| Pyst | |
|---|---|
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| Developer(s) | Parroty Interactive Bergman-Stallone Entasis |
| Publisher(s) | Palladium Interactive |
| Designer(s) | Peter Bergman |
| Writer(s) | Peter Bergman Peter Murietta Phil Proctor |
| Composer(s) | Steven Stringer Mike Sansonia |
| Platform(s) | Mac OS, Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Pyst (stylised as PYST) is an adventure computer game released in October 1996.[2] It was created as a parody of the highly successful adventure game Myst. Pyst was written by Peter Bergman, a co-founder of the Firesign Theatre, and was published by Parroty Interactive,[2][3] with Bergman, Stallone, Inc. as co-publisher.[2] Mindscape began distributing the game on August 20, 1997.[4] The parody features full motion video of actor John Goodman as "King Mattruss", the ruler of "Pyst Island". Versions of the game were produced for both the Windows PC and Apple Macintosh operating systems.
Parroty Interactive was a division of Palladium Interactive, whose other brands included Ultimate Family Tree and Palladium Kids.[5] Parroty intended to create National Lampoon-esque[6] "humorous CD-ROMs, web sites and other forms of interactive comedy".[7] This title served as Parroty's debut game in the interactive parody space, which would be followed by games such as their Star Wars parody Star Warped.
- ^ "Online Gaming Review". February 27, 1997. Archived from the original on February 27, 1997. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Parroty Interactive Launches PYST Special Edition; New Special Edition of PYST Includes a Module of Driven, a Sneak Peak Parody of the Eagerly Anticipated Riven – Sequel to MYST" (Press release). Business Wire. October 21, 1997. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via The Free Library.
- ^ Schwartz, Bruce (October 10, 1996). "Seeing through the 'Myst'-tique 'Pyst' pokes fun at hit CD-ROM". USA Today. Gannett Company. ISSN 0734-7456.
- ^ "Mindscape & Palladium Interactive announce partnership; Mindscape signs exclusive deal to distribute Palladium Interactive CD-ROM/Internet products including Family Gathering, Wishbone & PYST" (Press release). Business Wire. May 8, 1997. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2019 – via The Free Library.
- ^ "Newest Parody – The X-Fools – Takes Comical Look At Little Green Men And Government Cover-ups. – Free Online Library". The Free Library. October 1, 1997. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- ^ Wasserman, Elizabeth (January 5, 1998). "Company's Spoof of Microsoft: Microshaft Winblows.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)". Knight Ridder/tribune Business News. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016.
- ^ "Palladium Interactive: Behind the Scenes". December 22, 1997. Archived from the original on December 22, 1997. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
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