Editing After Dark (software) (section)

===''After Dark Games''===
Sierra Attractions and Berkeley Systems released ''After Dark Games'' in 1998 for the Macintosh and Windows platforms, which contained several games modeled after their previously released screensavers.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://archive.org/details/after-dark-games |title=After Dark Games |publisher=Berkeley Systems |year=1998 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/archivistgamer_afterdarkgames |title=Advertisement Video:After Dark Games |publisher=Sierra Entertainment |year=1998 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> These games included ''Mowin' Maniac'' (a ''[[Pac-Man]]'' clone based on the ''Mowin' Man'' and ''Mowin' Boris'' modules); ''Roof Rats'' (similar to ''[[SameGame]]'' and variants); [[Solitaire (game)|Solitaire]] (''After Dark'' themed); ''Toaster Run'' (an isometric ''[[Glider (video game)|Glider]]'' clone featuring several ''After Dark'' characters, including a Flying Toaster and Super Guy); ''Zapper'' (a trivia game); ''Hula Girl'' (an endless 2D [[platforming game]] based on the ''Hula Twins'' module from After Dark 4.0); two word scramble games — ''Bad Dog 911'' (based on the ''Bad Dog'' modules) and ''Fish Shtick'' (based on the ''Fish'' modules, mainly ''Fish World''); ''Foggy Boxes'' (a [[dots and boxes]] game based on the ''Messages 4.0'' module); ''MooShu Tiles'' (a [[Mahjong]]-like game featuring many ''After Dark'' characters throughout the years); and ''Rodger Dodger'' (a ''[[Raimais]]'' clone that originated as an in-module game).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/after-dark-games |title=After Dark Games |website=MobyGames}}</ref>

J.C. Herz of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote that the "sheer simplicity" of these games helped make them as "engaging and addictive as the mega-selling 40-hour sagas with souped-up 3-D sound and state-of-the-art computer graphics."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Herz |first1=J. C. |title=GAME THEORY; Flying Toasters That You Can Play With |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/29/technology/game-theory-flying-toasters-that-you-can-play-with.html |access-date=15 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=29 April 1999 |url-access=limited}}</ref> A review in ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' stated that, "If nothing else, it makes for a good time-killer."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Baker II |first1=Samuel |title=After Dark Games |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=April 1999 |issue=177 |page=217 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_177/page/n220/mode/1up?q=after+dark |publisher=Golden Empires Publication}}</ref>