of the stages except Stage 1 (although a version of Stage 1 was made). Clearing all of the levels in all the modes unlocks a bonus mode where players can listen to the various songs, without the riffs or raps, and the characters on screen can perform actions with the face buttons. Development and release After the success of 1996's PaRappa the Rapper, Sony was eager to release another game in the series. Instead of a direct sequel, Matsuura opted for a spin-off. Artist Rodney Greenblat disagreed with this direction, although he was outvoted. Matsuura also wanted to get away from the rap genre saying that the genre "has been criticized as being too temporary" opting instead to focus on rock music. Greenblat again had doubts about this direction, recalling to Gamasutra, "What is rock music? I mean, is it Aerosmith? Is it Lynyrd Skynyrd? Is it Elvis? Elvis Costello? Where are we? What are we doing exactly? And how are you going to do the rap kind of thing, with the call and response? Because that's what PaRappa really was, a call and response game; teacher says one thing and PaRappa repeats it". The team was larger and there was more pressure on them to make a hit game, at one point the game started to go into a more psychedelic direction. Greenblat at one point suggested that the game should instead go for a more Goth theme but the rest of the team disagreed. Greenblat noted that the popularity of the internet helped ease development as he and Matsuura could more easily share idea's where as before they had to use a fax machine. The design for Lammy was influenced by Australian pop star Natalie Imbruglia. Arcade version The arcade version of the game, entitled Um Jammer Lammy Now!! is played using a unique guitar controller. The buttons for Triangle, Circle, Cross and Square are represented by strummers in the middle of the guitar, the L button is represented by a slider at the top of the guitar, and a scratch disc at the bottom represents the R button. The gameplay is identical to the console version, albeit some of the game's lines are changed to make it easier to play with the guitar controller. Also, unlike the console version, Stage 1 can be played as PaRappa. In 2023, an arcade cabinet was discovered after years of it