Muppet RaceMania

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.

Muppet RaceMania
PAL cover art
Developer(s)	Traveller's Tales
Publisher(s)	EU: Sony Computer Entertainment NA: Midway Games
Designer(s)	James Cunliffe John Hodskinson
Composer(s)	Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra Michael Giacchino
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Release	UK: 21 April 2000[1] NA: 4 October 2000[2]
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game includes 25 playable muppet characters and 25 vehicles. Players can race on 34 tracks based on locations throughout The Muppets franchise.

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 the cripples the other racers, and one that makes the racer fly and move faster. The effect of the super move ends once the gauge empties.

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	70%[3]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly	6/10[4]
EP Daily	6/10[5]
Game Informer	5/10[6]
GameFan	63%[7][a]
GameRevolution	B[8]
GameSpot	5.1/10[9]
IGN	8.3/10[10]
Jeuxvideo.com	14/20[11]
Next Generation	[12]
PlayStation Official Magazine – UK	9/10[13]
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[14]

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[3] However, Eric Bratcher of NextGen called it "A substandard kart racer that unsuccessfully relies upon the Muppets' huge charisma to overcome its technical shortcomings."^[12]

Notes

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