements

Author: MrOwnership (27)

There are 27 achievements worth 440 (4,297) points.

Sort: Normal ^ - Won By - Points - Title - Type 

  • Complete Stage 1.

    5,329 (2,198) of 5,440 – 97.96%

    40.40% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    97.96% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 2.

    3,451 (1,502) of 5,440 – 63.44%

    27.61% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    63.44% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 3.

    2,920 (1,313) of 5,440 – 53.68%

    24.14% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    53.68% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 4.

    1,907 (871) of 5,440 – 35.06%

    16.01% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.06% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Full Tank

    (10) (19)

    Complete Stage 5.

    1,454 (666) of 5,440 – 26.73%

    12.24% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    26.73% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 6.

    1,224 (590) of 5,440 – 22.50%

    10.85% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    22.50% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 1 with a cool rating.

    575 (318) of 5,440 – 10.57%

    5.85% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    10.57% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 2 with a cool rating.

    432 (237) of 5,440 – 7.94%

    4.36% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    7.94% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 3 with a cool rating.

    345 (197) of 5,440 – 6.34%

    3.62% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    6.34% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 4 with a cool rating.

    332 (177) of 5,440 – 6.10%

    3.25% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    6.10% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 5 with a cool rating.

    269 (148) of 5,440 – 4.94%

    2.72% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    4.94% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 6 with a cool rating.

    327 (180) of 5,440 – 6.01%

    3.31% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    6.01% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 1 with a score of 3000 or higher.

    303 (178) of 5,440 – 5.57%

    3.27% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    5.57% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 2 with a score of 3000 or higher.

    136 (92) of 5,440 – 2.50%

    1.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    2.50% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 3 with a score of 3000 or higher.

    76 (55) of 5,440 – 1.40%

    1.01% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    1.40% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 4 with a score of 3000 or higher.

    142 (92) of 5,440 – 2.61%

    1.69% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    2.61% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 5 with a score of 4000 or higher.

    137 (86) of 5,440 – 2.52%

    1.58% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    2.52% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete Stage 6 with a score of 4000 or higher.

    160 (93) of 5,440 – 2.94%

    1.71% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    2.94% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete stage 1 without losing any points. Normal difficulty. Cool status not allowed.

    251 (120) of 5,440 – 4.61%

    2.21% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    4.61% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete stage 2 without losing any points. Normal difficulty. Cool status not allowed.

    107 (50) of 5,440 – 1.97%

    0.92% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    1.97% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete stage 3 without losing any points. Normal difficulty. Cool status not allowed.

    266 (131) of 5,440 – 4.89%

    2.41% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    4.89% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete stage 4 without losing any points. Normal difficulty. Cool status not allowed.

    139 (50) of 5,440 – 2.56%

    0.92% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    2.56% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete stage 5 without losing any points. Normal difficulty. Cool status not allowed.

    128 (57) of 5,440 – 2.35%

    1.05% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    2.35% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete stage 6 without losing any points. Normal difficulty. Cool status not allowed.

    84 (45) of 5,440 – 1.54%

    0.83% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    1.54% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Complete all stages with a cool rating and play the bonus scene.

    309 (130) of 5,440 – 5.68%

    2.39% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    5.68% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Sell all items in stage 3.

    1,340 (656) of 5,440 – 24.63%

    12.06% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    24.63% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Awfully Cool

    (10) (67)

    From awful status reach cool status.

    245 (145) of 5,440 – 4.50%

    2.67% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    4.50% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

Recent Players

ameratatoullie ameratatoullie

18 Apr 2025, 9:49am

Parappa is rappin' awful in line for the toilet with 0 points.

steamdroyd steamdroyd

18 Apr 2025, 9:49am

Getting ready to rap.

viac viac

18 Apr 2025, 9:27am

Getting ready to rap.

PuttyJow PuttyJow

18 Apr 2025, 6:41am

Playing PaRappa the Rapper

HondaGamez HondaGamez

18 Apr 2025, 6:05am

Playing PaRappa the Rapper

lDogmeatl lDogmeatl

18 Apr 2025, 6:03am

Getting ready to rap.

Marlon42 Marlon42

18 Apr 2025, 5:42am

Parappa is rappin' bad during the driving test with 37 points.

duncanyoyo1 duncanyoyo1

18 Apr 2025, 5:14am

Getting ready to rap.

gamerboyaz96 gamerboyaz96

18 Apr 2025, 4:55am

Playing PaRappa the Rapper

hoooooooey hoooooooey

18 Apr 2025, 4:00am

Parappa is rappin' good with 0 points.

Recent comments

(See all 63)
RetroPlayer96 26 Oct 2024 22:59
play on duckstation
MarinHappi 29 Oct 2024 00:53
I'll have nightmares with the chicken and the gospel song. CRACK, CRACK, CRACK, I GOTTA BELIEVE!
DiogoAsgard 29 Oct 2024 03:53
I don't know how I played this back then. I just can't play. This game is not right. The timing sucks
Chenluc 3 Nov 2024 23:16
Yeah, it's not that bad, but the hardest is stage 4.
TechBlitz 10 Nov 2024 14:45
Master #27
Had a lot more trouble trying to get through Stage 3 than I ever did with Stage 4, looking forward to the PSP set. I Gotta Believe!
kittycatchomp 16 Nov 2024 01:09
haven't seen anyone else mention it, so just in case someone hasn't thought about it: however you play this game, make sure you're using wired audio. bluetooth is gonna cause enough latency to fuck up your timing, and this game has no built-in calibration option.

other than that, it's like others said: "feeling" the rhythm is more important than watching the visual cues. the visual cues don't function quite like you'd expect from other rhythm games.
Sryth21 16 Nov 2024 02:57
Stuck on all the "Don't lose points" ones. Why was it designed this way? Wouldn't "Don't lose Good Status" be a hell of a lot more fair? It prevents getting into cool and it doesn't punish you for losing 2 points because the game felt like changing it up on you. Really silly how the same input can sometimes just give bad for no reason.
Nicksn 21 Dec 2024 14:08
a classic, I will play this set after fnf
CasperRaine 16 Feb 2025 07:14
Can't even pass the first stage, the lag is UNBEARABLE. Is it an emulator problem or was the game always this out of time?
ErustDevilen 16 Feb 2025 16:34
@CasperRaine Try to be guided more by the sound than by the bar (it is out of rhythm and hinders you more than it helps). If this is your first time playing Parappa, I recommend playing Um Jammer Lammy and specially Parappa 2 first (They are more beginner-friendly)
CasperRaine 16 Feb 2025 18:07
I have been trying by sound. Once I hit lesson 4 on stage one it basically instantly game overs.

I'll mess around with some emu settings. I'm not a stranger to rhythm games, and I'm pretty decent at them (Not a savant by any means, but I'm pretty decent) but I'll try what you suggest and try those other games first and see if I have better success.

I played the original Project Diva for the first time (PSP one) recently and was able to pass all but one song on the hardest difficulty if that gives you any indication of skill level (Not the hardest game in the world, but it was emulated, and I didn't have issues with timing is the point I'm trying to make)
kittycatchomp 18 Feb 2025 19:01
i can't remember if I read it here or somewhere else, but technically the game isn't out of time. If you watch for your note to pass over the symbol, it'll likely come out incorrectly. Rather, you should watch for when the symbol "pops" forward off the note highway.

I haven't personally noticed a difference between emulation and actual hardware when it comes to gameplay, but you know how it is with tech troubleshooting; my setup and the next guy's aren't gonna be the same, haha.

If it makes you feel any better @CasperRaine, I am big rhythm game player, but when I come back to Parappa 1, I usually end up having to retry the later stages. The game feel is very different, owing primarily to the fact that it is one of, if not the first rhythm game as we know it. It's definitely not just you.
Lansolot 1 Mar 2025 19:13
Wow this is just broken on emulator, dunno why it even has a set
CheezyKaiser 2 Mar 2025 19:55
I 100% agree with @Lansolot on this one.
CasperRaine 4 Mar 2025 02:12
Somehow managed to get to stage 5, but the damn Lizards part is so impossible to hit in time on emulator that it makes it almost RNG to pass.

I'm just now gonna try to do this stage on mute and see what happens
CasperRaine 4 Mar 2025 02:18
DID IT FIRST TRY WITH NO AUDIO YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING (Chicken Part was wonky but I scraped by)
CasperRaine 4 Mar 2025 02:46
I'll take the "Beaten" status and dip. This game just does NOT work properly on emulators, and no amount of messing with emulator settings, wired vs wireless controller, PC audio settings, ETC. fixed the issue.

Songs are still bangers almost 30 years later though, that is undeniable.
The1Ross 8 Mar 2025 03:19
I found that turning the audio latency down to as low as possible (14 for me) and using about 2 frames run ahead made the game much more playable. Anyone who says this is how the game is supposed to be and runs the same on original hardware with CRT is out of their mind.
CherryCatVivian 31 Mar 2025 17:38
Funny cheese strat for the Flawless achievements: just mashing buttons throughout an entire line is effectively guaranteed to give you exactly 0 points, and on some shorter or one button lines you can even gain points for it. While you obviously just fail the stage if you do this for every line, this effectively cuts the workload for these achievements by at least half. They're still not easy per se because you do have to actually try on the rest of them, but doing this really helps.
CaressOfSteel 7 Apr 2025 02:43
Finally mastered!
This is an amazing game, but it is pretty hard.
You need to have a good sense of rhythm to score.