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OTHER PYTHON RELATED GAMES
Video Arts CD-i Programs (1991) (interactive compact discs for the Philips CD-i player available from Video Arts, featuring sequences with John Cleese from his training videos. Additional CD-i titles are available; to order, call 1-800-553-0091 or 1-312-693-0500; or visit the Video Arts Home Page)
Criterion Goes to the Movies (1993) (an interactive guide to Voyager Company's Criterion laser disc collection; includes entries on most of the films, including liner notes, essays, pictures, film synopses, and film clips; includes clips from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and The Fisher King)
Discworld (1995) (animated interactive CD-ROM game based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld books; player controls the character Rincewind in his attempts to save the city of Ankh-Morpork from a dragon; Eric Idle performs the voice of Rincewind)
Terry Pratchett's Discworld: The Official Strategy Guide, by Glen Edridge (complete strategy guide which includes all of the official secrets to completing the game; includes a full-color map of Ankh-Morpork and scenes from the game)
Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (1995) (a graphic-adventure game which has several Monty Python references; one involves a medieval castle in France where the main character's digital assistant yells: "I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a 'amster and your father smelt of eldeberries!" In another scene, if the agent hesitates too long in front of the castle guards, he is crushed by a live cow: "He found himself an unwilling participant in the re-enactment of a silly Monty Python skit!")
Blazing Dragons (1996) (Terry Jones's hilarious medieval adventure game for the Sony Playstation; you play the role of Flicker, a dragon who must save Camelhot from the evil knight, Sir George; lots of funny Pythonesque sequences and subplots; features the voices of Terry Jones, Harry Shearer, and Cheech Marin; read about it in Daily Llama Vol. 1 No. 4 or visit the Crystal Dynamics homepage)
Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? (1997) (sequel to the successful and very-funny adventure game "Discworld;" Eric Idle reprises the role of "Rincewind," a wizard, who must help find the Grim Reaper because Death has apparently forgotten his chief duty: to collect human souls; includes an original song, "That's Death," written and performed by Eric Idle; other voice-overs were provided by Nigel Planer, Kate Robins and Rob Brydon; visit the Psygnosis web page for more info)
Shadow Warrior (1997) (a first-person 3D action game in which you play Lo Wang, an assassin skilled in both martial arts and sophomoric wisecracks; in one level, Lo Wang finds a hidden valley, the north end of which there lies a cave, the Cave of Caerbannog; to approach it and claim the power-ups, Lo Wang must first deal with a vicious killer rabbit; as Lo Wang approaches the cave, he quips: "That is no ordinary rabbit!"; a better Holy Grail reference you will not find)
Blood (1997) (another first-person 3D shooter, this one featuring blood-thirsty cultists, demons, zombies, and haunted houses; like 3D Realms, Monolith has laced the game with humor and pop culture references; one of the random quotes uttered by the main character, Caleb, is from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "What're you gonna do, bleed on me?!")
Douglas Adams Starship Titanic (1998) (an interactive adventure game developed by renowned author and humorist Douglas Adams; combines stunning graphics with an artificially intelligent text parser for an unpredictable ride aboard the Starship Titanic, the ship that just couldn't go wrong; interact with a variety of odd characters including a parrot, voiced by Terry Jones; Jones also collaborated with Adams to write the novel based on the game)
Douglas Adams Starship Titanic: The Official Strategy Guide, by Neil Richards (very well illustrated guide to the Starship Titanic game, which features the voice of Terry Jones; lots of illustrations, photos, and maps; organized so that you don't receive the solutions to puzzles that haven't started to puzzle you yet; includes an introduction by Douglas Adams and an interview with Adams that explains how Terry Jones became involved in the project)
Quest For Camelot: Dragon Games (1998) (seven interactive games for kids, ages 5 to 10; based on the Quest for Camelot animated film by Warner Brothers, which starred Eric Idle as the voice of Devon; although the characters Devon and Cornwall are voiced by two other actors in this CD ROM game, there are plenty of film clips which feature the original Eric Idle/Don Rickles voices)
Around The World In 80 Days With Michael Palin: The Game (board game for 2 to 6 players)
Labyrinth Board Game Based on the movie Labyrinth.
Scene It? James Bond DVD Trivia Board Game (spanning forty years of scenes, gadgets, vehicles and villains, this special edition quiz game features a DVD filled with edited video clips and challenges, as well as 200 trivia cards. The mission is simple: players must throw the dice and move around the board using one of four custom metal playing pieces: James Bond himself, a Bond girl, an Aston Martin and, of course, a martini. Onscreen prompts follow each movie clip and you control the quiz via your DVD's remote control. The clips and questions come in many forms - from identifying villains who've been erased or pixellated to naming locations and guessing which Bond used what gadget. The DVD sequences are hosted by John Cleese)
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