Editing Paranoia (role-playing game) (section)

==Paranoia-related software==
''JParanoia'' is [[freeware]] fan-made software specifically created for playing Paranoia over the Internet. It runs on the [[Java Virtual Machine]] and consists of a client and a server with built-in features for character and gameplay management. In September 2004, both attracted some mainstream attention when the UK edition of [[PC Gamer]] magazine ran an article about Paranoia as one of their "Extra Life" columns and showcased ''JParanoia'' and Paranoia Live; coincidentally the publicity came right before the site was poised to celebrate the launch of the new Paranoia edition from Mongoose.<ref name="jparanoia">{{cite magazine
| last       = Cobbet
| first       = Richard
|date=September 2004
| title       = Treason for Dummies
| magazine     = PC Gamer UK
| volume      = 11
| issue       = 9
| pages       = 114
| publisher   = Future Publishing, Ltd.
| location    = Bath, Sommerset, UK
| issn        = 1080-4471
}}</ref>

Paranoia was also made into a video game called ''[[The Paranoia Complex]]'' released in 1989 by [[Magic Bytes]]. It was available for [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Commodore 64]] and [[ZX Spectrum]]. It took the form of a top-down maze shooter dressed in a Paranoia plot and trappings; reviews of the game from hobby magazines of the period pegged it as mediocre to poor.

A ''Paranoia'' mini-[[gamebook]] was published in issue #77 of [[The Space Gamer|SpaceGamer/FantasyGamer]] magazine in the late 1980s. Unauthorized automated versions of the story (a Troubleshooter's assignment to undermine the subversive activity known as Christmas) have circulated via machine-independent ports to [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[Go (programming language)|Go]] and [[Inform]] as well as to [[Adventure Game Toolkit]] and for [[Applix]], [[CP/M]] and the [[Cybiko]].

''Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory'' is a video game that was released on 5 December 2019{{Update inline|date=January 2020}}, for PC on the [[Epic Games Store]]. It was developed by [[Cyanide (company)|Cyanide]] and Black Shamrock studios and is published by [[Bigben Interactive]]. It is an isometric view real-time RPG.<ref name="Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory | Store Page">{{Cite web|url=https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/paranoia/home|title=Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory|date=21 December 2023 }}</ref> In mid-January 2020, the game was removed from the Epic Games Store without explanation from Cyanide or BigBen Interactive. Court reports suggest a lawsuit by the creators of the property against the publishers is a factor.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/court-documents-may-explain-the-disappearance-of-paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory/ | title=Court documents may explain the disappearance of Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory | website=PC Gamer | date=4 April 2022 | last1=Macgregor | first1=Jody }}</ref> In December 2023, after the creators reached an agreement with BigBen/Nacon, the game returned to be publicly available at Epic Games Store once more as well as on [[Steam (service)|Steam]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/four-years-after-it-was-removed-from-sale-paranoia-happiness-is-mandatory-has-returned/ | title=Four years after it was removed from sale, Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory has returned | website=PC Gamer | date=December 22, 2023 | last1=Macgregor | first1=Jody}}</ref>