Comments on: NONE SHALL PASS – Monty Python Sound Effects in Sid Meyer’s Civilization II

By: Mitch

Mitch — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:17:36 +0000

I was watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 3 in the morning. I have played civ 2 countless times and I know the sound files anywhere. When I heard the beginning of the “Black Knight fight scene” I immediately recognized it as the fighting sound in civ 2. I googled it and found numerous comments confirming my suspicion. I just thought it was cool and I’m proud to have deciphered it. Listen to it for yourself, it’s pretty trippy.

By: Somnambulant

Somnambulant — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:40:01 +0000

In the Playstation 2 game Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, the character Ratchet converses with an alien by tapping the controller symbol keys in the order indicated on the screen. If you fail to tap the keys correctly you will insult the alien. One of these insults is, “I emit a noxious effluvium in your general direction.” This is, of course, an almost direct reference to the Frenchman’s insults toward King Arthur and his knights.

By: Gillz

Gillz — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:06:01 +0000

I actually also found it out after playing loads of Civ II then watching Holy Grail – the sounds were so familiar to me that my attention was immediately aroused.

By: Okthav

Okthav — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:09:38 +0000

Crazy stuff, I’m posting here because it’s 2 a.m. and I just discovered the same thing! And yes, there are another “contributions” of Monty Python in games…
In Worms Forts Under Siege, if you choose the medieval audio for your worms and one of them gets hurt, it says “It’s just a flesh wound.”
And in Stronghold, when you send your pikemen to attack, they say “none shall pass”.

By: Lesbiche

Lesbiche — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:11:03 +0000

Nice site you have!

By: Donelle

Donelle — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:57:40 +0000

Good for people to know.

By: oancitizen

oancitizen — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:59:47 +0000

Not only that, but the sound of the Civ2 fighter jets are taken from Apocalypse Now.

By: piratebeaver

piratebeaver — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:35:58 +0000

Linus, stop uploading BMP images, have pity on the dial-up-ers

By: linus

linus — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:45:48 +0000

That could be very true. I guess it was mostly just amusing to me to recognize the Civ II sound effects as I was watching Monty Python in the wee hours of the morning

By: Dougal

Dougal — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:17:20 +0000

Mabye not, but he could buy a stock audio pack for “swordfight sounds” from a studio. I’ve heard the same sound you’re commenting about on various shows on the History Channel too.