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'''Microshaft Winblows 98''' is a video game developed and released by [[Parroty Interactive]]. It parodies the then-popular [[Windows 98]] operating system, as well as [[Microsoft]] and Windows' creator, [[Bill Gates]].<ref> |
'''Microshaft Winblows 98''' is a video game developed and released by [[Parroty Interactive]]. It parodies the then-popular [[Windows 98]] operating system, as well as [[Microsoft]] and Windows' creator, [[Bill Gates]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20154159.html |accessdate=October 29, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20160222183031/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20154159.html |archivedate=February 22, 2016 }}</ref><ref>[[Edward Rothstein]], [http://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/12/business/technology-connections-time-for-sympathy-yes-sympathy-for-microsoft-its-lonely.html "TECHNOLOGY: CONNECTIONS; A time for sympathy, yes, sympathy for Microsoft in its lonely stand."] ''[[The New York Times]]'', Published: January 12, 1998.</ref> It touches on several scandals of the time which Microsoft was involved in. |
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== Gameplay == |
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| Microshaft Winblows 98 | |
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| Developer(s) | Parroty Interactive |
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| Release | January 5, 1998 |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Microshaft Winblows 98 is a video game developed and released by Parroty Interactive. It parodies the then-popular Windows 98 operating system, as well as Microsoft and Windows' creator, Bill Gates.[1][2] It touches on several scandals of the time which Microsoft was involved in.
Gameplay
When started, the game presents a bootsplash much like the one on the Windows 9x operating systems before presenting the user with a desktop from which various "applications" can be launched; these include spoofs of computer games (such as Doom), Microsoft software (such as Internet Explorer), and even sometimes popular fads of the time (such as a "Billagotchi" that parodies Tamagotchi and Microsoft head Bill Gates[3][4]). The game also has a storyline, where the player starts out as a tech support employee and must work his or her way up to a meeting with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.
Reception
The game is notable for having negative reception, with Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer describing it as being "not really a game, although it has a few of them in it, but more of an interactive comedy CD-ROM", although even the parody sketches are "stuck mining geek humour" which Cobbett felt "smacks of non-technical people desperately trying to write jokes in what may as well be a foreign language".[5]
References
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20160222183031/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20154159.html. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Edward Rothstein, "TECHNOLOGY: CONNECTIONS; A time for sympathy, yes, sympathy for Microsoft in its lonely stand." The New York Times, Published: January 12, 1998.
- ^ "Microsoft bashers aren't welcome inside electronics show", Associated Press in The Augusta Chronicle, September 27, 1997.
- ^ Michael Marriott, "As Big as Microsoft: Ribbing Gates", The New York Times, March 19, 1998.
- ^ "Saturday Crapshoot: Microshaft Winblows 98 | Crap Shoot, Features". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
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