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PaRappa the Rapper (1996) (media.piefed.social)
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My favourite rhythm game of all time. Can't play it with emulators because the input is extremely precise and sensitive to audio/input/display lag.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaRappa_the_Rapper

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[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Kick, punch, it’s all in your mind

[-] DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

If you wanna test me, if sure you'll find.

[-] violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

the things i'll teach ya, are sure to beat ya

[-] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Nevertheless learn a lesson from teacha now KICK PUNCH

[-] cloudless@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

When I say boom boom boom, you say bam bam bam! No pause in between, come on, let's jam!

[-] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Crack crack crack the egg into the bowl!

[-] alk 7 points 2 days ago

Can't play it with emulators? Input on most emulators should be completely lag-free.

[-] cloudless@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I might have used the wrong emulator or maybe the lag is with my wireless controller. Will try DuckStation with my wired controller. I don't have any wired headset so I might have to just play it on speakers.

Finally, hopefully my body and brain doesn't lag too much.

[-] Sabin10@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I don't have any wired headset so I might have to just play it on speakers.

This is 100% your issue, rhythm games are unplayable with wireless audio.

[-] sunshine@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I always have issues with games like Celeste that require pixel-perfect coordination on a wireless controller. I do think they come with a little bit of lag baked in.

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I don't recall having any issues when I did a brief session just to show the game to someone that never heard of it.

One thing that comes to mind is a time when I couldn't get stepmania playable at a friends place but it turned out the sound was going from gpu hdmi to tv to sound bar via bluetooth and switching to pc 3.5mm jack to sound bar directly brought the audio latency down to less than the TVs visual latency and it had to be adjusted the other way.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

I'm sure this game gave me my sense of rythm. Anyone else try the sequel, Umjammer Lammy? That game was ridiculously hard.

[-] B0NK3RS@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I wasn't any good but I played a lot of PaRappa and Bust a Groove back in the day.

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