Muppet RaceMania

Muppet RaceMania
Muppet RaceMania
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Developer(s) Traveller's Tales in conjunction with Jim Henson Interactive (JHI)
Publisher(s) Midway Games
Platform(s) PlayStation, PlayStation Network
Release date(s)
  • NA October 3, 2000
  • EU 2000
PlayStation Network
  • PAL November 5, 2011
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, Two-player

Muppet RaceMania is a PlayStation racing game that was developed by Traveller's Tales Ltd., and published by Midway that was released in 2000. The game includes the choice of 25 muppet characters driving 25 vehicles. They race on 34 tracks based on sites in Muppet films (The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island and Muppets From Space), and Muppet TV programs (The Muppet theatre from The Muppet Show, and the caves from Fraggle Rock).

Extra characters were unlocked by beating them in races or battles, or by finding them hidden in different tracks. Also hidden are clips from the Muppet movies.

This game marked the first vocal appearance by Scooter and Janice since the death of Richard Hunt. Both were performed by Matt Vogel, the only time he voiced these characters.

Contents

Modes

  • Race Mode
  • Battle Mode
  • Adventure Mode
  • Stunt Mode
  • Chicken Chase
  • Reverse Race
  • Battle Race

Weapons

There are a few weapons that can be used against other players during gameplay (except in stunt mode when there are no other players).

  • penguins - used like a landmine, the penguin is dropped behind the player for other players behind them to bump into. As they hop, they sound like Sea lions.
  • Camilla - used to shoot out in front of the player, the chicken runs faster and chases players ahead for a distance.
  • fish - used to throw directly at other players in front of the player.
  • bomb - used to ariel attack an opponent or when your in a small room it will bounce against the walls in order to hit the opponent(s)
  • special move - each muppet character has their own special move that can be activated after fulling up on boost. This move is applied to all other players in play. The move generally stuns other players (in some theatrical manner) and prevents them from moving forward. In race mode this allows a player to get ahead, and in battle mode it allows a player to stop being attacked and stop other players so you can attack them while stunned. For instance, Kermit's special move puts the other players on a bouncing lily pad for a few seconds; Janice's Flower Power move puts them in a 60s flower daze, and Pepe's move shrinks all others to the size of a shrimp.

Cast

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Further reading

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