Ours had an ending and a plot tho... the 1990s were pretty cool, movies told a story, revealed more and more of the plot and then came to a conclusion.
If ever stuck in a maze always go to One direction or the other so always turn the right or always turn to the left and you will eventually find your way out
I used to make custom images for the walls. My favorite was putting black with stars fir space, and it looked like you were just traveling around space
Back in the 70s using the county timeshare HP3000 mainframe, us students each got an account to learn about computers using a 110 baud modem and a teletype machine terminal (later added a CRT but still needed to dial up the mainframe). Somebody created a text adventure game called "Advent" (name space limitation). All the computer class students got on board and we all started adding levels to this dungeon style adventure game where we roamed through McDonald Fries and got lost in the maze!
That's an incredibly risky thing to do. There's no security support for it. As bad as they've fucked up modern windows, running on 7 still is way riskier. I wouldn't do any personal banking or use any important passwords on that machine. You basically have an open back door.
You can still download this and install it on your windows 10/11 PCs! Screen saver functionality wasn't removed, we just stopped needing it so it got buried in menus. I think screensaversplanet has all of the old classics. I have pipes set right now and the matrix code on my ultra wide is awesome. Warning: I think because of how they were designed, the visuals are sped up on modern hardware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in Literally any time from the birth of computers to the release of the iPhone, and to a lesser extent today. Nowadays it's usually handled by power management and more resilient screen tech but it can still occur.
It isn't either Duke Nuke 'Em 3D or Wolfenstein 3D. It's one of the Windows 95 default screensavers. There's no enemies, it's just a maze that the computer would wander through automatically
lpooptoomuch
just follow one wall of any poorly built maze and you will reach the end.
InnerBushman
Temu backrooms. Only one level, finite, and the only entity was start button lol
Xenarion
Holy shit, we did!
SalvadorTosc
https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bnVhdG04bm8xYTU3Z2w3N2VybTAwNHVhY2ExM2Z5OHNrZjVhbnIyZiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T/200w.webp
CheeseB0t
Oh my stars!
It's been forever.
I spent a lot of time watching this for some reason.
Druidhunter77
I’ve still got this as my screensaver on windows 11
bippityboppitybuttsex
Ours had an ending and a plot tho... the 1990s were pretty cool, movies told a story, revealed more and more of the plot and then came to a conclusion.
msgbubba
If ever stuck in a maze always go to One direction or the other so always turn the right or always turn to the left and you will eventually find your way out
CrazyT2018
"Hall of Tortured Souls"
Justboredtobehere
Couldn't play these.. Wolfenstein..the original, gave me motion sickness.
Luckily it hasn't been the same with later games with better graphics.
Clayman8
God damn it... i never even realised that.
ilenisaatio
That took me back... rooms.
B4r4B4d4B45tu
And sometimes you saw the rat
Omnislash9
I was there, Gandalf...
harmsebamse
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1dTdvaTBhdzA5cmdyajRuN3UxMDRpZTMwZWM2bHowNjQza2swZmxveCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/Z9Pd9UpdS0dvDe2Hgn/200w.webp
fja3omega
i think this is where you can download: https://www.screensaversplanet.com/screensavers/3d-maze-461/
echonite
I used to make custom images for the walls. My favorite was putting black with stars fir space, and it looked like you were just traveling around space
immabearrawr
There was a playable version as an easter egg in Excel
SignedEpsteinsMother
Was it called Wolfenstein?
bigdix69420
HOVER LIVES RENT FEEE IN MY MIND
iosa
I didn't like this screensaver as a kid because I was convinced there was gonna be a jumpscare at some point.
Macetheace50
Wolfenstein 3D vibes!
Cloud423
very zork i am in a forest
goosenman
This is the screensaver in the new puzzle game, Desktop Explorer.
OrkenMork
Laughs in Dungeons of Daggorath!
FiftyShadesOfTiramisu
*guffaws in Zork*
OrkenMork
Back in the 70s using the county timeshare HP3000 mainframe, us students each got an account to learn about computers using a 110 baud modem and a teletype machine terminal (later added a CRT but still needed to dial up the mainframe). Somebody created a text adventure game called "Advent" (name space limitation). All the computer class students got on board and we all started adding levels to this dungeon style adventure game where we roamed through McDonald Fries and got lost in the maze!
KilroyLichking
What you seak is in the traah in the deepest level of daggorath
OrkenMork
ahhh memories!
spiderjohn36
RIP Windows 95.
syrane303
I miss the old games.... anyone remember hover?
BallsToYouMyGoodSir
im still on windows 7 as it is the best of all OS
BrdCdn
That's an incredibly risky thing to do. There's no security support for it. As bad as they've fucked up modern windows, running on 7 still is way riskier. I wouldn't do any personal banking or use any important passwords on that machine. You basically have an open back door.
spiderjohn36
I ran XP until Microsoft stopped offering support for the OS. I still miss it.
MostAwesomeDan
You can still download this and install it on your windows 10/11 PCs! Screen saver functionality wasn't removed, we just stopped needing it so it got buried in menus. I think screensaversplanet has all of the old classics. I have pipes set right now and the matrix code on my ultra wide is awesome. Warning: I think because of how they were designed, the visuals are sped up on modern hardware.
JimFromMarketing
Went did we ever need them
TheJurc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_burn-in Literally any time from the birth of computers to the release of the iPhone, and to a lesser extent today. Nowadays it's usually handled by power management and more resilient screen tech but it can still occur.
hyjukilo
Phones can still get burn in on the screens, but yep still using the matrix code screensaver, have been since I found it fuck knows how long ago.
IFoldlyGo
Like the person who got the Pinball game up to 5000 Hz? https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/3d-pinball-bug-allowed-game-to-run-at-5-000-fps-former-microsoft-programmer-didnt-add-a-rev-limiter-when-porting-game-from-windows-95-to-nt
Evenmoreuselessname
We need a turbo button that scales the processor back to 200mhz I guess
IFoldlyGo
here is the Internet Archive link to Pinball, if you wan to give it a try - https://archive.org/details/3-d-pinball-for-windows.-7z
sundaymondayhippyday
Ooohhhh modern thinkers unite in the nostalgia dipper….
dogmatix
Flying toasters ftw
hexephant
I don't remember this, but we fought demons in The BackDOOMs
BrickSprickly
And we killed nazis in it
onlyhalfghost
this is the 3D Maze Screensaver that came with Windows 95, not Wolfenstein 3D - those bricks were blue.
BrickSprickly
More than just blue
onlyhalfghost
yes, they also came in grey, purple, cobblestone, and decorated with Nazi sigils.
ardtay
Mein Laben!
ChipWallace
B.J. Blazkowicz liked this post.
BrickSprickly
FluidExchangeProgram
I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum.
choppedliveraldente
And I've bought enough for the whole class.
Xique
Pretty sure this is wolfinstein 3d not duke nukem
FluidExchangeProgram
That’s the joke.
ironymus
It's a screensaver not a game
TapeLeg
TheUnnamedPoet
It isn't either Duke Nuke 'Em 3D or Wolfenstein 3D. It's one of the Windows 95 default screensavers. There's no enemies, it's just a maze that the computer would wander through automatically
Xique
I apparently didn't have that one then, good to know, was probably still using dos at the time
narcoleptiKnickers
YOU ARE IN A MAZE OF TWISTY LITTLE PASSAGES, ALL ALIKE.
Halloween2023
PLUGH! ( and that bastard Pirate can go to Hell! )
polarpurple
XYZZY
narcoleptiKnickers
Nothing happens.
IntelligentLake
It is dark; you are likely to be eaten by a grue.
polarpurple
Kill self with self
lgkinasen
THE ANCIENT TEXTS
NotAllowedToArgueUnlessYouPay
Nothing happens.
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
Oh man the 3D Maze screensaver.
4Astaroth
Watchmen and the Robo Robbers comes to mind. I'm just sure no one remembers. But maybe Ken's Labyrinth.
Lynkfox
For Macs .. AfterDark screensavers .
dffksh
PC had those as well.
Fun fact - Flying toasters screensaver works with modern Windows as well.
Just plop the .scr to system32 and Bob's your uncle.
RubberChickenGoD
My favorite one and city scapes
CerisCinderwolf
I loved setting custom .BMP pictures as the wall, ceiling and floor textures. A solid black line on white square was fun to mess with folks.
KarmaciouS
This was also a playable game
Aranon1183
It was?
Treforce
I beg your finest pardon ?
doublebutttriplehut
Wolfenstein probably
Freak0zoid
I played that game for so many hours and barely got past the first level. It was amazing for a very young gamer (me).
Yasashii93
It was?! Because I could swear I once played it and everybody told me it must have been a dream and I eventually agreed that it must have been.
If it’s wolfenstein it doesn’t count. It was this, only controllable.
onlyhalfghost
you may be thinking of Hover! 3D, which also used the textures (and I think engine?) of the 3D Maze screensaver. Came with MS Plus! pack.
KarmaciouS
The two of us may be hallucinating here but I'm pretty sure I played something a least very close to this
iJokeTooMuch
I’m with you both. I remember watching my brother and sister play this in my sister’s room growing up.
LeoFloof
I also played this - for hours! Probably days or weeks of my life!
On the family Sony Vaio PCV.