Bonus modules from Star Warped were featured on the CD for " Pyst Special Edition". An online-only quiz-themed minigame entitled "You Don't NoJedi" (a parody of You Don't Know Jack) was featured on the site, as a teaser for Star Warped. AllGame writer Christopher Michael Baker notes that even unregistered visitors to the website are still able to "check out and laugh at" some activities, minigames, and other content. After buying the game and registering, players were able to enter a member's-only section of the site, where new content was added until 1998. Following in the footsteps of Pyst, Star Warped had its own website players could access. Star Warped was featured in a segment on the magazine-style program Splat! about cartoons in video games, which aired on animation specialty channel Teletoon. The game was also released in Germany with dubbed German voice acting. The game features notable voice-acting talent in minor roles, including Tom Kenny, Carlos Alazraqui, Jodi Benson, Maurice LaMarche, and Kath Soucie. After the jokes were approved and the writing completed, the developers had the voice actors record dialogue and, afterwards, put the game information onto CDs made available for retail purchase by customers. Writers for the project included comedy veterans from Saturday Night Live, The Simpsons, Comedy Central, and The Jon Stewart Show. Once Palladium ironed out "legal entanglements", the company hoped to release the game in May 1997. Development Īccording to Palladium's then-vice president of marketing, Rob Halligan, the success of Pyst opened doors for future parody titles by the company, and Star Warped and The X-Fools (the latter a parody of The X-Files) were the first two they attempted. While spoofing the first three films in the Star Wars film series, the game also targets the extended Star Wars franchise, including its merchandise and marketing strategies. As the game was released two years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, it contains no parodies alluding to the prequel series however, there are some fake references to the then-future movies. Īccording to GameSpot 's Helen Lee, Star Warped differs from Parroty's previous game Pyst in that it is a fully-fledged game instead of just an interactive product, and the parody trampled over all aspects of the Star Wars trilogy. The minigames also included "U Don't No Jedi", "Death Star Destructo", "X-Schwing", and "Dork Forces". Clicking on items results in animations and minigames. The game also has several humorous items, such as "scrapped scripts", "gene splicer", and "Tell you, I Will". Joe spoof), Cool-Handless Luke ( Luke Skywalker with a missing hand and a pun on the film Cool Hand Luke), and Pizza-Flipping Greedo ( Greedo as a pizza chef). Gameplay primarily consists of a series of mini-games, including "Whack! the Ewok" and "Flawed Fighters", a spoof of fighting games such as Mortal Kombat. The two have compiled their "favorite snagged, borrowed and stolen" Star Wars merchandise, and the player can interact with these items. They claim to have never left their room since first watching the original Star Wars Trilogy. The game is set in the Modesto, California, home of two die-hard Star Wars fans with a " Beavis and Butt-Head mentality": Brian ( Brian Posehn) and Aaron ( Robbie Rist). Star Warped received mixed reviews from critics: some praised the game's variety, originality, and humor, while others dismissed it as lazy, unfunny, and dull. The game invited players to "Be seduced by the power of the Dork Side". The game is no longer in release, as Parroty's parent company folded after being bought by The Learning Company in 1998. Star Warped was released in the United States and Canada, for both Windows PC and Macintosh, in late 1997 as a follow-up to their debut Myst parody, Pyst. It was created by Parroty Interactive, which was a division of the game's publisher, Palladium Interactive. Star Warped is a first-person point-and-click adventure video game that parodies the Star Wars universe, specifically the original trilogy released between 19: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.
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