| The X-Fools | |
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 Macintosh Cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Parroty Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Palladium Interactive |
| Director(s) | Steven Horowitz |
| Producer(s) | Stacey Rubin |
| Programmer(s) | WayForward |
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| Composer(s) | Chronic Music |
| Platform(s) | Windows, Macintosh |
| Release | October 1, 1997[1] |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The X-Fools: The Spoof Is Out There is an interactive comedic 1997 video game developed by Parroty Interactive. It is a parody of supernatural television series The X-Files, which ran from 1993 to 2018. Released on the Mac and PC, it was the company's third game after Myst parody Pyst, and Star Warped which lampooned Star Wars, and would be followed by Microshaft Winblows 98, a parody of Microsoft Windows 98.[2] The game was distributed throughout North America by Mindscape.[3]
- ^ Staff (October 1, 1997). "X-Files Spoof on CD-ROM". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Naify, Robert (October 1, 1997). "Newest Parody – The X-Fools – Takes Comical Look At Little Green Men And Government Cover-ups". Business Wire. Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2017-07-06.