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Platform
PlayStation
Genres
Music & Rhythm
Player Perspective
Third person · Side view · Audio
Developers
NanaOn-Sha
Publishers
Sony Computer Entertainment
Release date
March 18, 1999

Summary

Um Jammer Lammy drops you into the quirky PaRappa universe, but this time you’re shredding with the all‑girl pop‑rock band MilkCan. The core loop has a teacher riffing a line while a scrolling score cues you to hit the right buttons as Lammy answers, with ranks that swing from Good to Cool (where you can freestyle) or tumble down to Bad and Awful if you miss the beat. You can spice the guitar tone with optional morphers—Flanger, Harmonizer, Wah‑Wah, Distortion, and Reverb—and even use the L2/R2 shoulder buttons as a whammy bar, though they don’t affect your score.

Beyond solo play, the game unlocks Co‑op and Vs. modes after you clear a level, letting a second player (or the AI) take the black line as Rammy and compete or harmonize for points. Clearing Lammy’s solo also opens PaRappa’s own solo stages and a bonus jukebox where the tracks play without the gameplay overlay.

The North American version tweaked a few levels—Stage 6 swaps a banana‑slip Hell scene for a volcanic island and updates some lyrics—while the original soundtrack spawned several in‑game albums and earned the title E3’s Best Puzzle/Trivia/Parlor Game and an AIAS award for original music composition.

Storyline

Um Jammer Lammy follows the shy lamb Lammy, a left‑handed guitarist and leader of the all‑girl band MilkCan, as she races against the clock to make it to the group’s first concert. After a bizarre dream of playing with Chop Chop Master Onion, Lammy wakes up with only fifteen minutes left and must overcome a series of absurd obstacles – putting out a fire with a hose she imagines as a guitar, being mistaken for a pregnant woman and soothing newborns with a baby‑shaped instrument, and even piloting a plane by treating its yoke like a guitar. When her original instrument is lost, she builds a new one from a tree with the help of a beaver named Paul Chuck, pretending her chainsaw is a guitar in the process.

In the Japan/PAL version, a slip on a banana peel sends Lammy to a Hell‑like netherworld; the U.S. version has her belt snag on a door, launching her onto a volcanic island. There she is forced to perform for the idol Teriyaki Yoko, confronts her evil twin Rammy, and finally returns to Earth via a fax machine. The band reunites just in time, and MilkCan delivers their concert to cheering fans.

Completing Lammy’s story unlocks a side chapter starring PaRappa, where Katy enlists PaRappa, PJ Berri and Sunny Funny to help prepare for a live show, sparking PJ’s ill‑fated attempt to start his own rock band.

Edited by Maya Carter

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