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<tr><td>{{xaf5|2001|Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle, Best Setting, Best Story, Best Writing}} </td></tr></table>

{{game infobox|title=Pytho's Mask|image=[[Image:Pytho's Mask small cover.jpg]]|author=[[Emily Short]]|publisher=n/a|released=Feb-2001|authsystem=[[Inform]] 6|platform=[[Z-code]] 8 and [[Glulx]]|language=English|license=Freeware|color=none|graphics=none|sound=none|cruelty=TBD}}

==How It Begins==

A Mysterious Man invites you to a party, The Order of the Phoenix, 
of which you're a member, orders you to attend and gather information from one 
of their men on the inside, the Court Physician.

==Notable Features==

Multiple-Choice Conversation System

==Versions==
===Release 1===
* ''Pytho's Mask'' ([[Emily Short]]; Feb-2001; [[Z-code]] 8).
** Release 1 / Serial number 010201 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10
** {{babel|ifid=ZCODE-1-010201-BC38}}
** [[SmoochieComp]] entry. (This competition did not rank their entries.)
** [[XYZZY Awards 2001]]: Winner of Best NPCs.<br>Also finalist for Best Game, Best Individual Puzzle (switching the glasses), Best Setting, Best Story, and Best Writing. 
** {{ifarchive|games/mini-comps/smoochie/|smoochie.zip}} - All the games from SmoochieComp. The [[story file]] for this game is <tt>pytho.z8</tt>.

===Release 3===
* ''Pytho's Mask'' (Emily Short; 2002; Z-code 8).
** Release 3 / Serial number 020223 / Inform v6.15 Library 6/10 
** {{babel|ifid=ZCODE-3-020223-8099}}
** {{ifarchive|games/mini-comps/smoochie/|pytho.z8}}

===Glulx Release 4===
* ''Pytho's Mask'' (Emily Short; 2002; [[Glulx]]).
** Release 4 / Serial number 020223 / Inform v6.21(G0.36) Library 6/10 
** {{babel|ifid=GLULX-4-020223-848CB0F8}}
** {{ifarchive|games/glulx/|pytho.blb}}

===Release TBD===
''Pytho's Mask'' is also included on the [[IF Promotional CD, July 2005 Edition]].

==Links==
===General info===
* [http://emshort.home.mindspring.com/pytho.htm ''Pytho's Mask'' homepage].
* {{baf game|Pytho's Mask|1180}}.

===Reviews===
* {{spag review|p|pytho}}.
* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if-review/reviews/20010302.html Review] - at [[IF-Review]] by [[Jonathan Rosebaugh]], March 2001.
* {{ifratings game|Pytho's Mask|1142}}.
* {{IFRO game|Pytho's Mask|1761}}.

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