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==Modules== :{| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Module Name ! scope="col" style="background:#efefef;" | Description |- | Starry Night | The default screen saver, featuring a [[:wikt:pixelate|pixelated]] city skyline under a night sky |- | Artist | A digital artist applies artistic touches to images in a slow manner so one can see the artist's work |- | Bad Dog | Popular module featuring a white dog with a black ring around one of his eyes, causing trouble on the desktop (the animated series ''[[Bad Dog (TV series)|Bad Dog]]'' was inspired by the eponymous screensaver)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kidscreen.com/1999/05/01/25309-19990501/ |title=Kidscreen Β» Archive Β» Bonneau names that toon |first=Virginia |last=Robertson |date=May 1, 1999}}</ref> |- | Bad Dog! | A sequel to ''Bad Dog'' with new animations and sequences |- | 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 |- | Bouncing Ball | A ball bounces around the screen, including bouncing off the edges |- | Bugs | Digital bugs crawl across the screen |- | Bulge | Expands portions of the screen, making the screen appear to have a "bulge" |- | Bungee Roulette{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | Various characters [[bungee-jump]] from the top of the screen, but occasionally the bungee cord breaks |- | Can of Worms | "Worms" emerge from the screen, crawl around, and "eat" the screen content |- | Chameleon{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | Chameleons walk across the screen, changing colors and eating icons |- | Clocks | Different objects appear as a clock and move around |- | Coming Soon!{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | 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 |- | Doodles | Draws doodle-like images |- | DOS Shell | A mock [[MS-DOS|DOS]] [[Shell (computing)|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! (Aquatic Realm) | Underwater world of fish with a black background |- | Fish Pro | An updated version of ''Fish!'' |- | Fish World | The third iteration of ''Fish!'' with prerendered 3D models |- | Floating Suns{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Displays the [[Phoenix Suns]] basketball team's logos floating around the screen |- | 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 Toasters! | 4.0 iteration of the flying toasters with updated graphics and music β introduces baby toasters |- | Flying Toilets{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | Parody of ''Flying Toasters'' with toilets replacing the toasters |- | Fractal Forest | A forest of trees is generated on the screen |- | FrankenScreen{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | 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 |- | GraphStat | Draws scientific and mathematical graphs on the screen |- | Gravity | Circles bounce around the screen |- | Guts | Gravity simulation |- | Hall of Fame | 10th-anniversary module featuring [[anime]]-style recreations of various After Dark characters |- | Hall of Mirrors | Reflects parts of the screen in an infinite mirror style |- | Hallucinations | The computer "hallucinates" |- | Hard Rain | Rain falls onto the desktop |- | Hula Twins | Displays two animated figures who walk around and twirl hula hoops |- | Lasers | Lasers create patterns on the screen |- | Lissajous | Displays [[Lissajous curve|Lissajous]] designs |- | Logo | User-supplied image moves randomly on the screen |- | Lunatic Fringe | A playable space shooter game within a module |- | Magic | Creates soothing patterns |- | Mandelbrot | Generates a mathematically created [[Mandelbrot set]] |- | Marbles | Marbles bounce around the screen |- | Meadow | A computer-generated meadow |- | Message Mayhem{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | 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{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | Features a man named Mike, living in his apartment and doing nothing exciting |- | Mime Hunt{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | 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 |- | Movies 'Til Dawn | Plays [[QuickTime]] movies |- | Mowin' Boris{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | 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 |- | MultiModule | Displays a user-selected combination of After Dark modules with the modules all displayed simultaneously and optionally overlaid over each other |- | NightLines | |- | 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 |- | Out and About | A musician walks out with a chair and an instrument, sits down and begins to play while other people slowly appear and begin milling around while kids play |- | Pattern | Animated patterns appear on the screen |- | Pearl | An optical effect featuring squares |- | Penrose | [[Penrose tiling]] effect |- | Phlegm Boy{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | An obnoxious slimy creature is disgusting and displays bad habits |- | Photon | Computer-generated particles of light are emitted from the darkness |- | PICS Player | Plays an animated sequence from a [[QuickDraw|PICS]] file on the Mac platform |- | 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 raindrops fall on the desktop |- | Rainstorm | Like the ''Rain'' module, but with wind and lightning |- | Rainy Day{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Rain drops on the screen. Users can select how fast they fall and how strong the wind is. |- | Randomizer | Randomly displays modules chosen from a user-generated list of modules |- | 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 |- | Scrubbing Bubbles{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Displays multiple [[Scrubbing Bubbles]] ([[Dow Brands]]) floating around the screen |- | Scrubbing Bubbles II{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Displays multiple Scrubbing Bubbles (Dow Brands) "scrubbing" the screen and going down the drain |- | Shapes | Fills the screen with colorful, geometric shapes |- | Shock Clocks{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | Scary creatures are turned into clocks |- | Shooting Spree{{efn-lr|name=still}} | The desktop appears to be shot up by a gun. Users can select which gun to use. |- | Sinkhole{{efn-lr|name=still}} | 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 |- | Steam Rollin'{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Displays a guy driving around squishing toys, snakes and babies (a take-off on the Mowin' Man module) |- | 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 |- | Supernova | Displays an exploding supernova |- | Swan Lake | Swans swim around the desktop |- | This Ol' House{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Someone appears to be working on the desktop from the other side with power saws |- | Toaster 2K | 10th anniversary module featuring futuristic and [[mecha]] versions of the flying toasters |- | Toxic Swamp{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | Parody of ''Fish!'', but in a toxic, polluted swamp with mutated fish and a mob boss |- | Tunnel | Makes the screen appear to be a tunnel |- | Use Your Own!{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Displays multiple images of the users choice moving around the screen |- | Vertigo | Colorful rainbow spirals drawn on the screen |- | Virex-D | An implementation of the [[Virex]] anti-virus utility. Scans for viruses and displays icons in 3D form<ref>{{cite web |title=TidBITS#76/12-Aug-91 |url=//tidbits.com/static/html/TidBITS-076.html#lnk2 |publisher=[[TidBITS]] |author=TidBITS Electronic Publishing |issue=76 |date=1991-08-12 |access-date=2015-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222020315/http://tidbits.com/static/html/TidBITS-076.html#lnk2 |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tidbits.com/1991/08/12/the-highlights/|date=12 August 1991|website=[[TidBITS]]|title=The Highlights|first=Mark H|last=Anbinder |access-date=3 November 2021}}<!-- Just a republished and live version of the previous on TidBITS --></ref> |- | Voyeur{{efn-lr|name=totally}} | One appears to be spying on an apartment complex with a big city skyline in the background |- | Warp | One appears to be travelling among stars at high speed |- | Window Blinds{{efn-lr|name=still}} | Desktop is separated into columns, and then each one turns like a window blind |- | Wrap Around | Draws three-dimensional loops |- | Wrecking Ball{{efn-lr|name=still}} | 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 |} {{notelist-lr|refs= {{efn-lr|name=totally|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.}} {{efn-lr|name=still|Modules from the [http://www.peaktopeak.com/screensavers/index.htm Still in the Dark collection] of 11 modules by Bob Loeffler.}} }}
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