July 12th, 2001 build

This is a sub-page of Proto:PaRappa the Rapper 2.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

This page is rather stubbly and could use some expansion. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue this article? Notes: Needs more images. And words.

This is a Japanese prototype of PaRappa The Rapper 2 that was built on July 12th, 2001, 04:35:30, a week before the final Japanese build. Watch on YouTube

Differences#

• When playing any stage, there is some text visible at the top left corner of the screen used for debugging. It displays information about the stage, and a timer ticks up to show how many lines, beats, and ticks have passed.

• When a stage is entered from the map, a debug menu appears before the stage runs with options to play the stage, change the active line difficulty, and 2 other on/off options labeled "SCORE DBUG" and "NON PLAY".
• When SCORE DBUG is enabled, pressing the up button on the d-pad will grant 500 points to a player, while pressing down will grant 1 point.
• Enabling NON PLAY will instead take the player to a menu where they can set the total score for each player, without any gameplay.

• As this is a Japanese build of the game, the censorship from the North American build is not present.