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| Type | Division | 
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games | 
| Founded | 1996 | 
| Defunct | April 5, 1999 | 
| Fate | Defunct | 
| Headquarters | , | 
| Area served | North America | 
| Parent | 
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Parroty Interactive was an American video game developer based in Larkspur, California, which acted as a division of publisher Palladium Interactive, Inc.
Parroty Interactive created a number of notable parody video games for personal computers running Microsoft Windows or Mac OS.[1] The company's name was intended as a play-on-words between "parody" and "parrot". Palladium Interactive was acquired by The Learning Company in April 1999,[2][3] and Parroty Interactive was discontinued.
Games developed
- Pyst (1996), a parody of the popular game Myst[4]
- Star Warped (1997), a parody of Star Wars.
- The X-Fools (1997), a parody of The X-Files
- Microshaft Winblows 98 (1998), a parody of Microsoft Windows 98[5][6]
- Driven (cancelled), a sequel to Pyst and a parody of the Myst sequel Riven
References
- ↑ Harley Jebens (December 19, 1997). "Parroty readies parody". ZDNet. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ↑ "Test your systems for Y2K". CNN News. April 6, 1999. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ↑ James M. Connolly (April 5, 1999). "YK2 Tools Scrub Desktop - Detect 2000". Computerworld. p. 68. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
- ↑  Business Wire (October 21, 1997). "Parroty Interactive Launches PYST Special Edition". Retrieved July 24, 2017. {{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)
- ↑  Business Wire (January 5, 1998). "Parroty Interactive Ships "Microshaft Winblows 98"". ZDNet. Retrieved July 24, 2017. {{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help)
- ↑ Karen Kaplan (January 19, 1998). "Cyberculture Heard on the Beat". LA Times. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
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