Monty Python's Complete waste of time.
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7th Level 1994
Dos/Windows
Bizarre point and click adventure game from the masters of British Sketch comedy. I can truly say that there has never been a game like this, before or since. The game is set in an interactive desktop style, where clicking on certain icons, objects, or animations will cause something to happen. For instance click on a tree or clock and you might get to see a quick animation of the parrot sketch or Lumberjack song, you might enter a maze or a shooting gallery, or play little mini games like "Spot the Looney."
Thing is the game isn't exactly what is says it is; There actually is a point to all of it. Doing certain things in certain, precise order will eventually light up all four lobes of a large brain, whereupon you win the game (well, there's some other crap you have to do after that, but that's about sums it up.) Problem is the process is so overly complicated, so meticulously, freakishly convoluted, that there is no way in hell that anyone could possibly figure it out, and if they can they should be out curing cancer instead of playing video games. The game is similar to NES classic Milian's Secret Castle in this respect, that you have to chain together large threads of completely unrelated and often illogical actions in order to acheive things that have nothing to do with what you think they do. And since the game is filled with Monty Python humor (which is probably the only reason to even play it) most people would probably think the point of the game is to see the little skits and minigames and wouldn't even suspect that there is an overall larger goal in mind.
That being said, the game is worth checking out of it's jokes and minigames, some of which are pretty fun. Plus the game is filled with Monty Python weirdness, exploding penguins, pigeons with human heads that die in horrible bloody masses, the larch, etc, all stuff any fan will enjoy. Just don't expect to figure it out.
Graphics: Lots of digitized scenes from the various skits and such, some of them use pretty choppy animation, but this was 1994 after all. The rest of the graphics are made up of Terry Gilliam style animation and is pretty funny at times.
Sound: Excellent voice samples and sound effects. No real music to speak of, but there is the various skit music (like the Lumberjack song) and the Month Python theme song.
Gameplay: Be prepared to waste a lot of time if you attempt to tackle this torturous monstrosity without a walkthrough. Even with a walkthough good luck actually getting anywhere. The game is redeemed in that attempting to figure out what to do exactly is actually fun.