Parroty Interactive

Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Defunct	April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
Fate	Defunct
Headquarters	Larkspur, California , U.S.
Area served	North America
Parent	Palladium Interactive, Inc. (1996–1998) The Learning Company (1999)

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.