Muppet RaceMania

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Muppet RaceMania
Developer(s)	Traveller's Tales Ltd. in conjunction with Jim Henson Interactive (JHI)
Publisher(s)	Midway
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release date	^NAOctober 2, 2000
Genre(s)	Racing / Driving
Mode(s)	1 - 2 Player

1 Summary
2 Modes
3 Weapons
4 Cast
5 References

[edit] Summary

Muppet RaceMania is a Playstation racing game 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).

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.

[edit] Modes

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

[edit] 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.
chickens - 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 from of fish the player. *bomb - used to ariel attack a opponet or when your in a small room shot it out and it will bounce against the walls in order to hit the opponet(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 other to the size of a shrimp.

[edit] Cast

Bill Barretta - Pepe/Bobo/Rowlf/Chef/Johnny Fiama (voice and archived footage)
Kevin Clash - Clifford/Spa'Am (voice)
Dave Goelz - The Great Gonzo/Zoot the Sax Player/Bunsen/Waldorf/Beauregard/Bill (voice and archived footage)
Brian Henson - Sal/Van Neuter (voice)
John Kennedy - Dr. Teeth (voice)
Jerry Nelson - Floyd/Robin/Statler (voice and archived footage)
Frank Oz - Miss Piggy/Fozzie/Animal/Sam (voice and archived footage)
Matt Vogel - Scooter/Janice (voice)
Steve Whitmire - Kermit/Rizzo/Beaker/Bean Bunny/Link/Doozer/Gill (voice and archived footage)
Jim Henson - Kermit/Waldorf (voice) (uncredited - archived footage)
Richard Hunt - Statler (voice) (uncredited - archived footage)