screen saver software
creation
Friday, February 18, 2005 by syntax01010 | Discussion: Windows Software
Could anyone recommend some good free or cheap software for designing your own screen savers? I'd appreciate being pointed in the right direction towards ones that would be wortwhile to try. At the moment, what i'm attempting to do is get a screen saver built that will(from a predesigned list)select in random from a number of vintage arcade games and play them on screen as the screen saver. I'm not wanting or needing the games themselves to be playable, just having their "demo" modes as the screen saver, complete with their original sounds. i.e. like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Galaga, Galaxian, etc. Any advice on where to look on how to get started with this would be appreciated. Thanks!
joeKnowledge
Reply #2 Saturday, February 19, 2005 1:28 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, February 19, 2005 1:28 PM
well, when you get hat screensaver program, I look forward to you making the screensaver on 80's arcade games.
LittleBearJason
Reply #3 Monday, March 7, 2005 2:57 AM
Reply #3 Monday, March 7, 2005 2:57 AM
Now that you mentioned this ive seen a few screen savers built like this...... For one .... the original Atari Arcade Hits Vol 1 and 2 disc featured screensavers that you could feature the oriignal demo modes on them.
may want to contact digital eclipse and atari on how they turned it into screen savers.
may want to contact digital eclipse and atari on how they turned it into screen savers.
Thomas Thomassen
Reply #4 Monday, March 7, 2005 9:34 AM
Reply #4 Monday, March 7, 2005 9:34 AM
Wouldn't it be great if DX had the option to create Screensavers. Screensavers are normal programs except it has to handle the extra messages sent to and from the system.
LittleBearJason
Reply #5 Monday, March 7, 2005 11:40 AM
Reply #5 Monday, March 7, 2005 11:40 AM
Since I have all the time in the world , Ill do something for you , ill research on the internet later after lunch on some screensaver software that could meet your needs , and ill post back the results.
ExodusCrow
Reply #6 Monday, March 7, 2005 1:32 PM
Reply #6 Monday, March 7, 2005 1:32 PM
Samurize has the ability to use it's configs as screensavers. Really handy to see some of your system stats while it's running.
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Reply #1 Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:40 PM
Sorry I dont have more to offer.
Take Care,
Zero.