<s>
Pyst	B-Application
(	O
stylised	O
as	O
PYST	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
computer	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
the	O
highly	O
successful	O
adventure	O
game	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyst	B-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Peter	O
Bergman	O
,	O
a	O
co-founder	O
of	O
the	O
Firesign	O
Theatre	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Parroty	O
Interactive	O
,	O
with	O
Bergman	O
,	O
Stallone	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
as	O
co-publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
parody	O
features	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
of	O
actor	O
John	O
Goodman	O
as	O
"	O
King	O
Mattruss	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
ruler	O
of	O
"	O
Pyst	B-Application
Island	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
produced	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
PC	I-Application
and	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	B-Device
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
title	O
served	O
as	O
Parroty	O
's	O
debut	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
interactive	O
parody	O
space	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
followed	O
by	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
their	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
parody	O
Star	B-Application
Warped	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
concept	O
of	O
Pyst	B-Application
was	O
to	O
show	O
what	O
Myst	B-Application
Island	O
(	O
from	O
the	O
best-selling	O
game	O
)	O
would	O
look	O
like	O
after	O
four	O
million	O
people	O
(	O
that	O
game	O
's	O
players	O
)	O
had	O
visited	O
and	O
"	O
explored	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyst	B-Application
developer	O
and	O
comedian	O
Peter	O
Bergman	O
wanted	O
to	O
give	O
Myst	B-Application
players	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
"	O
 '	O
experience	O
the	O
island	O
in	O
a	O
whole	O
new	O
light	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Palladium	O
President	O
Ed	O
Bernstein	O
wanted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
transformative	O
work	O
that	O
moved	O
way	O
beyond	O
Myst	B-Application
"	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
copyright	O
issues	O
with	O
Myst	B-Application
publisher	O
Broderbund	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
being	O
a	O
parody	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Goodman	O
plays	O
"	O
King	O
Mattruss	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
ruler	O
of	O
"	O
Pyst	B-Application
Island	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodman	O
and	O
Bergman	O
had	O
worked	O
together	O
in	O
radio	O
,	O
while	O
Goodman	O
also	O
had	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
Proctor	O
and	O
Bergman	O
Comedy	O
Service	O
series	O
prior	O
to	O
Pyst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
includes	O
an	O
original	O
song	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
'm	O
Pyst	B-Application
"	O
,	O
performed	O
by	O
Goodman	O
and	O
written	O
by	O
Bergman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
for	O
Christmas	O
1996	O
,	O
Pyst	B-Application
remained	O
on	O
the	O
CD-ROM	O
best-seller	O
list	O
through	O
1999	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
Official	O
Millennium	O
Survival	O
Handbook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
highly	O
successful	O
"	O
;	O
in	O
1997	O
Palladium	O
's	O
vice	O
president	O
of	O
marketing	O
Rob	O
Halligan	O
said	O
Pyst	B-Application
was	O
"	O
tremendously	O
successful	O
last	O
Christmas	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
sell	O
well	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
website	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
further	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
"download[ing]	O
updated	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
clips	O
and	O
chat[ing]	O
with	O
other	O
Pyst	B-Application
aficionados	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
by	O
Palladium	O
to	O
include	O
dial-up	O
access	O
to	O
AT&T	O
WorldNet	O
Service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hal	O
Josephson	O
,	O
executive	O
producer	O
for	O
Pyst	B-Application
,	O
said	O
there	O
were	O
very	O
few	O
business	O
models	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
for	O
how	O
to	O
make	O
money	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyst	B-Application
Island	O
is	O
full	O
of	O
litter	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
buildings	O
are	O
ruined	O
,	O
and	O
graffiti	O
reveals	O
secret	O
doors	O
and	O
solutions	O
to	O
puzzles	O
that	O
challenged	O
players	O
in	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyst	B-Application
utilizes	O
three-dimensional	O
graphics	O
,	O
animated	O
drawings	O
,	O
and	O
pre-recorded	O
video	O
and	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
is	O
a	O
simplified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
playing	O
style	O
used	O
for	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
pre-rendered	O
,	O
interactive	O
visuals	O
of	O
Pyst	B-Application
Island	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Bergman	O
's	O
"	O
seal	O
of	O
disapproval	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
concept	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
familiar	O
Myst	B-Application
locations	O
have	O
been	O
vandalized	O
by	O
millions	O
of	O
virtual	O
players	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
trapped	O
on	O
the	O
island	O
,	O
having	O
"giv[en]	O
up	O
on	O
trying	O
to	O
finish	O
the	O
damn	O
thing	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
have	O
trashed	O
the	O
space	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
shady	O
entrepreneur	O
has	O
built	O
a	O
"	O
Dorian	O
Grey	O
money-making	O
scheme	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
in	O
Myst	B-Application
there	O
are	O
no	O
real	O
puzzles	O
to	O
solve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
feature	O
the	O
Myst-style	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
moves	O
through	O
the	O
scenes	O
clicking	O
the	O
lateral	O
arrow	O
keys	O
;	O
clicking	O
the	O
upper	O
and	O
lower	O
arrow	O
keys	O
two	O
postcards	O
are	O
shown	O
for	O
every	O
scene	O
,	O
all	O
featuring	O
a	O
special	O
Pyst	B-Application
currency	O
in	O
a	O
stamp	O
,	O
stylised	O
as	O
"	O
5F	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
novelty	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
parody	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
Pyst	B-Application
was	O
seen	O
as	O
not	O
living	O
up	O
to	O
its	O
full	O
potential	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
ripe	O
and	O
timely	O
subject	O
matter	O
and	O
was	O
criticised	O
for	O
lacking	O
in	O
gaming	O
content	O
,	O
being	O
more	O
of	O
an	O
interactive	O
story	O
than	O
a	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hop	O
on	O
Pop	O
:	O
The	O
Politics	O
and	O
Pleasures	O
of	O
Popular	O
Culture	O
wrote	O
that	O
Pyst	B-Application
challenges	O
the	O
central	O
conceit	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
whereby	O
the	O
"	O
untouched	O
landscape	O
"	O
navigated	O
by	O
a	O
"	O
lone	O
trailblazer	O
"	O
is	O
reimagined	O
as	O
a	O
popular	O
,	O
commercialised	O
tourist	O
attraction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
Primer	O
thought	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
side-splitting	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
light-hearted	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
World	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
offered	O
salvation	O
to	O
the	O
multitude	O
of	O
players	O
who	O
remained	O
perpetually	O
stuck	O
on	O
Myst	B-Application
Island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daily	O
Mirror	O
thought	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
good	O
alternative	O
to	O
those	O
stumped	O
by	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
not	O
really	O
a	O
game	O
but	O
...	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salon	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
cheerfully	O
capitalizes	O
on	O
that	O
frustration	O
"	O
of	O
playing	O
the	O
mysterious	O
and	O
elusive	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
and	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
emergence	O
of	O
full-scale	O
parodies	O
"	O
like	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
's	O
"	O
arid	O
decadence	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Billboard	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
funnier	O
than	O
Myst	B-Application
and	O
"	O
all-too-short	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plotting	O
New	O
Media	O
Frontiers	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
parody	O
games	O
demonstrated	O
that	O
"	O
generic	O
conventions	O
are	O
well	O
established	O
and	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
culture	O
associated	O
with	O
computer	O
game	O
playing	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
Pyst	B-Application
as	O
a	O
prime	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Shopper	O
said	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
"	O
no-holds-barred	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
pulls	O
no	O
punches	O
"	O
in	O
its	O
odd	O
sense	O
of	O
humour	O
,	O
and	O
deemed	O
it	O
a	O
favourable	O
alternative	O
to	O
those	O
who	O
were	O
annoyed	O
by	O
Mysts	B-Application
"	O
inscrutable	O
puzzles	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emil	O
Pagliarulo	O
of	O
The	O
Adrenaline	O
Vault	O
saw	O
Pyst	B-Application
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
Parroty	O
Interactive	O
made	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
"	O
completely	O
original	O
simply	O
by	O
capitalizing	O
on	O
unoriginality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
said	O
that	O
Pysts	B-Application
two	O
main	O
problems	O
were	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
funny	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
so	O
much	O
a	O
game	O
than	O
a	O
"	O
series	O
of	O
rendered	O
slides	O
in	O
sequence	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giant	O
Bomb	O
writer	O
Alex	O
Navarro	O
thought	O
he	O
had	O
not	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
humour	O
in	O
his	O
youth	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
not	O
played	O
Myst	B-Application
;	O
he	O
retrospectively	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
not	O
a	O
very	O
good	O
parody	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
Multimedia	O
&	O
Entertainment	O
initially	O
thought	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
stupid	O
idea	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
upon	O
playing	O
it	O
found	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
very	O
funny	O
multimedia	O
presentation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daily	O
Pennsylvanian	O
concluded	O
their	O
review	O
by	O
saying	O
that	O
while	O
Myst	B-Application
sucked	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
,	O
Pyst	B-Application
"	O
just	O
plain	O
sucked	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
earliest	O
parody	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
parody	O
of	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
"	O
homage	O
"	O
game	O
entitled	O
Mylk	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Bart	O
Gold	O
using	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
and	O
released	O
earlier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mylks	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
was	O
by	O
Wayne	O
Twitchell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stories	O
in	O
Between	O
:	O
Narratives	O
and	O
Mediums	O
@	O
Play	O
listed	O
Pyst	B-Application
,	O
Mysty	O
,	O
Missed	O
,	O
and	O
Mylk	O
as	O
four	O
parody	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
100	O
Videogames	O
noted	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Myst	B-Application
is	I-Application
"	O
best	O
demonstrated	O
by	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
parodies	O
constructed	O
of	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Rosen	O
of	O
Built	O
To	O
Play	O
thought	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
predecessor	O
to	O
exploration	O
video	O
games	O
like	O
Gone	B-Application
Home	I-Application
and	O
Dear	B-Application
Esther	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
planned	O
sequel	O
to	O
Pyst	B-Application
,	O
Driven	O
(	O
an	O
allusion	O
to	O
the	O
Myst	B-Application
sequel	O
Riven	B-Application
)	O
,	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
CD-ROMs	O
of	O
later	O
Parroty	O
Interactive	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
"	O
Pyst	B-Application
Special	O
Edition	O
"	O
re-release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
