Muppet RaceMania

Muppet RaceMania
PAL cover art
DeveloperTraveller's Tales
Publishers
DirectorJon Burton
ProducersJames Dillon
Greg Duddle
DesignersJames Cunliffe
John Hodskinson
ProgrammerJohn Hodskinson
ComposersAndy Blythe
Marten Joustra
Michael Giacchino
PlatformPlayStation
Release
  • UK: 21 April 2000
  • NA: 4 October 2000
GenreRacing
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Muppet RaceMania is a 2000 racing video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was developed under Psygnosis' licence of The Muppets.

Gameplay

The game includes 25 playable muppet characters and 25 vehicles. Players can race on 34 tracks based on locations throughout The Muppets franchise, most notably from the first six movies, being The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, and Muppets from Space.

In a race, there are stars and fruits on the track which the racers can collect. A star gives the racer one of four weapons which can be used to attack other racers. Collecting fruit increases a colored gauge. Once the gauge is full, the racer can do one of two super moves: one that stymies the other racers, and one that makes the racer fly and move faster. The effect of the super move ends once the gauge empties.

Before each level in the main game, a clip from one of the first six movies plays.

Cast

Bill Barretta as Pepe the Prawn, Bobo the Bear, Rowllf the Dog, and Johnny Fiama

Kevin Clash as Clifford and Spa'Am

Dave Goelz as The Great Gonzo, Zoot, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Beauregard, and Bill

Brian Henson as Sal the Monkey and Dr. Van Neuter

John Kennedy as Dr. Teeth

Jerry Nelson as Floyd Pepper, Robin the Frog, Statler, and Sweetums

Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle

Matt Vogel as Scooter and Janice

Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker, Bean Bunny, Link Hogtrob, Flange Doozer, Gill

The game also includes archive footage from cast members who were only in the movies, shown in the clips before each level.

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. However, Eric Bratcher of NextGen called it "A substandard kart racer that unsuccessfully relies upon the Muppets' huge charisma to overcome its technical shortcomings."

Notes

  1. ↑ Three critics of GameFan gave the game each a score of 84, 54, and 50.

References

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  6. ↑ "Muppet RaceMania". Game Informer. No. 91. FuncoLand. November 2000.
  7. ↑ Mylonas, Eric "ECM"; Weitzner, Jason "Fury"; Van Stone, Matt "Kodomo" (November 2000). "Muppet Race Mania [sic]". GameFan. Vol. 8, no. 11. Shinno Media. p. 25. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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  9. ↑ Shoemaker, Brad (3 October 2000). "Muppet Race Mania Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006"]". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
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  12. 1 2 Bratcher, Eric (December 2000). "Muppet RaceMania". NextGen. No. 72. Imagine Media. p. 130. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  13. ↑ Davies, Jonathan (May 2000). "Muppet RaceMania". Official UK PlayStation Magazine. No. 58. Future Publishing. p. 106.
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