| Jim Henson's Muppets | |
|---|---|
 Cover art | |
| Developer | Tarantula Studios |
| Producer | Take-Two Interactive |
| Platform | Game Boy Color |
| Release | |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Mode | Single-player |
Jim Henson's Muppets is a 2000platform game, based onThe Muppets franchise, developed byTarantula Studios and published byTake-Two Interactive forGame Boy Color.
Jim Henson's Muppets is aplatform game in which Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's time machine sends theMuppets back in time. The player is able to play asKermit andAnimal and must travel through different eras time to save the rest of their friends. The game features six zones with atime travel theme, spanning the prehistoric era to the wild west. Each zone features four stages, with a boss level at the end of each zone. Gameplay involves navigating levels to find keys, energy and other bonuses, and using projectiles, such as paper planes and drumsticks, to defeat enemies.[3]
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| AllGame |   [4] |
| Computer and Video Games | [5] |
| Hyper | 5/10[6] |
| IGN | 2/10[3] |
| Game Boy Xtreme | 49%[7] |
| Nintendo Pro | 30%[8] |
Muppets received mixed to negative reviews, with many critics focused on the lackluster gameplay and poor connection of the game to theMuppets franchise with few unique features for aplatform game.
IGN dismissed the game as a "badly-botched license game" with "wretched" gameplay, stating "the control sucks, the graphics are sloppy, the game's music is [...] not related at all to theMuppets, the action is tedious, the enemies follow patterns and have no intelligence, and aside from the cuts scenes, there's nothing Muppety about this game".[3]Game Boy Xtreme statedMuppets was a "terrible platformer with use of colour and poorer playability".[7] Writing forHyper, Frank Dry stated the game was a "generic platformer with a few vaguely interesting ideas", with the game "lacking serious entertainment value".[6]Computer and Video Games observed "the action is negative and the characters move along clumsily".[5] Milder reviews included those from Nick Woods ofAllgame, who described the game as a "suitable choice for smaller kids", whilst noting "the rest of the gameplay is not unique".[4]
