The X-Fools

The X-Fools
Macintosh cover art
Developer(s)Parroty Interactive
Publisher(s)Palladium Interactive
Director(s)Steven Horowitz
Producer(s)Stacey Rubin
Programmer(s)WayForward
Writer(s)Tony Camin
Ian Deitchman
J. P. Manoux
Kristin Rusk
Brian Posehn
Patton Oswalt
Composer(s)Chronic Music
Platform(s)Windows, Macintosh
ReleaseOctober 1, 1997
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. The game was distributed throughout North America by Mindscape.