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688: Episode 688 Preview: Muppet Games

Retronauts

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 688: Muppet Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to ad-free podcasts, please visit the official Retronauts Patreon at patreon.com/retronauts.

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, what you're about to hear is a free preview of a podcast on our $5 exclusive episodes tier at patreon.com slash retronauts.

0:09.4

And if you want to hear the whole thing, please go to patreon.com slash retronauts and sign up at the $5 exclusive episodes tier.

0:16.7

Once you do that, you'll get access to all of our previous exclusive episodes and our future ones as well, as long as you remain a patron, and our exclusive episodes will launch every other Friday.

0:26.2

Again, that is the Retronauts Patreon at patreon.com slash Retronauts, and I'll let you get to this free preview of one of our exclusive episodes.

0:38.6

Harry, we said ROM, not bomb.

0:41.9

Sheesh.

0:43.8

To activate the program, that's what I'm trying to do.

0:48.1

If I can find the icon, I'll click on it for you.

0:51.7

It's time to laugh and chuckle.

0:53.8

Let's hope that I don't bomb.

0:55.9

What does a bear have to be in a modern CD-Rome?

1:03.1

So that is the 8-bit era.

1:04.8

Let's move on to interesting stuff,

1:06.7

multimedia productions that are going to be more fun to talk about,

1:09.4

because this game was new to me,

1:11.8

the platform was new to me.

1:13.2

So the game is called Muppet Studios Presents.

1:15.7

You're the director from 1989.

1:17.5

It was for the Viewmaster Interactive Vision.

1:20.7

So if you know about Jim Henson, you know he was always interested in technology and how it could advance the Muppets.

1:27.3

So it's no surprise he didn't seem to care that much about traditional video games.

1:31.8

But new types of games were emerging, unfortunately too close to his death.

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