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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 48 points 2 years ago (8 children)

We peaked with screensaver technology with the one with all those pipes

[–] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You joke but way back in the day those 3D pipes caused a little IT chaos...

[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

Their story may be embellished but the problem was legitimate at one point.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

After dark flying toasters.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I found a few of these old screensavers and another one which lets you have a random selection between like 10 of them. It all still works on Windows 11

Starfield, 3d pipes and flying toasters are amongst the selection, I couldn't seem to get Jonny castaway working unfortunately

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Hey, my Matrix code screensaver ca. 2002 was the shit. Granted, I probably got three different viruses downloading it for three hours over our landline.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Puhleeze.

Homer Simpsons eating my screen was the peak of screen savers.

Though, I guess it wasn't much of a 'saver' if it was being eaten...

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I submit for consideration the Monty Python screensavers which were actually playable games.

I wonder how much time I clocked watching that

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Rumor is if you change the elbows to have those knobs on the elbow you can see a toilet randomly show up after 3 hours!

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Windows NT 3.51 gang represent!

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

It is sad this screensaver has not carried over to the latest versions of Windows. Maybe a 4k remaster is needed.

[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Oh my nostalgia.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wolfenstein at home must be the 3D Maze screensaver

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wolfenstein 3D is older than that.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, it is... So?

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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I miss screensavers.

God I wish there was a modern day version of that one of the shipwrecked guy on the island, that was all animated and full of story elements.

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Best money I've ever spent on steam is for wallpaper engine. Check it out.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just looked at wallpaper engine and..uh.. yeah, thats an awful lot of semi-naked cartoon women.

Soooo.. I think I'll pass.

[–] Sarie@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, there is naked cartoon women too.

[–] V0lD@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
  1. That's only when you specifically turn adult wallpapers on in the search settings

  2. you choose the wallpaper. It doesn't randomly cycle between all wallpapers in the workshop or something. The only reason an adult wallpaper will ever be displayed is if you specifically select it

[–] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

That and you can also straight up remove them from the search with a setting.

[–] Psythik@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Screensavers still exist in Windows, you know. I use one for my OLED.

[–] Karmanj@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I would sit and watch that thing like a movie lol.

[–] Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I spent many hours while home sick just lying down and watching Johnny Castaway. I've had his hum stuck in my head... forever.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damn, I'm sure we had a computer running Windows 3.1 at some point when I was a kid, but I guess we didn't have any fun stuff. Lol

I remember playing DOS games, and then there's a gap, and the first windows I remember was probably win95

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I remember 3 things about windows 3.1

The simplicity of the layout.

Spending hours ooing and awwing over Encarta Encyclopedia on CD

and playing a starwars game that I cant for the life of me remember anything about other than flying through a canyon as the first level, and being too dumb and uncoordinated to actually complete the level and not crash.

Computing was so much more interesting and entertaining back then.. Now its so boring, everything drowning in same-ness.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same with shopping, cities, the internet, TV/movies, etc.

I crave novelty and variety, damn it.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

tell me about it.. Like, in the 80s and 90s when stores had wild and radical design asthetics and were awesome places to wander around... and now they are all the same boring off white blandness.

[–] lars@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

As an out-of-the-loop 90s-enthusiast, this is exactly what I think of when all these kids on my lawn keep going on about Starfield.

They should at least have the decency to name it Starfield 2

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Looks equally as engrossing.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

I'd rather play Flying Toasters personally.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Microsoft is also bundling Starfield the game just as they did the screensaver. Included in Game Pass and you can play the PC version on GeForce Now.

I just found that funny.

[–] Xylinna@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I lol'd a little too hard at this one.

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

this really made me laugh harder than it should have

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

When is Bethesda gonna release Mystery

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was an Aquarium guy myself :)

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Pipes gang represent!