1994 · Sports

Rap Jam: Volume One

Nintendo exclusive

This game combines basketball with some of the most popular rappers of the time as choose-able players. ), Yo-Yo, House of Pain, Onyx, Warren G. and Coolio. S.

Released: 1 February 1994
Platforms: SNES
Genres: Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: Motown Software
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Themes: Non-fiction
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

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. 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.

Keywords

basketball
cancelled episodic game series
crude renditions of real people
rap songs

Media

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Reception

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