Parroty Interactive

Parroty Interactive was an American video game developer based in Larkspur, California, which acted as a division of publisher Palladium Interactive, Inc.

Parroty Interactive

Company type	Division
Industry	Video games
Founded	1996; 29 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 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