Um Jammer Lammy

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Um Jammer Lammy.

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: The Backside Guide Book should have plenty more interesting things. (see: page 112 onwards)

PaRappa's Part-Time Job#

Pages 116 and 117 of the Um Jammer Lammy Official Backside Guide Book (ウンジャマラミー　公式裏ガイドブック) contains comments from screenwriter Gabin Ito about a scrapped concept for PaRappa's first stage. At this point in development, Lammy and PaRappa's stories were intertwined: the former was in a hurry to get to her concert, while the latter works through many part-time jobs in order to earn money to go to the same concert. The story goes as follows:

• Just before the fire scene in the intro to Lammy's Stage 2, PaRappa and PJ get hungry and go to a donut shop. After eating, they realize they're out of money.
• Suddenly, a fire truck passes by, going towards a fire nearby. The two take advantage of the confusion and run away without paying, but then they have no money left.
• After thinking to themselves how they should make money, PaRappa has an idea. "Yeah, I know, I gotta believe!!!" With these words, gameplay begins.
• Behind Lammy, who is using a fire hose as a guitar and doing her best, PaRappa and PJ set up a stand where they sell shirts. They have inscriptions like "Light my fire!", which take full advantage of the situation.

Ultimately, this concept was dropped due to storage issues with the cutscene movies, though not before a prototype was created, as shown in the screenshot on the right, which itself has many differences compared to the final version:

• One of Lammy's early designs can be seen in the top left, as well as the scrolling icon in the notes bar.
• The lyric box originally had square edges.
• There is what appears to be a debug display above the lyric box.
• The meter uses the same font from the original PaRappa The Rapper, including the centered text, though it lacks the "U rappin' !" seen in that game.

1998 Trailer#

Watch on YouTubeA trailer showing many differences in both cutscenes and gameplay.

General#

• Stage animations are mostly unfinished, with characters' faces lacking movement and Lammy not moving as much when playing.
• It appears that the transition between two ranks originally flashed yellow instead of white.
• The Lammy face on the interface is different.

Early	Final

Opening#

Early	Final

• 0:15 The walking animation of all the characters looks more realistic.
  • Lammy isn't holding her stomach while walking. Her legs also look like paper, and her shoes notably aren't 3D models yet.
  • Katy Kat turns her head towards Lammy, not completely.
  • Ma-San walks normally instead of running around the characters.

Early	Final

• 0:17 Joe Chin lacks his cape. His hand is hanging higher in the final.
  • Some objects are positioned differently.
  • The lighting of the food that the characters eat is different.
  • The guest on the left does not move his head.
  • Ma-San looks smaller.
  • There is no inscription on one of the buildings.

Early	Final

• 0:18 The clouds are missing.
  • There are no cars.
  • One of the passers-by looks different.

Early	Final

• 0:27 There's only one car in the background, and it's completely different.
  • Some of the buildings are different.
  • At the end of the scene, you can clearly see a freezing frame.

Early	Final

• 0:48 The mouth animation for Lammy looks simpler.
  • Just like before, Ma-San looks smaller.
  • There is no poster on the background.

Early	Final

• 0:49 There is no smoke.
  • Lammy's expression is different.

Early	Final

• 0:54 Lammy twitches less.
  • Due to the fact that Ma-san is smaller, she is almost invisible here.

Early	Final

• 0:59 Katy Kat's bass looks different.
  • The poster in the background is different.

Early	Final

• 1:02 The poster in the background is different.
  • The cars in the background are different.

Early	Final

• 1:11 The car doesn't pass in the background.
  • The camera is in a slightly different location.

Stage 1#

Early	Final

• 0:25 Chop Chop Master Onion's eyes and mouth isn't animated.
  • Ma-San's drums are a lighter blue.
  • Katy Cat has her Stage 7 outfit.

Early	Final

• 0:52 The left side of the stage is slightly different.

Stage 2#

Early	Final

• 1:28 Lammy's animation when she wakes up is different.
  • The poster in the background is different.
  • The camera is located above, which is why the bed is visible.

Early	Final

• 0:22 There are additional buildings in the background.
  • The building looks darker.

Stage 3#

0:21 The scene is completely different.

Early	Final

• 0:22 The scene is completely different.
  • The road texture is different.

Early	Final

• 0:29 The background is different.
  • Lemmy's cheeks are more noticeable.

Early	Final

• 0:33 The road texture is different.
• 1:19 You can see that Lammy opens her mouth (as if she's saying something), which is strange, because in the game she usually doesn't just do it.

Early	Final

• 1:32 The road texture is different.
  • Some passersby are different.

Early	Final

• 1:48 There are many passers-by missing from the background, and there is only one dog, a fireman (and even then it is not visible in this scene in the final).
  • The building on the right side of the image is different.

Stage 4#

Early	Final

• 1:20 Captain Fussenpepper's eyes were originally bloodshot instead of having red rings in them when he's in his "sergeant" state.
  • For some reason, the player has 200 points, although, apparently, this is the beginning of the song.

Stage 5#

Early	Final

• 0:45 There are no cars on the road.
  • Some buildings are different.

Early	Final

• 1:45 Paul Chuck's animation is different.

Stage 6#

0:19 The animation of Lammy's hand is slightly different.

Early	Final

• 0:20 The layering on Lammy's hair is slightly different.
  • Teriyaki Yoko's dress texture is glitched.
  • Teriyaki Yoko's mouth is animated in a different way and doesn't seem to be in separate parts.

Early	Final

• 0:23 Lammy's expression is different.
• 1:36 The electrocution animation doesn't flicker.

Early	Final

• 1:47 Teriyaki Yoko's expression is different.
• 1:48 Lammy's eyes are closed when she wakes up.

Stage 7#

Early	Final

• 0:53 There is no background behind Lammy when she jumps through the poster.

Early	Final

• 1:04 Ma-San's drums are a lighter blue.

Early	Final

• 1:25 Lammy and Katy's mouths are glitched.
  • They are all not animated (except for Lammy, who moves slightly).
  • The background looks more cutting to the eyes.

Early	Final

• 1:41 Different animations for Lammy, Katy and Ma-San.

August 1999 Trailer#

To do: If possible, find a higher quality version of the trailer

Watch on YouTubeShown during the August 26, 1999 promotional concert. It's mostly similar to the 1998 trailer with a few differences, despite being shown after the game's Japanese and North American releases.

• 1:00 Teriyaki Yoko jumps higher when the player loses.
• 1:02 Though only seen for a few frames, it can be seen that the subtitles "Uh huh, that's why we have to get going right now." can be seen, despite the fact that it's said earlier in the cutscene than shown. Similar instances of this can be seen at 1:07 and 1:09.
• 1:30 For some reason, Lammy's mouth is missing, and her pupils disappear for a frame. Formatting for exclamation points in the subtitles is also different.
• 1:35 Lammy skids to a stop on the sidewalk instead of in the road, and there's no car behind her as a result.

PlayStation Underground Interview#

Watch on YouTubePresent on disc one of PlayStation Underground Volume 3.3 is an interview with the development team, using footage that has a few differences compared to the final game.

• 1:16 On one of the developer's computer monitors, the title screen with the logo from the demo featured in the PlayStation Underground Jampack: Winter '99 can be seen.
• 1:51 The player somehow gains 200 points while only using one input.
• 2:46 An early version of the Stage 2 cutscene can be seen. The movement is slightly more fluid (likely due to being the raw video file rather than the compressed version used in the final game), Lammy's expression is slightly different before she skids to a stop, and the camera angle is slightly different when she does, as well as the position of some cars being different.

Press Slides#

Press Slide	Final

This image was found in a press kit containing photo slides, one of which shows an early version of level 1, where Katy has her Stage 7 outfit, and Ma-San's drums are different.