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I remember having these kinds of desktop toys in Windows, way back when, probably 95 or 98? Just a little joyful thing you could play with. This rules.

Bluestein 2y ago
I was fond (I know, I know ...) of those dancing er ... dancers you could have cavorting around your taskbar and Star Menu. The days ... PS. They would use up an obscene amount of memory and wholesale freeze your entire computer every 20 minutes. Didn't matter :)
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Someone upthread is right: VirtualGirl it was called. Borderline spyware, but really well done.-
scottyah 2y ago
I loved the one that would take a screenshot of your current desktop and you could smash it with a hammer and set it on fire. Little me had some anger issues
- dylan604 2y ago
  How could you not for being forced to use Windows?
  - bigstrat2003 2y ago
    Not everyone has a hate boner for Windows.
    - mixmastamyk 2y ago
      Everyone did around the VXD/BSOD era. Remember these? https://tenor.com/search/man-smashes-computer-gifs https://tenor.com/search/man-smashes-computer-gifs
      - wruza 2y ago
        I remember Red Hat 5 being not that great or usable either.
        mixmastamyk 2y ago
        Linux never acted like Win9x cooperative multitasking and bsod, it was mostly just missing things outright or forced one to edit config files and use fdisk. Annoying perhaps but not rage inducing. The kind of blind rage that comes from losing your work for the third time today.
- mckn1ght 2y ago
  I think this was the same one that also had the trampoline chicken that would bounce higher and higher each time? I’ve looked for those a couple times in recent years but with no luck. Are they lost to time or am I just not looking well enough?
- brap 2y ago
  What was this thing called?
  - scottyah 2y ago
    Desktop Destroyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQRBpZKI3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQRBpZKI3g
parpfish 2y ago
We got home internet for the first time around then, and its main use (to me) was going to downloads.com and getting screensavers. I spent hours downloading one that was macaroni doing the Macarena.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  (Screensavers, which were a thing back then - and useful in the age of CRTs - and, of course, wallpapers ...

Bluestein 2y ago

I was fond (I know, I know ...) of those dancing er ... dancers you could have cavorting around your taskbar and Star Menu. The days ... PS. They would use up an obscene amount of memory and wholesale freeze your entire computer every 20 minutes. Didn't matter :)

Bluestein 2y ago
Someone upthread is right: VirtualGirl it was called. Borderline spyware, but really well done.-

scottyah 2y ago

I loved the one that would take a screenshot of your current desktop and you could smash it with a hammer and set it on fire. Little me had some anger issues

dylan604 2y ago
How could you not for being forced to use Windows?
- bigstrat2003 2y ago
  Not everyone has a hate boner for Windows.
  - mixmastamyk 2y ago
    Everyone did around the VXD/BSOD era. Remember these? https://tenor.com/search/man-smashes-computer-gifs https://tenor.com/search/man-smashes-computer-gifs
    - wruza 2y ago
      I remember Red Hat 5 being not that great or usable either.
      - mixmastamyk 2y ago
        Linux never acted like Win9x cooperative multitasking and bsod, it was mostly just missing things outright or forced one to edit config files and use fdisk. Annoying perhaps but not rage inducing. The kind of blind rage that comes from losing your work for the third time today.
mckn1ght 2y ago
I think this was the same one that also had the trampoline chicken that would bounce higher and higher each time? I’ve looked for those a couple times in recent years but with no luck. Are they lost to time or am I just not looking well enough?
brap 2y ago
What was this thing called?
- scottyah 2y ago
  Desktop Destroyer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQRBpZKI3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQRBpZKI3g

parpfish 2y ago

We got home internet for the first time around then, and its main use (to me) was going to downloads.com and getting screensavers. I spent hours downloading one that was macaroni doing the Macarena.

Bluestein 2y ago
(Screensavers, which were a thing back then - and useful in the age of CRTs - and, of course, wallpapers ...