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Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time
Developer(s)7th Level
Publisher(s)7th Level
Designer(s)Monty Python
Platform(s)Mac System 7, DOS, Windows
Release1994
Genre(s)Software toy
Mode(s)Single player

Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time is a collection of minigames, screen savers, desktop wallpaper and icons for Mac OSSystem 7, DOS and Windows released in 1994 by 7th Level, Inc.

Development and release[edit]

The content is drawn primarily from the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series. It also features specially-written and recorded interstitial and linking material created by Terry Gilliam, other Pythons, and Secret Policeman's Ball producer Martin Lewis. Overall producer was 7th Level co-founder Bob Ezrin.

The CD-ROM was named after a line in Life of Brian, in which the People's Front of Judea criticize their own unusually bureaucratic style, with a series of comments culminating in 'This is a complete waste of time!'.

The game contains a hidden trivia game/maze in the Loonitorium. When the game was first released, the completion of the secret game before a certain date made one eligible for a prize draw.

The 'classic' Mac OS is the original Macintosh operating system that was introduced in 1984 alongside the first Macintosh and remained in primary use on Macs until the introduction of Mac OS X in 2001. Apple released the original Macintosh on January 24, 1984; its early system software was partially based on the Lisa OS and the Xerox PARC Alto computer, which former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Difference Between Mac and Windows Mac vs Windows Macintosh and Windows are two different computer systems, and they run on different operating systems. A Mac computer runs on a Unix-based operating system that is designed and sold by Apple. The operating system being used currently for Macs is Mac OS X, and it is designed around graphic interface.

Reception[edit]

It was one of the largest-selling computer-retail software products during the Christmas/holiday gift season in 1994.[citation needed]

In 1995, it won the Codie award for 'Best Strategy Program' from the Software Publishers Association.[1]

MacUser named Complete Waste of Time one of 1996's top 50 CD-ROMs, and gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5.[2]

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References[edit]

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  1. ^'1995 Codie Awards Winners'. SIIA.net. Software & Information Industry Association. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  2. ^'MacUser's 1996 Top 50 CD-ROMs'. December 1996. Entertainment and Leisure. Archived from the original on 5 June 2000. Retrieved 7 April 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

External links[edit]

  • IGN: MacPC
  • Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time at MobyGames
  • Review:Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time, by Erik Gos., 14 March 1998, Adventure Classic Gaming

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