Editing Pyst (section)

{{short description|1997 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox video game
| image = Pyst cover.jpg
| developer = [[Parroty Interactive]] <br> Bergman-Stallone <br> Entasis
| publisher = Palladium Interactive
| writer = Peter Bergman <br> Peter Murietta <br> [[Philip Proctor|Phil Proctor]]
| designer = [[Peter Bergman (comedian)|Peter Bergman]]
| composer = Steven Stringer <br> Mike Sansonia
| platforms = [[Mac OS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| released = {{video game release|NA|October 30, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-02-27 |title=Online Gaming Review |url=http://www.ogr.com/news/news1096.html |access-date=2023-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970227065725/http://www.ogr.com/news/news1096.html |archive-date=February 27, 1997}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Adventure game|Adventure]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}

'''''Pyst''''' (stylised as '''''PYST''''') is an adventure [[PC game|computer game]] released in October 1996.<ref name="BusinessWire19971021" /> It was created as a [[parody]] of the highly successful [[adventure game]] ''[[Myst]]''. ''Pyst'' was written by [[Peter Bergman (comedian)|Peter Bergman]], a co-founder of the [[Firesign Theatre]], and was published by [[Parroty Interactive]],<ref name="BusinessWire19971021" /><ref name="schwartz">{{cite news | title = Seeing through the 'Myst'-tique 'Pyst' pokes fun at hit CD-ROM | work = [[USA Today]] | publisher =[[Gannett Company]] | author = Schwartz, Bruce | date = October 10, 1996 | issn = 0734-7456}}</ref> with Bergman, Stallone, Inc. as co-publisher.<ref name="BusinessWire19971021">{{Cite press release |title=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 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Parroty+Interactive+Launches+PYST+Special+Edition%253B+New+Special...-a019903274 |date=October 21, 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035818/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Parroty+Interactive+Launches+PYST+Special+Edition%3B+New+Special...-a019903274 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |publisher=Business Wire |via=[[The Free Dictionary#The Free Library|The Free Library]] |access-date=November 26, 2019}}</ref> Mindscape began distributing the game on August 20, 1997.<ref name="BusinessWire19970508">{{Cite press release |title=Mindscape & Palladium Interactive announce partnership; Mindscape signs exclusive deal to distribute Palladium Interactive CD-ROM/Internet products including Family Gathering, Wishbone & PYST |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mindscape+%2526+Palladium+Interactive+announce+partnership%253B+Mindscape...-a019384849 |date=May 8, 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116082109/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mindscape+%26+Palladium+Interactive+announce+partnership%3B+Mindscape...-a019384849 |archive-date=November 16, 2017 |publisher=Business Wire |via=The Free Library |access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref> 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 [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Personal computer|PC]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Macintosh]] operating systems.

Parroty Interactive was a division of Palladium Interactive, whose other brands included Ultimate Family Tree and Palladium Kids.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newest Parody – The X-Fools – Takes Comical Look At Little Green Men And Government Cover-ups. – Free Online Library |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Newest+Parody+--+The+X-Fools+--+Takes+Comical+Look+At+Little+Green...-a019801945 |date=October 1, 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112340/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Newest+Parody+--+The+X-Fools+--+Takes+Comical+Look+At+Little+Green...-a019801945 |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |website=The Free Library |access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> Parroty intended to create ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]''-esque<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 5, 1998|title=Company's Spoof of Microsoft: Microshaft Winblows.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20112728.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008194628/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20112728.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2016|newspaper=Knight Ridder/tribune Business News|last1=Wasserman|first1=Elizabeth}}</ref> "humorous CD-ROMs, web sites and other forms of interactive comedy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pyst.com/BehindtheScenes/ |title=Palladium Interactive: Behind the Scenes |date=December 22, 1997 |access-date=September 11, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19971222124140/http://pyst.com/BehindtheScenes/ |archive-date=December 22, 1997}}</ref> 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]]''.