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Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival

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This page details one or more prototype versions of Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival.

This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

A prototype of Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival was released by Hidden Palace on January 1, 2025.

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Specifically:

  • Access the other levels.
  • Text for the ending and game over are present, but are they functional?
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Specifically: Screenshots of the remaining splash screens.

General Differences#

  • Background of the Hi-Tech logo was changed from white to black:

Proto

Final

  • The copyright information was presented as two separate screens in the prototype:

Proto

Final

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  • By default, only River Ride appears to be playable. After collecting the key at the end and pressing Start, you are taken back to the start of the level.
  • The level select from the final game doesn't appear to exist yet, as the graphics for the screen are nowhere to be found.
  • Prototype has infinite lives.
  • The only music heard is the title screen loop.
  • Sound effects are largely missing.
  • Credits have not been added yet.
  • There are additional screens laying out the story, which were completely cut from the final game.

Proto

Final

  • Each level has a splash screen before it, which too were cut from the final game.
CRASH CAR COURSE
ANIMAL JUMPS INTO THE
BUMPER CAR AND DASHES
OFF IN SEARCH OF THE
KEY. ONLY ANIMAL IS
RECKLESS ENOUGH TO TRY
THIS RIDE AND ENJOY
EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
LOST IN SPACE RIDE
THE GREAT GONZO BLASTS
OFF INTO THE DARKNESS
OF SPACE TO FIND THE
LOST KEY AND PROVE
THAT THE EVIL DOCTOR
IS NO MATCH FOR THE
WORLD'S GREATEST
DAREDEVIL.
AMAZING
ICE CREAM MAZE
FOZZIE IS THE ONLY
MUPPET PATIENT ENOUGH
TO DODGE THOSE DOGGED
BARKERS,LOCATE ALL OF
THE PRIZES AND FIND
THE KEY IN THIS MAZE
OF ICE CREAM SODAS.
  • Instead of showing Miss Piggy, the level end screen shows the star of the level alongside the name of the level. The background and text colors were also changed.

Proto

Final

  • The hearts used during the final boss were redrawn and received an extra frame:

Proto

Final

MuppetNES_Heart1.PNGMuppetNES_Heart2.PNG