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After Dark is a series of computer screensaver software introduced by Berkeley Systems in 1989 for the Apple Macintosh, and in 1991 for Microsoft Windows. [3] [4]Following the original, additional editions included More After Dark, Before Dark, and editions themed around licensed properties such as Star Trek, The Simpsons, Looney Tunes, Marvel, and Disney characters.
The screensaver Neko.saver waited 5 years to move from version .91a to version .92, a universal binary. There's also a free-standing application for OS X 10.4 and up. [5] A shareware port titled Cat! or TopCAT! was made for Microsoft Windows 3.1 by Robert Dannbauer in 1991. A Windows 95 port was made by David Harvey from the X source.
Johnny Castaway is a screensaver released in 1992 by Sierra On-Line/Dynamix, and marketed under the Screen Antics brand as "the world's first story-telling screen saver". The screensaver depicts a man, Johnny Castaway, stranded on a very small island with a single palm tree. It follows a story which is slowly revealed through time.
At least one screensaver, Johnny Castaway, told a humorous animated story over many months. [16] The ability of screensavers to divert and entertain is used for promotion, especially to build buzz for "event-based" products such as feature films. The screensaver is also a creative outlet for computer programmers.
The screensaver was created and released as free software by Scott Draves in 1999 and continues to be developed by him and a team of about five engineers. [5] The 2.7.x series differs from the old versions. It has a new logo, higher quality sheep and other features.
The screensaver depicts a slowly looping city street in the foreground, composed of businesses, a diner, a movie theater, and a city hall.Across a body of water in the background sits a silhouette of skyscrapers and buildings, with unusual amounts of chaos: volcanoes, a spaceship, a robot monster, and more.
During the late 1990s, the company created a series of whimsical screensavers that poked fun at popular culture figures and trends. Among its most notable titles were Hey, Macaroni!, which used animated dancing noodles to spoof the Macarena craze, and Liverdance, which parodied Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance success with a troupe of anthropomorphic livers performing Irish stepdancing.
The software relies heavily on the Desktop Window Manager (or DWM, part of Windows Aero), and will not function without it. In Windows 7, DreamScene was replaced by a "Desktop Slideshow" feature, which produces slideshow background wallpapers. It does not support animated backgrounds or videos; however, it can still be enabled via third-party ...