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Going beyond things like After Dark, there was a novelty commercial Windows program where you could attack your desktop with comical firearms and explosives. Th

Going beyond things like After Dark, there was a novelty commercial Windows program where you could attack your desktop with comical firearms and explosives. The name of it escapes me. It wasn't well-known, but it was cute for about 5 minutes.

hulitu 5y ago
Speaking of destroying desktops: there was a nice screensaver for Windows : Gates does Windows 95.
pjerem 5y ago
I totally remember. It was called Antistress. I also remember a "cup holder" app which was advertised as a free cup holder. It had a button which when clicked opened the CD drive. I miss those apps.
- themodelplumber 5y ago
  I remember that one. I have to say I miss the CDs loaded with what we'd call theming assets today. Sound themes, sound files for all those desktop apps that let you pick sound files for when your render finished or Lotus alarm went off or whatever. Color themes for your desktop. Wallpapers, icons, some fonts and even some clip art both in EPS and BMP. Browse by category. Work assets, sure. But also family, holiday, history... This could be done incredibly well today, but it isn't, that I know of. We've made big strides but I think there's still plenty of room for this important little stuff.
  - sumtechguy 5y ago
    One place I worked at we had a nice little 'golf clap' when the build worked. Then of course you had to have the the 'missed the putt groan' when it failed. Nice feedback from 3 offices over and you did not have to sit and watch it. Fun times...
    - themodelplumber 5y ago
      Yeah the feedback effect is great. I built a phased timer with espeak for feedback and after a while the default voice had me wishing for ASMR-style TTS of some sort...it was just too harsh.
- blooalien 5y ago
  > I also remember a "cup holder" app which was advertised as a free cup holder. It had a button which when clicked opened the CD drive. I remember a Coca-Cola branded version of that app. I had way too much fun giving it to friends. :)
whywhywhywhy 5y ago
I believe it might have been “Desktop Toys”
bengcooper 5y ago
It was called Desktop Destroyer! I remember having a copy of it on a floppy disk. It appears you can download it here: http://www.desktop-destroyer.net http://www.desktop-destroyer.net (I can't vouch for how legitimate the link is though)
- smoldesu 5y ago
  Heh, comically enough it works out-of-the-box through WINE. Now all you *NIX users can enjoy a broken desktop (moreso than usual)

hulitu 5y ago

Speaking of destroying desktops: there was a nice screensaver for Windows : Gates does Windows 95.

pjerem 5y ago

I totally remember. It was called Antistress. I also remember a "cup holder" app which was advertised as a free cup holder. It had a button which when clicked opened the CD drive. I miss those apps.

themodelplumber 5y ago
I remember that one. I have to say I miss the CDs loaded with what we'd call theming assets today. Sound themes, sound files for all those desktop apps that let you pick sound files for when your render finished or Lotus alarm went off or whatever. Color themes for your desktop. Wallpapers, icons, some fonts and even some clip art both in EPS and BMP. Browse by category. Work assets, sure. But also family, holiday, history... This could be done incredibly well today, but it isn't, that I know of. We've made big strides but I think there's still plenty of room for this important little stuff.
- sumtechguy 5y ago
  One place I worked at we had a nice little 'golf clap' when the build worked. Then of course you had to have the the 'missed the putt groan' when it failed. Nice feedback from 3 offices over and you did not have to sit and watch it. Fun times...
  - themodelplumber 5y ago
    Yeah the feedback effect is great. I built a phased timer with espeak for feedback and after a while the default voice had me wishing for ASMR-style TTS of some sort...it was just too harsh.
blooalien 5y ago
> I also remember a "cup holder" app which was advertised as a free cup holder. It had a button which when clicked opened the CD drive. I remember a Coca-Cola branded version of that app. I had way too much fun giving it to friends. :)

whywhywhywhy 5y ago

I believe it might have been “Desktop Toys”

bengcooper 5y ago

It was called Desktop Destroyer! I remember having a copy of it on a floppy disk. It appears you can download it here: http://www.desktop-destroyer.net http://www.desktop-destroyer.net (I can't vouch for how legitimate the link is though)

smoldesu 5y ago
Heh, comically enough it works out-of-the-box through WINE. Now all you *NIX users can enjoy a broken desktop (moreso than usual)