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Rock ‘n’ roll fans have all the fun. At least that’s what it seems like in the electronic gaming world. While they have huge, popular and well-executed music games like “Rock Band” and “Guitar Hero” us rap fans are stuck with hip-hop inflected games that are ridiculous, insulting or just downright crappy.

In 2009 game companies are trying to level the playing field with games like “Def Jam Rapstar,” Activision’s “DJ Hero” and Genius Products’ “Scratch:The Ultimate DJ,” but given the industry’s track record we’re still pretty skeptical. Take a trip down nightmare memory lane with us as we look back at seven of the worst rap-related games in history.

Make My Video: Kriss Kross (Digital Pictures, Sega CD 1992)

Rap games will make ya Jump! Jump! Sorry, we couldn’t resist. A precursor to DIY video mash-ups, the “Make My VideoSeries had a very simple premise: edit the artist’s videos live, alternate between stock footage and extra clips, add effects, and so on. In its era, this was pretty revolutionary stuff. But there really wasn’t an end goal in sight. Say you edited the video to maximize the amount of Jermaine Dupri screen time and put all kinds of crazy effects on the Mack Daddy and Daddy Mack, now what? Kriss Kross’s clothes weren’t the only thing ass backwards about this game.

B.Rap Boys (Kaneco, Arcade 1992)

Although it doesn’t feature them, the lead characters in this arcade follow-up to the flagrantly racist DJ Boy were based on none other than the Beastie Boys. According to Beastiemania, “A prototype cabinet was made using the Check Your Head logo on one side and a white picture of the Beastie Boys on the other. The control panel had each of the Beastie’s names next to each joystick . . .” But Kaneco and the Beastie’s couldn’t agree on licensing, and so the three dorks you see on the game’s poster are what you were left roaming the streets of New York with. The characters each rode a skateboard, bike and rollerskates to get them around town. My how things haven’t changed.

– Paul Cantor

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