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Stephen’s Screensavers

I make screensaver modules for fun and for self expression. The screensavers on this page all work with the Macintosh Classic version of After Dark, and with several After Dark compatible screensavers.

Sierra has discontinued After Dark, but sometimes you can still find a used copy for sale.
 

Mindzeit
Mindzeit(tm) 2.0

Winner 2nd Place Programmer
1994 After Dark Contest

Mindzeit brings to life an endless variety of hypnotic animations. Well, not quite endless. Actually, there’s just over a billion of them. Mindzeit makes them. You watch them. They’re very cool! Mindzeit is Copyright 1994-1999 by Stephen Linhart. This version (2.0) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 104K Download

I also made a Web version which won the Apple Quicktime Web Challenge award for Business Merit. Check it out!

This is the same screensaver formerly known as Mind’s Eye. I changed the name at the request of Steven Churchill, producer of the film The Mind’s Eye.

 
Cynosure(tm) 1.1

Winner 3rd Place Programmer
1994 After Dark Contest

cy-no-sure noun
A center of interest or attraction. [from the Greek kunosura, Ursa Minor]
-- American Heritage English Dictionary.

Cynosure is Copyright 1994-1999 by Stephen Linhart. This version (1.1) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 7K Download



Cynosure



Collager
Collager(tm) 1.0.1

A runner-up in the 1993 After Dark Contest. Collager composes startling, dynamic images in seven unique styles. Two original electronic images are included for Collager to work with. Version 1.0.1 fixes a bug that caused occasional beeps. The images from version 1.0 are unchanged. If you already have them, version 1.0.1 Slim is all you need. Collager is Copyright 1995 by Stephen Linhart. This version (1.0.1) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 508K Download
If you have your own PICT files and you don’t have time to download mine, you can get the Slim version of Collager. - 11K Download


Modernista(tm)

Self-consciously Modern Freeware!

Modernista flings color around your screen in wild energetic patterns. By pressing `Caps Lock’, you can take control and fling the colors yourself. Modernista is Copyright 1995 by Stephen Linhart. This version (1.0) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 5K Download


Modernista



Luna
Luna(tm)

Luna puts the moon on your screen, just the way it looks outside your window. It’s accurate to within an hour. Luna is Copyright 1995 by Stephen Linhart. This version (1.0) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 96K Download


Electric Fire(tm)

This small After Dark module will mesmerize you with a startling variety of beautiful displays, using textures, colors, patterns and symmetry. It works very well in black-and-white, and in color. Electric Fire is a very polished little screensaver module created by me and Dr. Cat at Dragon’s Eye Productions, and it’s yours for free! Electric Fire is Copyright 1992 by Stephen Linhart. This version (1.0) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 6K Download

Electric Fire


 

The Orbs Return
The Orbs(tm) Return

Where have they been? Why have they returned?
What do they have to do with your Macintosh?

This strange and wonderful screensaver is like a cross between a 3-D gravitational simulation and frenetic Macintosh pets. This is the sequel to The Orbs desk accessory, now with color, sound, bouncing, trails, variable gravity, control of the boundaries of space, good speed performance on slow Macs, and colorful Orbs. The Orbs Return is Copyright 1992-1997 by Stephen Linhart. This version (2.0.5) is Freeware. It needs After Dark for Macintosh. - 18K Download
Version 2.0.5 fixes a problem that occurred with more than 256 colors.


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