Vib-Ribbon

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As the wire frame rabbit Vibri, run though obstacle courses which are generated by any music CD placed into the PlayStation.

Overview

Vib-Ribbon is a music game released for the Playstation released in 1998. The game was designed by Masaya Matsuura the creator of PaRappa the Rapper. The game was only released in Europe and Japan making it highly sought after for collectors.

Gameplay

Vibri avoiding an obstacle
Vibri avoiding an obstacle
In the game the player controls Vibri a rabbit skipping across a 2D wire for the duration of a song whilst avoiding various obstacles represented as shapes across the wire. To get through the obstacles the player must press a button in time with the music to get Vibri through the obstacle. Failing to make it thorugh an obstacle will cause Vibri to change form from a Rabbit to a Frog and to a Worm, if the player then fails after that its game over. If however the player makes it through a number of obstacles in a row Vibri will go up a form from Rabbit to a Princess. At the end of the song the player is awarded with a numerical score and Vibri will sing a song, the length of which is increased the higher the score. As the player progresses through the difficulties the frequency of the obstacles increases as well as the speed of Vibri, it also brings the inclusion of combined obstacles where the player must press both buttons at the same time. The game features graphics which are very stylised and simple looking, like childs scribbles across a black page.


Unique Design

For its time Vib-Ribbon was very unique because the software loaded into the RAM and allowed players to generate their own levels based on any music CD they had.

MUSIC

Soundtrack cover
Soundtrack cover


As well as being able to use your own CD's with the game to create levels the game came with various quirky songs composed by Masaya Matsura and performed by a band called laugh and peace, ranging from Hard techno to bouncy japanese pop sung in english  It was released as a soundtrack CD together with the games lesser known sequel Vib-Ripple.

The songs featured in Vib-Ribbon are:

1. Polaroid
2. Sunny Day
3. Laugh & Peace
4. Universal Dance
5. Overflowing emotions
6. Roll along
 
The soundtrack could also be listen to by putting the original Vib Ribbon PS1 game disc into a CD player.
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