What is After Dark 4.0?

Does the modem world need a screen saver at all? In the olden days, there was such a thing as phosphor bum; a screen that was left on would develop ghosdy tracks from a burned-in image. Nowadays, monitors are built so that just doesn’t happen any more. Why should we want After Dark?

Berkeley Systems knows the situation all too well. After Dark 4.0 updates old favorites, such as the flying-toaster-flock and the fishies (now impressively 3D), and adds on over 20 new modules. On top of this, however, After Dark tries to become a useful part of your computer. There’s a security password feature, a WallZapper™ to make desktop patterns, and EcoLogic™ , which can turn off Energy Star™ compliant monitors or even computers. At first we wondered why a screen saver would need an energy saver on top of it, but that was just small thinking.

Turner, D.D. (December 1996). After Dark 4.0. MacAddict. (pg. 91).

 

Download After Dark 4.0 for Mac

Architecture

68K + PPC (FAT)

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.1 up to Mac OS 8.1

Compatibility notes

• MC68040 or PowerPC processor
• 5 MB RAM
• 30 MB hard disk space available
• 8-bit color display
• System 7.1 - Mac OS 8.1
• After Dark Online Requirements
  • 500 KB RAM for each additional online display
  • 14.4 Kbps modem

Note: After Dark 4.0 was NOT originally compatible with Mac OS 9.  If you'd like to run After Dark 4.0 under Mac OS 9, you need the patched for OS9 version here.

 

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II