Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
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Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#2I was just playing around with an old version of After Dark yesterday and the "Warp" one is the only one out of these that was on it. These mostly seem to be from After Dark 2.0 and later.
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#3Beautiful. The nostalgia hit me very hard with this.
I remember in the original version you had all sorts of options, and could even combine screensavers.
For people who may not remember: screensavers used to be a neccessity as old CRT tubes would 'burn in' an image if they held it static for too long - leaving a shadow of the static image permanently. Screensavers kicked in after a few minutes and displayed something dynamic so as to save your screen from burn in.
In the 90's, having a cool custom screensaver was cool (around the same time that having a custom ringtone on your 3210 was cool), and you'd pay money for software like After Dark.
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#4Lovely work!
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#5Beautiful. The nostalgia hit me very hard with this. I remember in the original version you had all sorts of options, and could even combine screensavers. For people who may not remember: screensavers used to be a neccessity as old CRT tubes would 'burn in' an image if they held it static for too long - leaving a shadow of the static image permanently. Screensavers kicked in after a few minutes and displayed somethin…
On the subject of options, I seem to remember being able to alter how toasted the toast was!
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#6Beautiful. The nostalgia hit me very hard with this. I remember in the original version you had all sorts of options, and could even combine screensavers. For people who may not remember: screensavers used to be a neccessity as old CRT tubes would 'burn in' an image if they held it static for too long - leaving a shadow of the static image permanently. Screensavers kicked in after a few minutes and displayed somethin…
Screensavers are a thing again on modern TV because OLEDs have a pretty serious burn-in problem apparently. Not much creativity there, probably because it should not be annoying, so it's stuff like art galleries or subtle fireworks effects that also 'train' the pixels.
Best screensaver I used to have was the BSOD one from xscreensaver, so many people fell for it.
Second best is the nyan cat screensaver.
Currently have an Apple image gallery of space themed pictures.
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#7These guys also make a version of flying toasters for macOS (it’s what I use as my screen saver):
https://en.infinisys.co.jp/product/afterdarkclassicset/upgra...
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#8Beautiful. The nostalgia hit me very hard with this. I remember in the original version you had all sorts of options, and could even combine screensavers. For people who may not remember: screensavers used to be a neccessity as old CRT tubes would 'burn in' an image if they held it static for too long - leaving a shadow of the static image permanently. Screensavers kicked in after a few minutes and displayed somethin…
On the subject of options, I seem to remember being able to alter how toasted the toast was!
You're totally right! I think you could have flying fish too!
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#9I miss the worms which ate the screen. Very Pink Floyd.
Re: Berkeley Systems “After Dark” screensavers recreated in CSS
#10It's missing the music! I still remember the Flying Toasters music 20 years later...