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Am I the only one that wanted this screensaver to be an actual game when I was a kid? (courses.cit.cornell.edu)

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[–]cmn006 546 points547 points ago

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When I was a kid I just pretended I was playing it.

[–]digital_bath 161 points162 points ago

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Step One: Unplug Keyboard Step Two: Enjoy marathon gameplay session exploring the maze.

[–]ddrt 211 points212 points ago

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Now there's minecraft that wastes the exact same amount of time.

[–]the_minimalist 22 points23 points ago

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time you enjoyed wasting is time not wasted at all!

[–][deleted] 143 points144 points ago

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TAKE IT BACK

[–]ddrt 54 points55 points ago

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Nou!

[–]blanketstatement 43 points44 points ago

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Were you trying to say "No U (you)"? Did you misspell "Now"? Or perhaps you were phonetically spelling it the way Arnold Schwarzenegger would pronounce it?

[–]Infinity_Wasted 51 points52 points ago

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also, since the letter "W" is derived from the letter "U", and since American English has extremely flexible orthographic rules, "nou" could be pronounced the same as "now"." in fact, in some Old English dialects, the letter "W" was written simply with two "U"s, like so: uu; others used a now-defunct letter called Wynn.

[–]OptimusPrimeTime 51 points52 points ago

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others used a nou-defunct letter called Wynn.

FTFY

[–]ju2tin 70 points71 points ago

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This thread is full of Wynn.

[–]BraveSirRobin 29 points30 points ago

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/þread

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    [–]iFuckingHateFTFY 11 points12 points ago

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    Well fucking done, you fixed that for him did you? His well crafting response was a waste of fucking time because it was fucking broken. Luckily you were there to save the fucking day, you defunct uanker.

    [–]orange_kevin 26 points27 points ago

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    you defunct uuanker.

    FTFY

    [–]Tartarus1312 5 points6 points ago

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    i laughed really hard at this for some reason.

    and then i saw the username and burst out laughing again. here's my upvote. thanks for the laugh, now i can go to bed....

    (....proceeds to spend another 2 hours on reddit, notices it's almost 4 am, says fuck it and stays on until finally going to bed at 5 am. GG)

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        [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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        in fact, in some Old English dialects, the letter "W" was written simply with two "U"s

        Actual happenings and the name of something, together in perfect harmony. I love linguistics. What I find amusing, is when tv shows call gun shot wounds (3 syllables) G. S. W.s (5 syllables) for short.

        [–]Lillefix 2 points3 points ago

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        I could see this happen in real life too. It would probably be so incorporated in the written work they do, that it would just be confusing to use the actual words in speech.

        Also, world wide web shortened to www shares this property, not that it is often used in speech.

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          [–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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          in fact, in some Old English dialects, the letter "W" was written simply with two "U"s

          So what you're saying is they would use a double-u to represent a W? :P

          [–]CaptainHelion 5 points6 points ago

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          Yes. That is exactly what he is saying. Well done for spotting it.

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            [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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            Have an upvote, Melvin

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              [–]icallshenannigans 26 points27 points ago*

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              May I interject with a silly story?

              Yes?

              Ok...

              I am South African, I was raised English colonial and had what was really a very British styled upbringing.

              My wife is Afrikaans. In SA it's still a 'thing' dating/marrying over the language/culture line, certainly not as much as if I'd hooked up with a black girl and not that many people would ever even speak openly about the issue but it's there...

              In Afrikaans 'nou' means 'now' but it is pronounced 'no'...

              As the joke goes: what is the best thing about dating an Afrikaans girl?

              ...if she says 'no', she means 'now!'

              Really not sure how well this will translate, I'm sure Charlize Theron would find jokes like this to be symptomatic of rapey intentions but maybe a few Saffers will read this and bark at their monitor :)

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              [–]iraqicamel 6 points7 points ago

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              Is it a game... or is it real?

              [–]SSpartikuSS 4 points5 points ago*

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              Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?

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                [–]aperson 2 points3 points ago

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                nou

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                  [–]kuahara 4 points5 points ago

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                  The current game is seeing how many times a month we can get this same screensaver on the front page of reddit and label it 'nostalgia'.

                  [–]ddrt 11 points12 points ago

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                  Uh, recreate it in minecraft next month. I guarantee it will be on the front page.

                  [–]BlooJeans 5 points6 points ago

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                  Or just do it now and you'll see it on the front page tomorrow

                  [–]factoid_ 1 point2 points ago

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                  I'm gonna go build a windows screensaver maze in MInecraft now.

                  Thanks for destroying my entire morning.

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                    [–]Cid420 4 points5 points ago

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                    For added realism: Break right arrow key and/or the 'D' key.

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                      [–]friedsnails 33 points34 points ago

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                      I used to accompany dad to his office, at times, thinking I would have an awesome time there. But after an hour or so things got rather boring and dad won't drop me at home. At times like that, I would watch this screensaver take over life.

                      [–]cynicallyenhance 19 points20 points ago

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                      Yeah! My dad worked in a cubicle, but because of his type of job he didn't stay in it very often. I found myself watching the screensaver a lot to pass the time. It was actually really entertaining.

                      [–]omgiamnaked 21 points22 points ago

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                      And a happy birthday to you

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                        [–]unfortunatejordan 7 points8 points ago

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                        My dad's work had 56k internet, I used to look forward to it all week, saving up URLs from my favourite game mags, and when dad said it was time to leave I'd be really bummed out. Sorry, sounds like you just missed out :[

                        [–]TehSlash 17 points18 points ago

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                        I was once waiting at my mom's office (a bank) back in the late 90s, and was sitting at her colleague's desk (said colleague being on vacation). The PC on her desk (running Win 95) was on and unlocked, so as a joke I set up the screensaver to say 'This computer has been infected with a virus, please format hard drive immediately.' Left with mom a few minutes later and forgot about it.

                        .. until a few days later, when my mom told us about how there had been a crisis that hit her office - her colleague came back from vacation and melted down because a virus had 'destroyed all the files on her computer', and freaked out for a full half hour trying to fix it. Apparently it only ended only when they called IT, and the guy 'solved the problem in five minutes'.

                        tl;dr I messed with tech-unsavvy old folks with a virus screensaver, lulz ensued.

                        [–]DefaultGen 15 points16 points ago

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                        I did too. And then the screensaver stopped and I got upset and stared at the screen for 20 minutes.

                        [–]Duh_Ambalamps 9 points10 points ago

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                        protip: right click desktop, properties, (find the screensaver tab, i am in windows 7 at the moment and cant think of the exact procedure.) click PREVIEW. And be forever alone.

                        [–]unfortunatejordan 20 points21 points ago

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                        When I was 10 or 11, my best friend got a new computer (pentium 166mhz) and I would insist, every time, instead of playing games like monster truck madness, that we go through and preview all the screensavers, and mess with the settings. The bulge and spiral ones were my favourites. He thought I was a freak.

                        To be fair, he probably still does.

                        [–]Watercolour 9 points10 points ago

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                        Dude, I did this exact same thing! My friends would always get pissed at me for doing it and later when the computer inevitably fucked up it would always be my fault for "messing with the settings". Remember how touchy computers were back then? It seemed like any little thing could freeze it. Open up two programs at once, forget about it. Game over man.

                        [–]WalnutSoap 2 points3 points ago

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                        Holy shit, I'd forgotten Monster Truck Madness.

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                            [–]kelmanza 16 points17 points ago

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                            I did that too, but I knew it was merely an exercise in futility, a lot like sitting on arcade motorcycles without paying.

                            [–]Skwidwerd 4 points5 points ago

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                            I didn't just pretend playing it... i used to have dreams about it.

                            [–]BURRRRRRRR 1 point2 points ago

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                            When I was a kid, I thought I was playing

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                              [–]Okawa_Vale 175 points176 points ago

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                              I thought Hover was pretty similar but with actual game play elements.

                              [–]Andrewr05 148 points149 points ago*

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                              I haven't played that in yeeaaaars!

                              Sweet, I even found a LINK.

                              :D

                              [–]Okawa_Vale 14 points15 points ago

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                              Also you can download it right from the Wiki page https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Hover!

                              It links to Microsoft page but yeah HOVER!

                              [–]Grepus 20 points21 points ago

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                              System requirements 33 MHz Intel 486, 8 MB RAM

                              I don't think my PC can handle it :(

                              [–]M3wThr33 1 point2 points ago

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                              Windows ME would probably have issues.

                              [–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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                              FTA: "The key to the easter egg is to hold down Control and Shift and type "IBMAB" on the intro screen ("Bambi" was the project's code name). This will unlock the player's controls on this level and allow you to navigate through the level's photo gallery using the arrow keys.[2]"

                              Seems like noone these days would put so much effort into hiding an easter egg.

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                                [–]CandyMan77 16 points17 points ago

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                                thank you for returning me to my childhood.

                                [–]Foaric 7 points8 points ago

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                                You sir, are Redditor of the day as far as I'm concerned.

                                [–]luckstruckhavoc 2 points3 points ago*

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                                You sir, are Redditor of the day as far as I'm concerned.

                                Is that a real title? If not, it** should *be. Best comment of the year, well, there's just no hope; but of the *day? Definitely attainable.

                                Even more interesting would be looking at a years worth of the day's top comments complied some how.

                                Edit: I stand enlightened.

                                [–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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                                http://www.reddit.com/r/redditoroftheday

                                rotd, for short.

                                [–]luckstruckhavoc 2 points3 points ago

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                                Ahhh . . . thanks.

                                (semi-noobish grin)

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                                    [–]satzafrass 1 point2 points ago

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                                    I haven't played that game since I was, I dunno, like 6. And I never was too good at it. Now you've stolen the rest of my evening seeing if I can be good!

                                    [–]shawnsonium 1 point2 points ago

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                                    The game runs flawlessly using Wine. No surprise, given that it's a 15 year old game.

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                                      [–]gtree 7 points8 points ago

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                                      Shit THAT game? I don't even know where I got it from, ages ago.

                                      [–]techlyc 43 points44 points ago

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                                      It came with Win95 as a DirectX demonstration. You know what else came with the Win95 CD?

                                      The video for Weezer's "Buddy Holly."

                                      [–]LoughLife 20 points21 points ago

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                                      When I was a kid I actually thought this was from an episode of Happy days.

                                      [–]fripletister 12 points13 points ago

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                                      Wow, I thought I was the only one...that video caused me quite some confusion about who or what the band Weezer was for quite a number of years.

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                                        [–]vinfx 13 points14 points ago

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                                        Win95 blew but Weezer rocked, now Win7 rocks and Weezer blows.

                                        [–]IsThisTheRealLife 2 points3 points ago

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                                        Was expecting Rolling Stones 'Start Me Up' and instead got Weezer's 'Buddy Holly'.

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                                          [–]hovvit 5 points6 points ago

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                                          I am named after this game.

                                          [–]byproxy 10 points11 points ago

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                                          Your parents must be huge nerds.

                                          [–]studebaker 1 point2 points ago

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                                          came here to mention hover. this is where the screensaver came from.

                                          [–]CaptainSpiff85 1 point2 points ago

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                                          omg, yes, first thing i thought of....was it ever an actual game? Now, does anyone remember Journeyman Project?

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                                            [–]KPowC 232 points233 points ago

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                                            Wasn't the originally Wolfenstein similar to this? And yes, me too.

                                            [–][deleted] 109 points110 points ago

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                                            Yep, the first thing it reminded me of was Wolfenstein 3D.

                                            [–]IPoopedMyPants 48 points49 points ago

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                                            It's certainly close enough to Wolfenstein for me to look at the linked image and think, "WTF?!! That's not a screensaver of a non-existent game. That's fucking Wolfenstein!"

                                            [–]RuhrohRaggy 11 points12 points ago*

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                                            I believe you've made a Freudian Tit in your comment.

                                            [–]cflroxtar 1 point2 points ago

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                                            Damn, beat like fifty times on this. Anyways, here

                                            [–]olafthebent 1 point2 points ago

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                                            Exactly... jesus I feel old around here sometimes

                                            [–]SomeBug 26 points27 points ago

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                                            MEIN LEBEN!

                                            [–]s4yum1 2 points3 points ago

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                                            Did you guys know that there was a cheat code to get 100% health and all weapons and ammo but took all your score away if you pressed they key "M" "I" "L" all the same time?

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                                                [–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

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                                                Yes, you only have to add nazis and swastika-shaped levels.

                                                [–]theAzone 1 point2 points ago

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                                                Isn't that how Rich Iott got in trouble?

                                                [–]Brendtg 13 points14 points ago

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                                                Blake Stone too

                                                [–]urabungholendsoami 1 point2 points ago

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                                                Memories just hit me like a train.

                                                [–]fripletister 1 point2 points ago

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                                                Worst shooter ever. Don't worry, I still love you, Apogee.

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                                                  [–]Nomiss 7 points8 points ago

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                                                  Mein leben.

                                                  [–]LieutenantClone 3 points4 points ago

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                                                  Wolfenstein 3D

                                                  Fun fact: Some of the levels in Wolfenstein 3D were composed almost entirely out of swastikas when viewed top-down

                                                  [–]gumbotime 2 points3 points ago

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                                                  Well, the original Wolfenstein really didn't look anything like this, but I've always assumed that the screensaver was based on Wolfenstein 3D, which it totally looks like.

                                                  [–]TheCloned 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  I always thought of Pathways into Darkness.

                                                  [–]Kiish 1 point2 points ago

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                                                  Wolfenstein always made me sick to my stomach. Literally, not in a 'ew what a pathetic game' kind of way. Cos it was AWESOME. Until I felt like I had to barf.

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                                                    [–]whpsh 44 points45 points ago

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                                                    It was:

                                                    Tunnel Runner

                                                    [–]ronconcoca 21 points22 points ago

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                                                    wow, they had the iPad back then?

                                                    [–]techmaster242 39 points40 points ago

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                                                    Yeah, but you could install anything you wanted on it.

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                                                      [–]digital_bath 136 points137 points ago

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                                                      Came here expecting a link to a fully playable version of the screensaver. I am disappoint.

                                                      [–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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                                                      Me too :(

                                                      [–]jngrow 3 points4 points ago

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                                                      if someone made this.. man if i was bored/high i could just walk around in that shit nostalgiaing for years

                                                      [–]tallestred 7 points8 points ago

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                                                      Once my power comes back on and I can turn the desktop rig on again I'll get right on this being a minecraft creation. ;D

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                                                        [–][deleted] 44 points45 points ago

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                                                        http://markk-b.tripod.com/downloads/w98maze/w98maze.html

                                                        Here's a link to the maze. It doesn't play well with dula monitors, but it's awesome on a HD screen.

                                                        I remember a friend doing the old "my dad works of microsoft" trick and telling me that you could control the mice if you did a series of buttons, but it HAD TO BE the PERFECT combination other wise the screensaver would go away.

                                                        [–]Crayboff 3 points4 points ago

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                                                        this should be at the top.

                                                        Though how would I go about installing this on a windows 7 computer? and I'm mildly concerned that tthere's a file called KERNEL32.DLL why do i need it for a screen saver?

                                                        [–]godofallcows 1 point2 points ago

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                                                        Now I can play at work. And find that damn combination...

                                                        [–]ItsKorun 1 point2 points ago

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                                                        It's working pretty well on my dual monitor setup right now. TYSM for the link

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                                                          [–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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                                                          Reminds me of Ken's Labyrinth : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5_pNdanRHA

                                                          [–]jirf88 3 points4 points ago

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                                                          Came here to say this. Have an upvote, as that game was awesome.

                                                          [–]EnWk 36 points37 points ago

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                                                          Wait this wasn't a game?

                                                          [–]meatballzinc 26 points27 points ago

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                                                          Yea I remember playing this while my dad browsed CompUSA back when I was a kid. It was this, wireform tank, and pipe dreams that kept me busy.

                                                          [–]kiaha 10 points11 points ago

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                                                          What about skifree?

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                                                          [–]fripletister 2 points3 points ago

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                                                          I do believe you're looking for BattleZone.

                                                          http://www.atari.com/play/atari/battlezone

                                                          [–]FionaSarah 15 points16 points ago

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                                                          Replace it with the After Dark Rock, Paper, Scissors one and yeah.

                                                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj051F7oZ3g

                                                          [–]beavis420 39 points40 points ago

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                                                          I was let down that it wasn't a game.

                                                          [–]friedsnails 18 points19 points ago

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                                                          I think Wolfenstein 3D was similar. Don't know, I might be wrong.

                                                          [–]frankristin 9 points10 points ago

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                                                          nope...you are right...very very similar

                                                          [–]vishalrix 2 points3 points ago

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                                                          the screensaver is an out and out copy, or a homage

                                                          [–]californicating 6 points7 points ago

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                                                          It was basically Wolfenstein 3D. Except without Nazis. And attack dogs. And zombie Nazis. And robot Nazis.

                                                          ...Fucking hated those zombie robot Nazis...

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                                                          Same here, I used to just wait for that screen saver to pop up in computer class back in the day just so I can zone away while staring at it.

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                                                            [–]MissFranki 26 points27 points ago

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                                                            I used to set the wall, floor, and ceiling skins to the like moving tie dye thing. AWESOME

                                                            [–]Conde_Nasty 6 points7 points ago

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                                                            I remember feeling like the motherfucking boss when I got a new PC and was actually able to run it full speed on psychedelic mode.

                                                            [–]shmrie 8 points9 points ago*

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                                                            me too! It was the trippiest thing my seven year old (or so) mind could comprehend

                                                            [–]eggshen 1 point2 points ago

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                                                            wall hack

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                                                              [–]Itwongo 28 points29 points ago

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                                                              Nostalgia. Anybody have this for a more modern OS? I need to reminisce.

                                                              [–]Scalawag 13 points14 points ago

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                                                              I'm a programmer. I could probably take this on as a pet project over the next week or so (no clue how I would turn it into a screen saver, but I could definitely make the animation for you).

                                                              [–]wlfbck 1 point2 points ago

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                                                              if you really do it, please send me a link when you're finished :D

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                                                                [–]acousticbruises 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                This would make my evening. :)

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                                                                  [–]Pyranax 37 points38 points ago

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                                                                  I would stare at it for 20 or so minutes at times and bitch when it turned the wrong way when the happyfaces' location was visibly obvious.

                                                                  I would have played it much better then the computer did.

                                                                  [–]kiaha 14 points15 points ago

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                                                                  same here...I also wanted to squish the rat lol

                                                                  [–]PlNG 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                  ctrl+f "rat"

                                                                  Upvote.

                                                                  [–]sirgallium 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                  I remember that it always turned the same direction. I think it was left. If you try that with mazes you will always get to the end eventually I found out.

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                                                                    [–]frickfrock99 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                    I was actually able to play this as a game.

                                                                    Mostly due to the fact that my old Windows machine was so clogged up with viruses, it would take a good 5 minutes for it to register any of my key presses.

                                                                    [–]mrkite77 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                    Unless it involved flying toasters, it wasn't a screensaver for me.

                                                                    [–]Fishfisherton 17 points18 points ago

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                                                                    I remember hearing something like "If you press blank and blank, you can control it with the arrow keys" to this day i have no idea if it was a lie or not

                                                                    [–]imgoinwild 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                    i dont remember what keys they were but you could indeed play it!

                                                                    [–]khast 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                    I think if you exited into dos and typed:

                                                                    c:/wolf3d/wolf

                                                                    You could play a better version, complete with enemies and bigger mazes.

                                                                    [–]fripletister 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                    The system cannot find the path specified.

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                                                                        [–]L33tphreak 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hover!

                                                                        It was the end credit play from Hover. It came packaged with Windows 95.

                                                                        [–]Paradox 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                        Time to make it in minecraft

                                                                        [–]sporazoa 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                        Faceball 2000

                                                                        [–]siggy86 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                        what about Ken's Labyrinth

                                                                        [–]Cheeseball701 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Wander around to your hearts content.

                                                                        [–]lukeroo 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Cornell ECE 476, baby. Microcontroller heaven.

                                                                        Some people have done -crazy- shit. This one was actually the year after I took it.

                                                                        [–]Azusa 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                        No sir, I too wanted this to be a game. Yet...WE HAD HOVER.

                                                                        [–]brisingre 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                        Maze geek, reporting in.

                                                                        I think you mean Daedalus.

                                                                        http://www.astrolog.org/labyrnth/daedalus.htm

                                                                        [–]thedeathmachine 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                        You are not alone. I loved pretending to play this maze.

                                                                        Then, I found an Encarta install disk which included a sweet maze game which if I recall correctly was very similar to this screensaver. Best game ever.

                                                                        If anyone can remember, it was on the Encarta encyclopedia disc. Forgot which version of Encarta- it came with my Compaq Presario Pentium II back with Windows 95.

                                                                        [–]dyrim 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                        Was it the trivia maze game which always made me happy when I got the right answer because it played the epic victory music. The one in the medieval castle with all the different characters in the different rooms. And how you could light a match and see the WHOLE maze for like 5 seconds. And in VERY end you get to some witch that transports you back into your time because the whole thing was like some sort of "OMG we need a intelligent dude from the future to come help us break this curse" thing? Is this the one?

                                                                        [–]squished_orc 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        I remember there being an amazing game on Encarta which involved going around this castle solving riddles and questions derived from the enclyopedia. Probably not the same thing, but it just goes to show Encarta had some awesome games going for it.

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                                                                          [–]Joakal 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          Wolf3D is 3.4 MB. That's how far gaming has come since then.

                                                                          Does anyone know how big Solitare is now?

                                                                          [–]joeplayer91 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          95/98 had the best screensaver In My Biased Nostalgic Fueled Opinion hey dude.

                                                                          [–]AmazingTrevor 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          Nope. Johnny Castaway!

                                                                          [–]Ruiner66 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                          Hover was a game that was pretty much that.

                                                                          [–]Silman 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                          wait wait wait wait wait....hold up....

                                                                          this was a screensaver!?. What the hell was i doing with that gamepad then?

                                                                          [–]Karmamechanic 8 points9 points ago

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                                                                          It's called Wolfenstein.

                                                                          [–]thearrowz 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                          Is there any way to get this as a screensaver again?

                                                                          [–]Logg 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                          Be cautious, because there can be viruses in .scr files, but I found this a while back. http://www.mediafire.com/?0dyzv1i2weo

                                                                          Will work on modern versions of Windows.

                                                                          [–]justgo 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                          i really want this but now I am scared. I'm scared even if I d/l and scan with MSE... If i do this and it's clean is it basically for sure safe at that point?

                                                                          I'm in the middle of writing my thesis and the last thing i need is a virus. (the second to last thing I need is wasting time with shit like this)

                                                                          [–]AmosTrask 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          Could be wrong, but the way you say this makes me think that you haven't backed up your thesis. Don't consider anything saved until it is backed up. Seriously. if you don't back stuff up you are going to lose something eventually.

                                                                          [–]notpowercat 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                          Register for an account on Dropbox

                                                                          it adds a new folder to your computer that's synced online. So whatever file you work in that folder, all changes are backed up instantly, and you can revert back to older copies. Very awesome.

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                                                                              [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              You most certainly were not haha

                                                                              [–]StaysConfused 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              I thought it was doom for the longest time.

                                                                              [–]flipcoder 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              What about Hover?

                                                                              [–]hoiles 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              I liked it cause it reminded me of this ChexMix game we used to have. You had to slime creatures. Kind of weird, but it was my favorite game ever.

                                                                              [–]rameninside 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              I was 6. I had just taken my first plane ride to the new country known to me as the united states. I also took my first car ride ever to this bizarre place called Costco. There, I was mesmerized by the compaq presarios with colorful pipe screensavers, and of course this one. I thought I was in control, but everytime I hit an arrow key, the maze would disappear and I would have to wait five minutes for the maze to come back. After that, I watched in wonderment until my mom called me over for free samples.

                                                                              [–]nebbish 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              God I'm old

                                                                              [–]trpdtn 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              it was a game. look up wolfenstein 3d.

                                                                              [–]TomatoSlayer 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              It was a game, but it was severely bugged. It would start up randomly and my character would just randomly walk by itself, and when I tried to move around with the arrow keys, the game crashed to Windows with no error message. Also, there weren't any enemies.

                                                                              [–]colachuu 7 points8 points ago

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                                                                              FAKING LOVED THIS AS A KID The best was when you set the walls ceiling and floor to that psychedelic, undulating colors pattern :D

                                                                              [–]richmomz 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                              It was, and it even had Nazis and Gatling guns.

                                                                              [–]culbeda 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                              Dude, Doom was released in 1993. And it was a BIT cooler than this screensaver.

                                                                              [–]overusesellipses 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              It was close enough to Hover for me...

                                                                              [–]Putriss 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I would like to play it as a game until you hit a dead end and then the map would flip upside down and collapse on itself. It would be the best most nerve-wrecking game ever!

                                                                              [–]Kempers 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Yup.

                                                                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              My fondest screensaver was the budweiser frogs... changing the wav files to make fun of friends was great.

                                                                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              This was made into an HL2 map a long time ago, I'm sure it's in many other games as well.

                                                                              [–]thesalemdit 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Do they have this screensaver for Vista or Windows 7?!?!?!

                                                                              [–]Logg 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Used to watch this for hours.

                                                                              [–]bigeasy3 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Oh man I forgot all about this! I remember a post on reddit with a screenshot of Chip's Challenge not too long ago where I felt the same way...good ole nostalgia

                                                                              [–]kstat13 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Gotta have the psychedelic walls. That made the maze!!

                                                                              [–]RandShrugged 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Reminded me of Wolfenstein

                                                                              [–]MonkeyWithKnives 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              IT WAS A GAME! I WAS CONTROLLING IT! DON'T RUIN MY CHILDHOOD!

                                                                              [–]rumbeef 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              What was the point of the white mouse? Did any of you see that?

                                                                              [–]PlNG 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                              white mouse? I thought it was a rat.

                                                                              [–]IliketurtlesALOT 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I wish someone would make it into a game.

                                                                              [–]twothirdsaxis 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I used to mess with the settings and make the walls, floor, and ceiling that really psychedelic pattern that was one of the options. It tripped me the fuck out when I was 12...

                                                                              [–]Jensaarai 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left -- flip the world...

                                                                              [–]Vraknu 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              You are the only one

                                                                              [–]Psynikal 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              When I was a kid I played that game on DOS, and really wanted a machine that could run Windows. Moraff's World edit: link broke

                                                                              [–]CipherSeed 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Oh god this made me remember all the fun times with Encarta '97. MindMaze... I didn't understand the game at the time, but the nostalgia is great.

                                                                              [–]Spacetronaught 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              It was called Wolfenstein.

                                                                              [–]DayTrippa 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Am I the only one that got nauseous after staring at this screensaver for too long?

                                                                              Also, Wolfenstein was like the same thing only with guns.

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                                                                              I always thought it looked like the game Doom

                                                                              [–]monkey3 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              It was called Wolfenstein.

                                                                              [–]Murrabbit 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I felt the exact same way, OP, and then Doom was released. . .

                                                                              [–]mjm2 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Always reminded me of Castle Wolfenstein

                                                                              [–]sillechristie 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              omgznostalgia

                                                                              [–]topshelf99 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              It was a game, it was called Wolfenstein 3D ;)

                                                                              [–]zachatree 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              fucking hell this brings me back... My grandfather had a laptop, first real computer I played with (IT HAD A CD DRIVE!) I spent many hours playing that ancient Star Wars game and some fantasy game that you killed skeleton soldiers/ and the screensaver of choice was this wall maze.

                                                                              [–]bretthull 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              wtf was with the upside down rat that would occasionally appear? I still find that creepy...even to this day.

                                                                              [–]mookichii 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Omg so old! When I was a kid, I like thinking I was psychologically controlling the direction of it =P

                                                                              [–]flaim 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Minecraft?

                                                                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Back when I got my computer in high school, the screen saver had been changed so that it could be played as a game. This was windows ME I think.

                                                                              [–]microsnakey 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              My teacher didn't know how to switch it off in class so she put a cloth over it because everyone kept on looking over it

                                                                              [–]wafflesburger 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              it was, it's called Wolfenstein

                                                                              [–]shienarier 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I always thought it looked a bit like Wolfenstein.

                                                                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              OMG! YES!!!

                                                                              [–]Spleen_Muncher 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              You'd love Wolfenstein 3D!

                                                                              [–]anthonybsd 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              When it came out I actually spent way too much time playing it. And I wasn't a kid :(

                                                                              [–]HopeRidesAlone 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              I always thought it looked like Wolfenstein

                                                                              [–]SculleyMuldune 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              One word: Wolfenstien!

                                                                              [–]kracov 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                              Wolfenstein 3D, but Doom is way better.

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