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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.
Opposite his chair was a stereovision tank disguised as an aquarium; he switched it on, guppies and tetras gave way to the face of the well-known Winchell Augustus Greaves. The first screensaver was allegedly written for the original IBM PC by John Socha, best known for creating Norton Commander; he also coined the term screen saver.
The user can also procedurally generate background music for their tank using an in-game composer, or choose a separate MIDI music file to be played for each virtual aquarium, and feed the fish. The tank simulator can run as a memory-resident program in MS-DOS, making it a screensaver. Multiple tanks can be displayed via El-Fish's slideshow ...
Xscreensaver "GLMatrix" Screensaver XScreenSaver is a free and open-source collection of 240+ [ 3 ] screensavers for Unix , macOS , iOS and Android operating systems. It was created by Jamie Zawinski in 1992 and is still maintained by him, with new releases coming out several times a year.
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.
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For each original document the user sends to their printer, they earn MOPy (Multiple Original Printouts) points.The user can spend points on accessories for the fish's environment, making it happier and enhancing the appearance of the screensaver.
James D. Sachs (born 1949) is a retired United States Air Force veteran, video game artist and game programmer.. Sachs was the lead artist on the groundbreaking Amiga computer game Defender of the Crown from Cinemaware (first published in 1986).