Nostalgia Level Eleven

Afterglow — classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS

In the ’90s, Berkeley Systems’ After Dark screen savers were ubiquitous: Flying Toasters, Fish, and Starry Skylines animated across computer screens in school labs, homes, and offices everywhere. They served a practical purpose in preventing burn-in on CRT monitors, but also entertained, with animations that could be funny, surreal, beautiful – sometimes gross.

I spent countless hours fussing with my After Dark screen savers in the early Nineties. This app just unlocked a wave of Mac nostalgia I’d long since forgotten. We’ve come a long way since then, but the fond memories still linger of a simpler time. Who else remembers?