Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks

{{Short description|2014 video game}}

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| title = Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks

| image = Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks video game cover.jpeg

| developer = Boondoggle Studios

| publisher = Boondoggle Studios

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| platforms = Android,{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world/129993717/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814151648/https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world/129993717/|title=Ministry of Silly Walks|newspaper=Tulsa World|page=59|archivedate=August 14, 2023|date=July 20, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}} iOS

| released = 2014

| genre = Endless runner{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Wehner|url=https://www.engadget.com/2014-06-26-the-ministry-of-silly-walks-is-now-an-ios-game-and-its-fantast.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810210031/https://www.engadget.com/2014-06-26-the-ministry-of-silly-walks-is-now-an-ios-game-and-its-fantast.html|title=The Ministry of Silly Walks is now an iOS game, and it's fantastically silly|website=Engadget|archivedate=August 10, 2022|date=June 26, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2023}}

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}}Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks is a 2014 mobile game from Boondoggle Studios. The game is based on the famous Monty Python sketch known by the same name.{{cite web|first=Amanda|last=Kooser|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/monty-python-steps-out-with-ministry-of-silly-walks-game-app/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814151250/https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/monty-python-steps-out-with-ministry-of-silly-walks-game-app/|title=Monty Python steps out with Ministry of Silly Walks game app|website=CNET|archivedate=August 14, 2023|date=June 25, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2023}}

==Development==

The game was voiced by John Cleese.{{cite web|first=Stuart|last=Dredge|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/27/monty-python-ministry-of-silly-walks-mobile-game|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629193554/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/27/monty-python-ministry-of-silly-walks-mobile-game|title=Monty Python Ministry of Silly Walks gets its own mobile game|newspaper=The Guardian|archivedate=June 29, 2014|date=June 27, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2023}}

Reception

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|rev1=Pocket Gamer

|rev1Score=2/5{{cite web|first=Mark|last=Brown|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/monty-pythons-ministry-of-silly-walks/monty-pythons-the-ministry-of-silly-walks/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814152006/https://www.pocketgamer.com/monty-pythons-ministry-of-silly-walks/monty-pythons-the-ministry-of-silly-walks/|title=Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks|website=Pocket Gamer|archivedate=August 14, 2023|date=June 27, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2023}}

|rev2=Jeuxvideo.com

|rev2Score=7/20{{cite web|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00019757-monty-python-s-the-ministry-of-silly-walks-test.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704153752/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/articles/0001/00019757-monty-python-s-the-ministry-of-silly-walks-test.htm|title=Monty Python's The Ministry of Silly Walks|website=Jeuxvideo.com|language=fr|archivedate=July 4, 2014|date=July 3, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2023}}

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Pocket Gamer gave the game a score of 2 out of 5, stating: "A tragically uninteresting endless runner that squanders a good idea and spits out something that's about as funny as a dead parrot". Jeuxvideo also called it uninteresting, criticizing the game's repetitiveness and lack of originality.

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