The History Of Nostalgic Screensavers

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Polygon Donut

Polygon Donut

Күн бұрын

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@NexeL_NKC
@NexeL_NKC Жыл бұрын
I watched 3D pipes unironically for entertainment when I was a really young really dumb kid. I always thought the pipes had people crawling around inside trying to find their way through the maze, and I used to imagine myself alongside said explorers. It was my favorite because the pipes in an infinite black void was very mysterious to me, and I wondered why these pipes just conjured themselves out of nowhere. It's hard to explain why I loved it, but I watched the pipes go for hours.
@cYObEL
@cYObEL Жыл бұрын
really good idea for a game
@person4636
@person4636 Жыл бұрын
冰淇淋
@TheSmokeinator
@TheSmokeinator Жыл бұрын
pov: you just got up from watching pipes for an hour best relaxation, now to go watch gt slander.
@GOAT_GOATERSON
@GOAT_GOATERSON Жыл бұрын
The pipes just were the best
@Galidorquest
@Galidorquest Жыл бұрын
The only time I got to watch that screensaver was in detention if there was another computer in the room.
@asderfly3915
@asderfly3915 Жыл бұрын
It is rather peculiar how I never had nostalgic feelings for those eras due to the fact that I was not born yet, though I can still remember seeing the pipe screensaver in the doctor’s office. I guess my surroundings were kind of old-fashioned during those times.
@turbo_marc
@turbo_marc Жыл бұрын
same, except my surroundings were never really old fashioned
@irishawk5010
@irishawk5010 Жыл бұрын
Mhm
@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647
@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647 Жыл бұрын
That's because you are experiencing anemoia, basically nostalgia for something you've never been or experienced
@asher3311
@asher3311 Жыл бұрын
yeah theres a lot of businesses that update to newer versions of windows late, i know a ton didnt upgrade from 7 until windows 10 had been out a while and they stopped supporting 7
@AlastairG
@AlastairG Жыл бұрын
Same-ish. I was born in 1999 but didn’t have internet or most tech of that time. We had no live TV either and that house still can’t get live TV or internet there. Literally every provider has said it can’t be done there. Anyways we mostly had VHS, cassette tapes, vintage towns from the 90s and older, etc.
@SageArdor
@SageArdor Жыл бұрын
Polygon I just want to say I really appreciate how much detail and ADHD energy you put into all of your videos. If someone asked me what a hyperfixation feels like, I'd immediately direct them to your channel, because I couldn't put it into words myself. Keep being awesome, and thank you for another great video!
@mustard9808
@mustard9808 Жыл бұрын
Love this comment, I feel the same way.
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
@arlefurilover
@arlefurilover Жыл бұрын
u described this begter than i ever have
@chrxstt
@chrxstt Жыл бұрын
this shit makes me feel like i got a mental illness i can’t watch this
@dancelikean1diot
@dancelikean1diot Жыл бұрын
truly the silliest of videos
@Rabid_Froggo
@Rabid_Froggo 3 ай бұрын
I wasn't exactly alive for any of these, but I instantly recognized the maze one since one of the regretevator floors is themed after it! Wish these were still around so I could use them!
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut 3 ай бұрын
You can still use them if you download the .scr file. That regretavator floor is awesome XD
@GalaxyGaming86
@GalaxyGaming86 Ай бұрын
It's also a thing that can happen in baldis basics plus. It spawns those shapes that turn you upside down.
@MG_Cappy
@MG_Cappy Ай бұрын
I was looking for this comment!
@koko-pg1nf
@koko-pg1nf Ай бұрын
Bro I love that floor!!
@JaydogtheGamer-m9g
@JaydogtheGamer-m9g 23 күн бұрын
OMG REGRETEVATOR MENTIONED
@ianeddy4217
@ianeddy4217 Жыл бұрын
As a 38 year old who had the overwhelming majority of these new, thank you. Many of these screensavers were simply my taken-for-granted daily items. I'd spend hours experimenting around with settings between all of these. I think voyeur from the twisted line was the most fascinating. I'd love to see you go over anything early 90's WIndows 3.1 or MS-DOS. I literally had no idea about the fucking teapot until literally today watching your video. you just taught my old ass something about a screensaver I spent WAY to long spacing out on in high school detention and at home.
@cardomajig24
@cardomajig24 Жыл бұрын
The way you called these "hyperfixation videos" is reassuring, it's nice to know you enjoy making them
@Pisicutabunaziua
@Pisicutabunaziua Жыл бұрын
The DVD screensaver is probably The most popular and my most favorite in my opinion. They really should bring back Screensavers for real
@loudpainfulscreaming4237
@loudpainfulscreaming4237 Жыл бұрын
Facts
@irishawk5010
@irishawk5010 Жыл бұрын
Actual facts
@Gareth219
@Gareth219 Жыл бұрын
Faxs
@mrmexicano
@mrmexicano Жыл бұрын
Phaxz
@jaylanweber
@jaylanweber Жыл бұрын
Real Facts
@chonalniejashtinez
@chonalniejashtinez Жыл бұрын
Honestly using Backroom Labyrinth for the maze screensaver was the best idea ever
@iwsallovrher
@iwsallovrher Жыл бұрын
Omg yess
@OliTheOlishi
@OliTheOlishi Жыл бұрын
fr
@flowerpotmadeofclay
@flowerpotmadeofclay Жыл бұрын
Pongon is quite good at putting music together with specific imagery
@Pacman009
@Pacman009 Жыл бұрын
How
@Pacman009
@Pacman009 Жыл бұрын
Where?
@iminyourwalls705
@iminyourwalls705 Жыл бұрын
Ribbons is the most nostalgic for me since my music teacher at my old elementary used it and I remember when his computer would go into sleep mode and I would be mesmerized by the silly colorful ribbons fly around on the projector
@kokhuatan1228
@kokhuatan1228 8 ай бұрын
Forg
@gymwrecker202
@gymwrecker202 Жыл бұрын
14:48 I remember I used to have the bubbles and I used to make stories about the loneliest bubble getting famous but not liking the fame and seeing the most popular one being sad that they don’t have popularity and then returning the fame to the popular bubble.
@tgsleo_
@tgsleo_ Жыл бұрын
It almost feels weird seeing some of these screensavers again after years. It also has the same energy as classic Windows Media Player visualizers, I remember being entranced as a kid watching all the psychedelic colors and lines while my dad listened to music on our old Windows XP back then!
@whimai412
@whimai412 Жыл бұрын
Nice! I almost forgot about those. But they were so entertaining.
@dragonslayer7724
@dragonslayer7724 Жыл бұрын
ok wow this comment definitely unearthed some memories I forgot about those windows media player animations
@tgsleo_
@tgsleo_ Жыл бұрын
@@dragonslayer7724 Right? I'm just glad some people remember and it isn't a fever dream! Maybe Polygon one day will make a video about them who knows!
@tivvy2vs21
@tivvy2vs21 Жыл бұрын
Look up project m visualizer for a modern version
@middleofnowhere1313
@middleofnowhere1313 Жыл бұрын
Milkdrop 2 in Winamp can give you all that. You click "visualizer" and it has like hundreds of possibilities.
@odiug95
@odiug95 Жыл бұрын
I remember changing my 3D text wallpaper almost every week. And when we visited our friends houses, we left each other little messages in the screensaver. Also, the maze screensaver was SCARY!!! It freaked me out as a kid, I always imagined some scary monster would pop out from somewhere.
@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514
@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514 Жыл бұрын
Backrooms stole your fear1!1!!1!11!11!1!1
@da_veryfancyman
@da_veryfancyman 5 ай бұрын
The maze screen saver was f r € @ k y
@JUMALATION1
@JUMALATION1 2 ай бұрын
As a kid, I was scared of the rat in the maze lmao
@midnightcinema7813
@midnightcinema7813 Жыл бұрын
For years I’ve had this necktie that I thrifted with spooky looking sets of eyes on it, like you’d see in the opening to scooby doo, and it had this label on the back of the company who made it. Their logo was a flying toaster and it was called “After Dark”. I’ve always wondered why their logo was that but never looked it up, just assuming they were a wacky tie company. I never would have guessed they were a screen saver company who made ties based off their screensavers!
@12Tecpatl
@12Tecpatl Жыл бұрын
after dark merchandise is super cool and rare
@Coristic121
@Coristic121 Жыл бұрын
dude after dark merch is like super rare
@midnightcinema7813
@midnightcinema7813 Жыл бұрын
Sick, I had no idea!
@Sans12575
@Sans12575 11 ай бұрын
dunno how much that’s worth but it might be worth a lot
@flashirasboredlmao
@flashirasboredlmao Жыл бұрын
You made me discover some screensavers I've never heard of before, especially ones from Windows XP Plus!. I even ended up changing the screensaver of my Windows XP VM to Robot Circus, with the scene setting set as 'Arena'. Thanks for this great video! :)
@oosha2000
@oosha2000 3 ай бұрын
I never got to use oses before xp but I got to know more screensavers.
@randombomb4078
@randombomb4078 Жыл бұрын
Ahh, I remember watching some of those old screensavers with my sister on our old Windows xp computer back in the day, especially the 3D maze. We even used the crazy psychedelic textures!
@Mephisarisa
@Mephisarisa Жыл бұрын
So glad to see the Utah Teapot easter egg there! It seemed like hardly anyone ever noticed or knew about it. I was an autistic preteen, and very excited to see the teapot spawn. Dunno if I ever managed to convince anyone else that it was real.
@SimonSideburns
@SimonSideburns 11 ай бұрын
I believe that not only were there Utah Teapots but also random coffee pots.
@Sharkpu8
@Sharkpu8 Жыл бұрын
Seeing that polygon has a full on cat folder makes me very happy
@krystalclouds
@krystalclouds Жыл бұрын
If polygon releases “cat” I’ll be so happy
@mymelodylover69
@mymelodylover69 Жыл бұрын
​@@krystalclouds he released it actually
@springvhs4536
@springvhs4536 Жыл бұрын
@@mymelodylover69 WHERE
@4SKERR
@4SKERR Жыл бұрын
you dont?
@ravepaw12
@ravepaw12 Жыл бұрын
​@@mymelodylover69wWHERE😭
@piekarzpaola
@piekarzpaola Жыл бұрын
I love when Polygon uses those silly words like "gizmo" or "goofy", also I love the voice he makes during saying them
@LoraLoibu
@LoraLoibu Жыл бұрын
silly voice for silly words
@NinetailsNineLives
@NinetailsNineLives Жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention "goobers"
@Notsussybaka900
@Notsussybaka900 Жыл бұрын
You could say they are… goofy words
@TheSmokeinator
@TheSmokeinator Жыл бұрын
@@NinetailsNineLives yep. goofy goober gizmo
@DDumbcan
@DDumbcan Жыл бұрын
doohickeys
@DeathMelodies
@DeathMelodies Жыл бұрын
Dude watching your videos is like how my brain functions on a regular day, and I can actually pay attention without needing a side browsing session. A+ ADHD comrade in arms I appreciate the work involved a lot dude
@user-qjvqfjv
@user-qjvqfjv 6 ай бұрын
So you're as annoying as he is?
@ChaddyTheGamer
@ChaddyTheGamer Жыл бұрын
7:43 Fun fact! : you can also see that teapot in the amazing digital circus intro when there are objects spinning in the air, i think!
@twinfantasytowers
@twinfantasytowers Жыл бұрын
Sillyy
@hunterchichester5720
@hunterchichester5720 11 ай бұрын
Well... He is not wrong
@varlenthamurtinez
@varlenthamurtinez 9 ай бұрын
Cool!
@Omicentegon
@Omicentegon 7 ай бұрын
skibidi monkey😊
@SunkeryCompactDisk
@SunkeryCompactDisk 4 ай бұрын
Utah teapot was also in toy story and Roblox
@SpasmFunnel
@SpasmFunnel Жыл бұрын
The premise was that they were necessary to save your screen... but once that excuse was in place, we had no desire to question the importance of these magical microcosms. How creative and inspiring a thing can be when it doesn't have to justify its existence!
@Kazooples
@Kazooples Жыл бұрын
The psychedelic textures look a lot better when it’s lagging on an old PC, our computer was in my room and I used to watch the psychedelic maze every night to get to sleep, I was convinced I could control it with my mind, or at the very least I would do my best to guess which way it was gonna turn. OH and, my brother changed it to a Daria screensaver once, it BLASTED music in the middle of the night, scared the shit out of me.
@a.wanderer2134
@a.wanderer2134 Жыл бұрын
Bro Polygon I want to say you have become one of my favorite KZbinrs ever. It’s the energy you put in to all of your videos, it makes it so goofy! Can’t wait to see what topic you choose next
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut Жыл бұрын
TYHANK YOU SO MUCH😺😺😺
@rplacefunny7423
@rplacefunny7423 Жыл бұрын
I await his demise
@user-qjvqfjv
@user-qjvqfjv 6 ай бұрын
How the fuck can you tolerate his obnoxious voice?
@poninefreak3321
@poninefreak3321 Жыл бұрын
Back in the day, my sister and I would love messing around with the screensavers on an old Windows XP computer we had. The maze was one of our favorites and we had fun playing with all the different textures!
@huntforbigfloptober1333
@huntforbigfloptober1333 Жыл бұрын
My grandma actually had Afterdark games! I never realized what it was supposed to be because my only knowledge of screensavers is of the Bad Dog era I wish my roku tv had a good selection of screensavers. I would kill to have flying toasters
@fridaykitty
@fridaykitty Жыл бұрын
I love the April Fools' Minecraft screensavers, but I wish you could pick and choose which one you want. I'd be so down for watching pixel grass grow all day
@RolyMoes
@RolyMoes Жыл бұрын
I had one screensaver back on a Windows 7 touchscreen computer that was a bird's-eye view of some fish swimming around in shallow water, and wherever you tap on the screen it makes a ripple and the fish go towards it. Also just to note: 4:03 - "Bezier" is pronounced like "Bez-yay", 4:40 - "Wagner" is pronounced like "V-ah-gner", 15:50 - "Arabesque" is pronounced like "Air-a-besk".
@paulproia1316
@paulproia1316 Жыл бұрын
Leaving my mark here to remember these amazing things. Such a significant reminder of how technology has evolved, but also a significant memory for those who lived during that time and even those who didn’t.
@NostalgiCrazy
@NostalgiCrazy Жыл бұрын
Don't make me sad 🥺
@RinoaL
@RinoaL Жыл бұрын
8:34 is that texture you put on the floor.... Busy Town??? That brought back memories of a Busy Town rug I had in the 90s as a kid. wow lol
@Omicentegon
@Omicentegon 7 ай бұрын
even though i was born in 2005 i'm pretty sure busy town rugs were still kinda popular until 2010
@kittyvalentine0
@kittyvalentine0 Жыл бұрын
I love how your talking about 2000s Screensavers, it's really amazing to learn about this.
@reqra73
@reqra73 Жыл бұрын
tbh polygon donut is my comfort youtuber, hes so funny silly and goofy and always makes me smile :3
@proxy7598
@proxy7598 Жыл бұрын
I really like the old Screensavers, seeing them evolve was interesting, gets me nostalgic. Thanks polygon :]
@DarkCloudVA2
@DarkCloudVA2 Жыл бұрын
Its so surreal seeing all these old screensavers, born in 91, so 95 and 98 were the ones i grew up with. Good times man
@productoftheink
@productoftheink Жыл бұрын
I finally remembered why I recognized the 3D Text screensaver!!! We used to have that as an option on our school computers in like 2nd grade and I used to sit and watch it instead of doing my work :) (we had Thinkpad computers which sucked ass)
@Spooky_Cat_real
@Spooky_Cat_real Жыл бұрын
I know you briefly mentioned Frutiger aero, but you should make an entire video around the aesthetic
@aquaintsound
@aquaintsound Жыл бұрын
To all the kiddos now and young people who weren't around for the pipe screensaver when it first came around: Now I know that the pipe screensaver is just that cool, my nostalgia glasses aren't lying to me. I could stare at the screensaver for music playing to the beat of Windows Media Player for hours as a kid. It felt like watching a whole music playlist, probably not as revolutionary now but it was amazing then
@hayleyquinnx94
@hayleyquinnx94 Жыл бұрын
I remember waaaay more windows 98 ones! You should also do a video about Windows themes like the ocean theme, the themes changed stuff like the error noises, in the ocean theme it was a seal noise, and the power on was like a wave crashing noise
@GirlinTheBrownHoodie
@GirlinTheBrownHoodie Жыл бұрын
I'm sure these got as popular as they did because many of them are almost like baby sensory videos! I can imagine all the adults getting out their wallets for all the screensaver expansions to keep the kids quietly distracted for hours at a time. Watching flying toasters and randomly generated pipes for no other reason than the fascination of it all.
@chrissy07girl
@chrissy07girl Жыл бұрын
I remember I had one where a guy was stranded on an island. It was sometime in the 90s. Either on windows 95 or 98. I just recall the disk it came on. I would watch that one all day.
@Calico_Catss
@Calico_Catss Жыл бұрын
would really love to see a history of the Jumpstart PC games.... they were given away as chick fil a toys and would be a good addition to your nostalgia series
@Solaceon
@Solaceon Жыл бұрын
Ama their history only deepens too, considering they're now trashing Neopets of all sites
@Calico_Catss
@Calico_Catss Жыл бұрын
@@Solaceon dude i forgot ab neopets omg
@Pixelcraftian
@Pixelcraftian Жыл бұрын
The thing I like about screensavers the most is that they still work today, albeit, an old one I tried did end up making my monitor freak out _(had to restart my pc to fix it)_ but other than that, I love screensavers they're funny :) Awesome video 👍👍👍👍 _(oh, by the way, if anybody knows where any mario screensavers are let me know)_
@yoursafetyisnotourproblem3702
@yoursafetyisnotourproblem3702 Жыл бұрын
he’s here again🫵
@CyaninAnimator
@CyaninAnimator Жыл бұрын
pixel you could just y'know edit the 3d maze textures to be super mario
@joshravenway6875
@joshravenway6875 Жыл бұрын
As a kid i would just mess around with the settings and watch screen savers for hours man. Blew my mind, especially the pipes! I wasnt around till 2001 but when ur poor u grow up with all the older systems
@oosha2000
@oosha2000 3 ай бұрын
I would also mess with the settings as a kid without much of my knowledge yet I had fun, I felt old oses were user friendly even for the dummies like 3 yo me
@siimoraba2043
@siimoraba2043 Жыл бұрын
Anyone remember the screensavers in the Norton Commander file manager? This would've been a good example of DOS era screensavers. NC being a great memory from childhood, and I still use the Midnight Commander in Linux at work to this day!
@-curtiscamp
@-curtiscamp Жыл бұрын
The pipes. Those damn pipes, bring me so much nostalgia. I DON'T KNOW WHY. Maybe it's becauee of my old windows xp which used to have it but when I see those after not seeing them for a long time, it immediately starts to feel like 2007 again.
@apperusenpai
@apperusenpai Жыл бұрын
When I was little, we had an American Greetings CD-ROM that basically just let you customize your own American Greetings card (which my sisters and I found MANY excuses to make cards with lol). Most importantly though, it came with its own screensaver that featured a collection of various art "speedpaints". I found this one MESMERIZING. I could seriously sit forever and watch various colors and textures splash across the screen and try to guess what picture it was going to be before it completed. Even now, I find myself thinking about it every once in a while
@blueartist4329
@blueartist4329 Жыл бұрын
This is the most engaging yet ominous video that polygon donut has made..
@cringetrain
@cringetrain Жыл бұрын
"You can watch some architecture do *A LITTLE DANCE!* " I lost myself there 💀
@weirdslushie7601
@weirdslushie7601 Жыл бұрын
I laughed too
@NinetailsNineLives
@NinetailsNineLives Жыл бұрын
*F R E N C H. A R C H I T E C T U R E.*
@Killerkraft975
@Killerkraft975 Жыл бұрын
I would say screensavers are still in use today. Applications like wallpaper engine although aren't on lockscreen backgrounds, they are on desktop backgrounds and have customizable moving animations and user generated content so really, the legacy of moving wallpapers and screensavers live on.
@rajasohanalam6651
@rajasohanalam6651 11 күн бұрын
It was the time, when I used to wait for the screensaver to pop up in my childhood.
@jennykeele
@jennykeele Жыл бұрын
14:13 I WANT TO SWIM IN THE GODDAMM RADIOACTIVE WINDOWS XP CAVERN
@PresidentAbrahamLincoln69
@PresidentAbrahamLincoln69 11 ай бұрын
Mercury isn’t radioactive
@RAYYAN_GAMING70514TGDXH
@RAYYAN_GAMING70514TGDXH 10 ай бұрын
14:13 i want to swim in the goddamn radioactive windows xp cavern
@sharkysharkshark
@sharkysharkshark 8 ай бұрын
14:13 *i want to swim in the goddamm radioactive windows xp cavern*
@renniewong3147
@renniewong3147 8 ай бұрын
14:13 i want to swim in the goddamm radioactive windows xp cavern
@TCcars2
@TCcars2 7 ай бұрын
14:13 I want to swim in the goddamn radioactive windows Xp cavern
@lourdesdeath4379
@lourdesdeath4379 Жыл бұрын
There's a screensaver I remember that I've never seen mentioned online (possibly because it wasn't very popular?). It was little drawings being done and sometimes things about them would change as they were being done. I specifically remember that there was one of a man in the rain, wearing a yellow raincoat, and at the end he gets struck by lightning. My nostalgia brain wants to watch it again but I don't know which version of Windows had it or if my family had downloaded it so I've never found it :(
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut Жыл бұрын
Hmmm i dont know what screensaver you are talking about maybe you will find it someday
@ArcticaTheFox
@ArcticaTheFox Жыл бұрын
Oh my god, the bubbles screensaver was my ENTIRE childhood
@Ambedge
@Ambedge Жыл бұрын
10:42 i think that C418 has used this eerie sound for the caves in Minecraft
@mayomuse5007
@mayomuse5007 Жыл бұрын
I remember sitting at my dad's computer for an hour waiting for the aquarium screensaver to pop up, getting bored and leaving to do something else, then my brother yells "IT'S HERE COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE FISH"
@VIIXILITRUXUS
@VIIXILITRUXUS Жыл бұрын
I never knew a video about screen savers could be so interesting.
@S0BA_2007
@S0BA_2007 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 2007 yet these screensavers feel so nostalgic for some reason.
@Fidumo
@Fidumo Жыл бұрын
same but 2 years later lol especially the pipe one
@S0BA_2007
@S0BA_2007 Жыл бұрын
@@Fidumo There’s just something special about the 80s-90s
@aino-kaisav5504
@aino-kaisav5504 Жыл бұрын
Born 2003 but since I have big brothers born -89, -90, -95 and -98, I grew with a lot of 90s stuff.
@Airconditionergaming
@Airconditionergaming Жыл бұрын
We are the same :)
@gdtyra
@gdtyra Жыл бұрын
That's interesting, I wonder why. They're nostalgic for me too, but I probably spent hours watching After Dark screensavers and playing with the configuration options on my Grandma's old Mac (also Warcraft 2 and Simcity 2000)
@UraniumStealer
@UraniumStealer Жыл бұрын
Polygon donut never fails to make amazing content
@zelenpixel
@zelenpixel Жыл бұрын
oh my god i forgot about the 3d flowerbox one completely but the moment i saw it i gasped because oh my god i remember it now!!! pipes was also my favorite of course no wonder i wasnt personally familiar with the maze since my first system was xp
@Geraldandme
@Geraldandme 7 ай бұрын
Gerald only has seen the maze from REGRETEVATOR. REGRETEVATOR has that exact same maze but with rats and stuff. The rats are huge, and sadly you can’t turn upside down and stuff like that. All you have to do is find the smiley, like in the screensaver.
@CloudyKatt777
@CloudyKatt777 2 ай бұрын
the screensaver i'm most nostalgic for is probably the petz5 screensaver where you could watch your petz run around with random toyz, me and my siblings said that it was the petzs' dreamz (we had a really old laptop with windows xp)
@UNIX32
@UNIX32 Жыл бұрын
There is a possibility that screensavers could make a comeback as OLED displays also suffer with burn-in. Also, there is a program for Windows called Shimeji which allows you to have virtual pets on your desktop.
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut Жыл бұрын
I doubt it because modern technology isn't really known for having personality anymore, they will most likely just have auto-black screen set by default instead of any animations.
@UNIX32
@UNIX32 Жыл бұрын
@@PolygonDonut Oh, how boring. It's kinda sad in a way. But at least you can still download them. And I think desktop pets might become popular as you have software like Shimeji-ee.
@YouW00t
@YouW00t Жыл бұрын
Too bad you missed Castaway, that screensaver in particular not only has some lore hidden in it, the story behind it is really interesting. There's a whole video that goes in depth into it, I'd recommend you all to check it out.
@lizardjr.7826
@lizardjr.7826 Жыл бұрын
Finally someone getting to the real issues
@Killerkraft975
@Killerkraft975 Жыл бұрын
Even though the screen can literally turn off, in certain situations you may not want that especially enterprise computers. If we went back in time, computers were known primarily in industry and high end home users because of the pricetag, so not many people would be tech savvy enough to understand how a computer works and how to turn it on + off for example. So having these computer screens turn off may confuse users because they may not know that it randomly turns black. So having it on would be a good idea, but you can't because of burn in. So I'd assume the benefit of screensavers was to tell users that the computer is still on.
@MaoRatto
@MaoRatto Жыл бұрын
As someone who was raised in the 2000's.... This mortifies me as I remember these fondly when I was 10 and 11..
@binarypench
@binarypench Жыл бұрын
Man, they really should bring back screensavers. Even if the screens of today are immune to burn-in, screensavers have so much charm!
@user-iz5pd7tj6q
@user-iz5pd7tj6q Жыл бұрын
Bro your editing style and concepts are awsome. You deserve more followers
@Genio_soy
@Genio_soy Жыл бұрын
I love how some of these give nostalgia even tough i wasnt alive back then
@MaoRatto
@MaoRatto Жыл бұрын
POV: You perished in the 90's and reincarinated in the future
@TieZeeGuy235
@TieZeeGuy235 Жыл бұрын
This channel is so good! I just sit on my bed, turn this channel on, and eat a microwavable digiorno pizza
@Creative_YT
@Creative_YT 7 ай бұрын
Bro the ribbons and 3d pipes are in the top 3 most nostalgic screensavers for me. But they don’t even get cloooose to #1, which is *definitely* 3d flowerbox. I love that thing to death.
@MiaRain_
@MiaRain_ Жыл бұрын
I live for the polygon donut videos of life
@oekt7834
@oekt7834 Жыл бұрын
7:34 time to grind for that teapot
@gelatogurl1
@gelatogurl1 Жыл бұрын
Bros editing is out of this world 😁
@NinoJoel
@NinoJoel Жыл бұрын
14:17 A warning LCD displays do get burns and need screen savers. I worked for a bank as technician and after we switched from xp to 7 we had hundreds of damaged screens with heavy burn in pictures
@haileyfandroidfan1164
@haileyfandroidfan1164 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, the fact that there was an After Dark branded minigame collection, a Bad Dog TV Show, and a flying toaster pooltoy is just.... so mesmerizing to me.
@jirifr6165
@jirifr6165 Жыл бұрын
there is so much effort put into your videos, i love it :D
@gamingns233
@gamingns233 Жыл бұрын
12:29 DO A LITTLE DANCE
@T3H_C0SM1C_SP4RT4N
@T3H_C0SM1C_SP4RT4N Жыл бұрын
Electric guitars, miscellaneous goobers, Architecture and leaves doing a little dance
@H_fromDiscord_real
@H_fromDiscord_real 9 ай бұрын
@@T3H_C0SM1C_SP4RT4Nthey're not leaves, they're guitar picks
@abbexx4283
@abbexx4283 Ай бұрын
6:02 “this geezer” ok man don’t have to disown my comfort character… /j
@This_used_to_be_my_moms
@This_used_to_be_my_moms 6 күн бұрын
Flanders
@ImTheFatboy
@ImTheFatboy Жыл бұрын
Holy cow I completely forgot about after dark. Me and my little brother use to love just watching the various screen savers lol
@ArtamStudio
@ArtamStudio Жыл бұрын
After Dark! Flying toasters! 💗 Their Star Trek (TOS) pack was *super* popular where I worked at the time. it's "beh-ZIEHR" not "BEE-zhr" and "ara-besk" not "ara-bes-cue" I love flurry, have been using it for a few years now.
@PSPBobb
@PSPBobb Жыл бұрын
5:00 Bad dog was a cartoon series which featured "bad dog". In every episode, someone says him: "bad dog!", then the dog passes out. It only wakes up again when the same person decides to say "good dog!" to the dog.
@epickittymonster4435
@epickittymonster4435 Жыл бұрын
I remember we had our own computers at our grandparents place and we would play a bunch of educational games on them. But I honestly really liked just watching the screensavers. We had a dancing Pikachu one which was my favorite, but I think my grandpa would rotate them out occasionally. I definitely remember a maze one and a pipes one, I just don't think they were the after dark ones
@Rainkit
@Rainkit Жыл бұрын
There was a period in the early 2010s where some games would be your screensaver. One I played was called Endless Forest. When you wanted to play the game you would wait for your computer to go into screensaver mode and then the game would start.
@oosha2000
@oosha2000 3 ай бұрын
I remember doing that with diner dash 2, I loved it
@werewolfmfkas
@werewolfmfkas Жыл бұрын
Okay now i need to upload those screensavers immediately, this remembers me of my childhood and schooltime
@ImTandori
@ImTandori Жыл бұрын
Finally someone else that knows of the Broken Reality OST AND ENA OST??? Truly a cultured individual you are
@OfficialFanii
@OfficialFanii Жыл бұрын
AAA! ur videos make my brain explode 💥💥💥💥💥 with joy ehehehehe, a lot of my hyperfixations tend to originate from ur videos (like weird core) !!! U discuss topics rlly well and it's fun to watch
@NightpireVideos
@NightpireVideos Жыл бұрын
I'm missing Johnny Castaway, that screensaver told an entire story if you watch all the scenes that randomly play out. Otherwise really cool video man.
@screencriminal1973
@screencriminal1973 Жыл бұрын
At 7:07, when he’s talking about the pipes, he used my art :D
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut Жыл бұрын
YES THANK YOU FOR THE ART ITS VERY CUTE :3
@fizola88
@fizola88 Жыл бұрын
You know what was most fun: Windows 98 themes, with custom sounds, startup music, screensavers, everything. I still remember Lion king theme with FULL 1 minute Whimaway Whimaway intro. This should return
@argvminusone
@argvminusone Жыл бұрын
Burn-in is definitely still a thing. OLED in particular is notorious for it. Screen savers went out of style because everyone's energy-conscious nowadays, and running a screen saver costs much more energy than the computer simply telling the monitor to turn off.
@WushyDev
@WushyDev Жыл бұрын
This video is my favorite one for sure!
@nasirka71
@nasirka71 8 ай бұрын
the editing is superb ^_^
@mikeyy_zip
@mikeyy_zip 8 ай бұрын
​@@nasirka71Ik, polugo donu is so cool!!!!!!!!
@g00dbunny
@g00dbunny Жыл бұрын
honestly i love thinking about screensavers like the computer is dreaming. be quiet, little computer is dreaming.
@aino-kaisav5504
@aino-kaisav5504 Жыл бұрын
I feel like the pipes screensaver is a collective nostalgic memory of a certain generation.
@gabehembling1088
@gabehembling1088 6 ай бұрын
i like the plane 9 screen saver as its basicly a playlist of different randomized order screen savers on loop instead of just 1 screen saver looping forever with different transitions that you can edit witch is cool
@mcfish206
@mcfish206 Ай бұрын
9:00 thank you so much for showing how to customize that screen saver, I've been trying to figure it out for years
@mystery.mystery.2030
@mystery.mystery.2030 Жыл бұрын
Your videos are so entertaining and pleasant to watch - each one quickly gets added to my list of Comfort Videos. :)
@PolygonDonut
@PolygonDonut Жыл бұрын
I AM MOST HONORED TO BE IN THE PLAYLIST 🥰🥰🥰
@user-qjvqfjv
@user-qjvqfjv 6 ай бұрын
Pleasant? Are you a masochist? How can you tolerate his obnoxious voice and personality?
@NostalgiCrazy
@NostalgiCrazy Жыл бұрын
Damn, I really miss whimsical and creative stuff like this from the 90s and early 00s. It's why they say kids today will never understand how much they missed out on 🥺
@bellaknightR597
@bellaknightR597 Жыл бұрын
My ADHD brain could watch those pipes for hours
@chevymontmarlo
@chevymontmarlo Жыл бұрын
I remember Screensavers like the lines or the spinning chrome windows text, while my parents played a good amount of pirated music on limewire or whatever it was called
@SR_73
@SR_73 3 ай бұрын
The "shell" screensaver is my favourite, used to watch it for hours when my grandpa was going to read some books. Fely kinda sad when he had to replace his computer with one without this screensaver
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