Muppets Inside
| The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Starwave |
| Publisher(s) | Starwave |
| Designer(s) | John Cutter |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release |
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| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside is a PC computer game based on The Muppets franchise produced by Starwave in 1996. The title is a play on Intel's advertising slogan, "Intel Inside." The game's plot consists of several Muppets characters getting trapped inside a computer, and Bunsen sending Kermit and Fozzie Bear into the computer to rescue them.
Gameplay
[edit]As players rescue the Muppets, they encounter seven "Muppetized" games:
- Kitchens of Doom: A parody of Doom, with the Swedish Chef fighting giant vegetables in a crypt-like kitchen.
- Beaker's Brain: The player helps Bunsen unscramble Beaker's memories of Muppet Show clips.
- Statler and Waldorf: Two Thumbs Down: The player rotates boxes to unscramble Statler and Waldorf's video clip.
- Wocka on the Wild Side: In a parody of Missile Command, the player shoots down flying tomatoes that the audience throws at Fozzie Bear as he crosses the Muppet Theater stage.
- Death-Defying Acts of Culture: The player positions Gonzo's cannon so he flies through a target.
- Scope That Song: Clifford hosts a version of Name That Tune, with the songs played by Lew Zealand's fish or Marvin Suggs and the Muppaphone.
- Trivial But True!: A Hollywood Squares game, with Fozzie Bear as the center square.
Additional content
[edit]Muppets Inside's gameplay contains over an hour of new audio and video footage, as well as five new songs and classics from The Muppet Show. The game also contains a bonus "Muppetizer'" feature that provides custom cursors, sounds and wallpapers. The game's CD-ROM also came packaged with a 6x6 inch, 30-page booklet with Henson history, character profiles, game instructions, and credits.[citation needed]
Cast
[edit]- Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Beaker
- Dave Goelz as Gonzo the Great, Waldorf, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
- Jerry Nelson as Statler, Lew Zealand, Floyd Pepper, The Muppet Newsman, Announcer, Crazy Harry
- Frank Oz as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam the Eagle, Animal, Marvin Suggs
- Kevin Clash as Clifford
- Bill Barretta as The Swedish Chef
Reception
[edit]| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| PC Gamer (US) | 88%[1] |
The editors of Computer Games Strategy Plus nominated Muppets Inside as their pick for 1996's best "traditional" game, but the award ultimately went to Power Chess.[2]
In a retrospective review, PC Gamer praised the humor of the videos and game concepts, while criticizing the tedium of the small number of games.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Wolf, Scott (September 1996). "Muppets Inside". PC Gamer US. Archived from the original on March 2, 2000. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
- ^ Staff (March 25, 1997). "Computer Games Strategy Plus announces 1996 Awards". Computer Games Strategy Plus. Archived from the original on June 14, 1997.
- ^ "Saturday Crapshoot: Microshaft Winblows 98 - PC Gamer". PC Gamer. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
