And now for something completely different….Random humor, skits too stupid not to be funny, and men dressed as old ladies….everyone likely remembers the hit BBC series of Monty Python’s Flying Circus. This video gaming title, produced by Core Design Limited and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in the early nineties, reflects the absolute ridiculousness of this popular show.
First of all, if you are looking for a fluid game that is reasonable and logical, move on now. That is not what Monty Python is about, nor will this video game fall into that category.
The premise behind the game will see you as one of the main members of the humorous skits who has lost his brain. You are Mr. Gumby, and you are none too smart of a guy. Somehow, and don’t look too hard for an explanation, it has divided into four portions, and he will spend the game looking for all for pieces so he can reunite them and use his melon once again. Each of the four pieces is located at the end of a miniature platform or shooter series. Follow the fabled white glove to find them.
There will be a Breakout style of game and even a space style action shooter. Of course, the
main character has somehow become a fish and can throw feet at his enemies. Also, the goal is to get the lowest score possible in backwards Monty Python fashion, and your score will drop the more you succeed. There are all sorts of power ups in each facet of the game to help you (or hurt you, depending on how you view the score thing). They are Python-esque items, such as Spam, baked eggs, sausages, turn-left pylons etc.
The boss characters are just as random, and if you manage to do well in the miniature games and succeed against the boss, you may find yourself in an argument. Winning it will give you back a piece of your lost brain. Boss characters include a traffic cop, a Spanish Inquisitor armed with pillows, and a renaissance actor with a propeller on his head. Surprisingly, they are clever enemies that are hard to defeat.
Good luck with this one. Perhaps if you were to launch a European swallow at the enemy or hire the Brave Sir Robin to help you, you would fair better. Perhaps not. Your mother was a hamster and your father stinks of elderberries and if you don’t download this game right now, I will taunt you some more!
