Parroty Interactive was an American
video game developer based in
Larkspur, California, which acted as a
division of
publisher
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Palladium Interactive, Inc.
Parroty Interactive created a number of notable
parody
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video game
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s for
personal computer
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s running
Microsoft Windows
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or
Mac OS. The company's name was intended as a
play-on-words between "
parody
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" and "
parrot
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". Palladium Interactive was acquired by
The Learning Company in April 1999, and Parroty Interactive was discontinued.
Games developed
* ''
Pyst
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'' (1996), a parody of the popular game ''
Myst''
* ''
Star Warped
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'' (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
* ''Driven'' (cancelled), a sequel to ''Pyst'' and a parody of the ''Myst'' sequel ''
Riven''
References
Defunct video game companies of the United States
Video game companies based in California
Video game companies established in 1996
Video game companies disestablished in 1999
Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
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