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Background

Parroty Interactive was a short-lived subsidiary of Palladium Interactive based in Larkspur, California that focused on parody games. Unfortunately for them, their games turned out to be poorly-received. The company was ultimately shut down on April 5, 1999 after Palladium was bought by The Learning Company.

Logo (October 9, 1996-January 5, 1998)

Visuals: Over a white background is the purple circles from the normal Palladium logo, but in the red figure's place is a red parrot wearing Groucho Marx glasses and a cigar in its left hand. "PARROTY INTERACTIVE", in the same stacked style as its parent logo, is seen below.

Variant: On Star Warped, the logo dissolves into the Luminare Multimedia logo.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

Audio: A distorted whimsical tune ending with a squawk and a cough. Composed at Chronic Music.

Audio Variant: On Pyst, the parrot says "Parroty. Parroty Interactive." Then, the parrot squawks and coughs.

Availability: Seen on all of the company's games: Pyst, Star Warped, The X-Fools and Microshaft Winblows 98.

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 ===Background===
-'''Parroty Interactive''' was a short-lived subsidiary of Palladium Interactive that focused on parodies of games. Unfortunately for them, a majority of their games turned out to be poorly-received. As a result, the company was shut down in 1998 once Palladium was bought by [[The Learning Company]].
+'''Parroty Interactive''' was a short-lived subsidiary of [[Palladium Interactive]] based in Larkspur, California that focused on parody games. Unfortunately for them, their games turned out to be poorly-received. The company was ultimately shut down on April 5, 1999 after Palladium was bought by [[The Learning Company]].
-===(October 8, 1996-January 5, 1998)===
+===Logo (October 9, 1996-January 5, 1998)===
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-'''Logo:''' On a white background, we see the purple circles from the normal Palladium logo, but in the red figure's place is a red parrot wearing Groucho Marx glasses and a cigar in its left hand. "PARROTY INTERACTIVE", in the same stacked style as its parent logo, appears below.
+'''Visuals:''' Over a white background is the purple circles from the normal Palladium logo, but in the red figure's place is a red parrot wearing Groucho Marx glasses and a cigar in its left hand. "PARROTY INTERACTIVE", in the same stacked style as its parent logo, is seen below.
-'''Variant:''' On ''Star Warped'', the logo dissolves into the [[Luminare]] logo.
+'''Variant:''' On <u>''Star Warped''</u>, the logo dissolves into the [[Luminare Multimedia]] logo.
-'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A distorted whimsical tune ending with a squawk and a cough.
+'''Audio:''' A distorted whimsical tune ending with a squawk and a cough. Composed at Chronic Music.
-'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On ''Pyst'', the parrot says "Parroty. Parroty Interactive." Then, the parrot squawks and coughs.
+'''Audio Variant:''' On <u>''Pyst''</u>, the parrot says "Parroty. Parroty Interactive." Then, the parrot squawks and coughs.
-'''Availability:''' Seen on a few parody games from the company, such as ''Pyst'' and ''Microshaft Winblows 98''.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on all of the company's games: ''Pyst'', ''Star Warped'', ''The X-Fools'' and ''Microshaft Winblows 98''.
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+[[Category:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]
+[[Category:English-language logos]]