Muppet RaceMania

Muppet Race Mania
European cover art
Developer(s) Traveller's Tales
Publisher(s)
Designer(s) James Cunliffe
John Hodskinson
Composer(s) Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra
Platform(s) PlayStation
Release
  • NA: October 3, 2000
  • EU: April 19, 2000
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Muppet Race Mania is a PlayStation racing game that was developed by Traveller's Tales Ltd., and published by Midway in North America and Sony Computer Entertainment in Europe, and released in 2000. The game includes the choice of 25 muppet characters driving 25 vehicles. They race on 34 tracks based on locations in Muppet films and TV programs.

This game marked the first vocal appearance by Janice since the death of Richard Hunt in 1992. She, as well as Scooter were performed by Matt Vogel, the only time when he voiced these characters. It is also the first vocal appearance of Link Hogthrob since the death of Jim Henson in 1990, as performed by Steve Whitmire, as well as the final time Frank Oz voiced his characters before retiring from The Muppets.

Reception

Three reviewers in GameFan gave the game scores of 84, 54, and 50.[1] French magazine Consoles Max gave the game 64%.[2]

References

  1. "Viewpoint". Gamefan. November 2000. p. 25.
  2. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20Max/consolesmax_numero11/Consoles%20Max%2011%20-%20Page%20115%20%28mai%202000%29.jpg
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