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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is an adventure game created by 7th Level in 1997 for Windows. The game is based on the 1983 film of the same name and was the third of three Monty Python games created by 7th Level. It was rated Mature by the ESRB in North America.

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
North American Box Art
Developer(s)	7th Level
Publisher(s)	7th Level, Panasonic Interactive Media
Director(s)	Steve Martino
Producer(s)	Robert Ezrin
Writer(s)	Bart Jennett
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	September 4, 1997[1]
Genre(s)	Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player

Plot and gameplay

Loosely based on the 1983 film of the same name, the title sees the player traverse through the different stages of life while collecting items.[2]

The Mrs. Particle and Mrs. Velocity sketch was released as an unlockable easter egg in the game.[3]

Development

It was the third in a trilogy of Python games developed by 7th Level, after Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time and Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail.[4]

Halfway through making the Meaning of Life game, 7th Level went bankrupt, leading to Take Two Software to take over the financing, development and publication of the title; due to the hurried completion the game was released with various bugs [5]

While preparing for the fall launch of the title, Eric Idle also worked on the expansion of PythOnline.[6]

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times said the game is "heavy on disjointed, psychedelic cartoons".[7]

Destructoid felt the game had "completely nonsensical, illogical, weird-as-hell puzzles".[8] Adventureclassicgaming asserted that it plays more like an adventure game than previous Python titles.[9] Just adventure felt the interface was easy to use.[10]

PC Gamer gave high praise to its sense of humour.[11] Entertainment Weekly wrote that it "subverts multimedia conventions and good taste with equally silly vigor".[12] The AV Vault noted the game's use of dry off-the-wall humour.[13] Monty Python fansite Montypython.net wrote it is "difficult, maddeningly illogical, silly and sure to offend".[14]

References

External links

• Monty Python homepage at 7th Level (Archived)

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