Parroty Interactive Explained

Parroty Interactive
Type:	Division
Industry:	Video games
Fate:	Defunct
Hq Location City:	Larkspur, California
Hq Location Country:	U.S.
Area Served:	North America

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parroty readies parody . Harley Jebens . . December 19, 1997 . July 24, 2017.
2. News: Test your systems for Y2K . CNN News . April 6, 1999 . July 24, 2017.
3. April 5, 1999 . YK2 Tools Scrub Desktop - Detect 2000 . James M. Connolly . Computerworld . 68 . July 24, 2017.
4. Web site: Parroty Interactive Launches PYST Special Edition . Business Wire . October 21, 1997 . July 24, 2017.
5. Web site: Parroty Interactive Ships "Microshaft Winblows 98" . Business Wire . . January 5, 1998 . July 24, 2017.
6. News: Cyberculture Heard on the Beat . LA Times . Karen Kaplan . January 19, 1998 . July 24, 2017.