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Show HN: I recreated a flying toasters screensaver for XScreensaver
"After Dark" by Berkeley Systems was a collection of screensavers
for Macintosh and Windows from early 90s; "Flying Toasters" is
probably the most famous and loved among them. Using my very
limited knowledge of C and X11 programming, I recreated it as a
XScreensaver module for Linux. Hope you find it useful or at least
amusing!
Author : torunar
Score : 58 points
Date : 2023-04-12 14:27 UTC (8 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| rcarmo wrote:
| Needs a "toast level" setting, like the original - but great job!
| slicktux wrote:
| Anyone ever play the after dark games..? Also by Berkeley
| Systems...
| Algol wrote:
| Roger dodger!
| qbasic_forever wrote:
| Very cool!
| m463 wrote:
| I miss the other screensavers.
|
| There was an aquarium where the mafia would dump someone with
| cement shoes.
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| There was apartment buildings where you could see people in the
| windows.
|
| I thought it was after dark sick and twisted screensaver?
|
| EDIT: It was _After Dark Totally Twisted_ screen savers
|
| Toxic swamp - an aquarium with dead/mutant fish swimming
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| Flying Toilets - like flying toasters, but...
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| Voyeur - apartment building with silhouettes in the window
|
| and many more
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| https://youtu.be/ZsKYXftB68M
|
| _An edition called After Dark Totally Twisted includes the more
| macabre modules, namely Bungee Roulette, Chameleon, Coming Soon!,
| Flying Toilets, FrankenScreen, Message Mayhem, Mike 's So-called
| Life, Mime Hunt, Mowin' Boris, Phlegm Boy, Shock Clocks, Toxic
| Swamp, and Voyeur._
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Dark_(software)
| blibble wrote:
| the after dark modules are just dlls
|
| should be possible to get them to work with wine with a little
| wrapper
| [deleted]
| wkat4242 wrote:
| I prefer xfishtank on a root window <3. Surprisingly there was
| never a screensaver version of it.
| prometheus76 wrote:
| Asciiquarium is the one I use and I love it. Runs in a Linux
| terminal window.
| 1MachineElf wrote:
| A great compliment for Hot Dog Linux: https://hotdoglinux.com/
| aantix wrote:
| Is there a Mac equivalent?
| lockhouse wrote:
| It's still available for purchase here and works on modern
| Macs.
|
| https://en.infinisys.co.jp/product/afterdarkclassicset/index...
| user3939382 wrote:
| I've been using this one for years including on latest macOS,
| works great.
| GTP wrote:
| Wasn't there already a screensaver with flying toasters? Or I
| remember wrong?
| evilotto wrote:
| Or in CSS: https://www.bryanbraun.com/after-dark-
| css/all/flying-toaster...
| davewongillies wrote:
| There is: https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/screenshots/
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| The existing Xscreensaver flying toasters is a sort of clone or
| reimagining whereas this new one looks like its exactly the
| same as the old After Dark Flying Toasters.
| pavon wrote:
| The original screen saver is still covered by copyright for
| at least 61 more years, and Berkeley Systems previously sued
| the makers of an Opus and Bill parody screensaver. So it is
| understandable that xscreensaver doesn't have a faithful
| replica of the original.
| bch wrote:
| NB: jwz does not appreciate direct-linking from HN -
| cut/paste this link or be prepared for a nsfw middle finger.
| riffic wrote:
| that's not a finger lol
| JohnFen wrote:
| jwz is the best.
| networked wrote:
| Working link: https://url.rw/?https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jwz.org%2Fxsc
| reensaver%2Fs....
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