Design a chum for PaRappa

This July the rhyme bustin' dog takes centre stage on PSP and to celebrate his tenth anniversary we're running an exclusive competition.

One lucky winner will receive a copy of the game, signed by Rodney Greenblat, the talented New York artist who designed PaRappa's world and inhabitants. The winner and two runners-up will also receive exclusive PaRappa goodies.

To enter, you'll need to sharpen your pencils, dig out your paints or get creative with your computer and design a friend for PaRappa the Rapper, which should be in the iconic and imaginative style of the game.

PaRappa means "paper-thin" in Japanese and Greenblat's designs bring the game's 2D world vividly to life alongside musician Masaya Matsuura's legendary hip hop tracks.

All designs must be your own work, no bigger than 800x600 pixels and submitted as either a .jpeg or .gif file. The closing date for entries is Monday 16 July, 2007.

For full terms and conditions and to enter your paper-thin creations, please visit the PaRappa the Rapper thread in our forums.