Never heard of that one! I always felt that Little Computer People would make a good screensaver, which is the same concept I guess.
Re:Lost Joys of the Screen Saver
by duncan_bayne on Saturday May 27, 2017 @06:18AM
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Always wanted to play LCP as a kid, never got the chance. Should really fire up the emulator...
Re:Lost Joys of the Screen Saver
by InvisibleUp on Saturday May 27, 2017 @08:35PM
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I know exactly which screensaver you're talking about. (I think I still have it, too.) It was an old Windows 3.1 screensaver that came with a CD of various Canon utilities, like a demo of Crayola Art and this cross-stitching program.
I also watched hours upon hours of that little stranded guy. Always you kept watching in the hopes of seeing him do something new.
Re:Lost Joys of the Screen Saver
by louithethrid on Saturday May 27, 2017 @05:03AM
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Isn't this the opposite of "screen saver"? Most of the graphics on the screen are stationary, that would burn marks to your CRT.
Wow, I still remember Johnny! I wonder if it runs on Windows 10... The page mentions it works on Vista.
But I also watched countless hours watching this art screensaver that came with my Canon printer (I think it was Canon). It just animated the painting process. I think it was called something like Canon Creative, but I'm not sure. I'd love to find that screensaver again - That'd instantly take me back 20 years.
[1] http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gnudawn/johnny/