Modules
Module Name | Description |
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Starry Night | The original After Dark screen saver, featuring a pixelated city skyline under a night sky |
Aquatic Realm | Underwater world of fish with a black background |
Artist | A digital artist applies artistic touches to images in a slow manner so one can see the artist work |
Bad Dog | Popular module featuring a white dog with a black ring around one of his eyes, causing trouble on the desktop |
Bogglins | Green slime creatures are formed and make obnoxious noises |
Boris | The opposite of Bad Dog, a good cat plays on the desktop and chases butterflies |
Bugs | Digital bugs crawl across the screen |
Bulge | Expands portions of the screen, making the screen appear to have a "bulge" |
Bungee Roulette | Various characters bungee-jump from the top of the screen, but occasionally the bungee cord breaks |
Can of Worms | "Worms" emerge from the screen and crawl around |
Chameleon | Chameleons walk across the screen, changing colors and eating icons |
Clocks | Different objects appear as a clock and move around |
Coming Soon! | A salesperson pitches fictitious "products" |
Confetti Factory | Confetti falls from the top of the screen and onto conveyor belts below |
Daredevil Dan | A daredevil motorcyclist attempts dangerous jumps over school buses, flames, and piranha tanks |
Dominoes | A game of dominoes is played on the screen |
DOS Shell | A mock DOS shell is run on the screen, reliving earlier days of computing |
Dots | A game of "dots" is played on the screen |
Down the Drain | The desktop appears to spiral down a drain |
Einstein | Complex mathematical and scientific equations are performed on the screen |
Fade Away | The desktop fades away in different ways |
Fish Pro | Fish module similar to Aquatic Realm |
Flocks | Displays flocks of various creatures on the screen |
Flying Toasters | Classic module featuring flying toasters |
Flying Toasters Pro | Updated version that allows one to select more than flying toasters and also has music |
Flying Toilets | Like Flying Toasters, but with toilets |
Fractal Forest | A forest of trees is generated on the screen |
FrankenScreen | A digital Frankenstein creates creatures out of various parts |
Frost and Fire | Produces patterns similar to splattering paint on paper |
GeoBounce | A geometrical figure bounces around the screen |
Globe | Takes an image and wraps it around a sphere, then spins like a globe |
Graph Stat | Draws scientific and mathematical graphs on the screen |
Gravity | Circles bounce around the screen |
Guts | Gravity simulation |
Hall of Mirrors | Reflects parts of the screen in an infinite mirror style |
Hallucinations | The computer "hallucinates" |
Hard Rain | Rain falls onto the desktop |
Lasers | Lasers create patterns on the screen |
Logo | User-supplied image moves randomly on screen |
Lunatic Fringe | Playable module that allows to run! |
Magic | Creates soothing patterns |
Mandelbrot | Generates a mathematically created Mandelbrot set |
Marbles | Marbles bounce around the screen |
Meadow | A computer-generated meadow |
Message Mayhem | A figure on the screen scrawls out a message |
Messages | Displays a crawling marquee message on the screen with selectable font and text colors |
Mike's So-called Life | Features a man named Mike, living in his apartment and doing nothing exciting |
Mime Hunt | A playable module that features a mime and cross-hairs |
Modern Art | Modern Art displayed on the screen |
Mondrian | Inverts parts of the screen |
Mosaic | Creates a mosaic of the screen |
Mountains | Generates 3-D mountains |
Mowin' Boris | Mowin' Man mows a field with Boris the cat around. When Mowin' Man runs over Boris, blood and guts appear |
Mowin' Man | A man mows a constantly growing field |
Nirvana | Generates colorful textures |
Nocturnes | Shows the eyes of various nocturnal creatures, such as bats |
Nonsense | Nonsensical phrases are displayed on the screen |
Om Appliances | Various appliances do weird things on the screen |
Origami | Computer-generated origami appears on the screen |
Pattern | Animated patterns appear on the screen |
Pearl | An optical effect featuring squares |
Penrose | Penrose tiling effect |
Phlegm Boy | An obnoxious slimy creature is disgusting and displays bad habits |
Photon | Computer-generated particles of light are emitted from the darkness |
Plasma | Plasma-like image generated |
Punch Out | Round holes appear to be punched out of the desktop |
Puzzle | The desktop becomes a sliding puzzle |
Rain | Colorful rain drops fall on the desktop |
Rainstorm | Like the Rain module, but with wind and lightning |
Rat Race | A race featuring three rats with names, mindlessly wandering around the track until there is a winner |
Rebound | Balls rebound around the screen |
Rose | Mathematical pattern based on trigonometry |
Satori | Color animated light show |
Say What? | Displays humorous phrases |
Shapes | Fills the screen with colorful, geometric shapes |
Shock Clocks | Scary creatures are turned into clocks |
Shooting Spree | The desktop appears to be shot up by a gun |
Sinkhole | The desktop appears to fall into sinkholes |
Slide Show | A basic slide show of user-supplied images |
Snake | A pixelated snake tries to find its way through a maze |
Spheres | A number of spheres fill the screen |
Spin Brush | Smears points on the screen like wet paper |
Spiral Gyro | Vector module that twists lines |
Spotlight | The desktop becomes black and parts are "illuminated" by a randomly moving light spot |
Squigwig | Generates mathematical circles |
Stained Glass | Produces quilt-like patterns |
Stormy Night | Random lightning bolts, with thunderclap sounds |
Strange Attractor | Computer-generated color image |
String Theory | Moire patterns |
Sunburst | Color pattern that appears to come from the Sun |
Swan Lake | Swans swim around the desktop |
This Ol' House | Someone appears to be working on the desktop from the outside with power tools |
Toxic Swamp | Like Aquatic Realm, but in a toxic polluted swamp with mutated fish and a mob boss |
Tunnel | Makes the screen appear to be a tunnel |
Vertigo | Colorful spirals drawn on the screen |
Voyeur | One appears to be spying on an apartment complex with a big city skyline in the background |
Warp | One appears to be traveling among stars at high speed |
Wrap Around | Draws three-dimensional loops |
Wrecking Ball | A wrecking ball appears to demolish the desktop |
You Bet Your Head | Playable quiz game featuring three colored "heads" that are smashed by a hammer if one supplies the wrong answer to a question |
Zoom! | Creates colorful triangular tubes |
Zot | Attempts to generate lightning |
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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