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This New App Brings 1990s 'After Dark' Screen Savers to Modern macOS

As noted by Daring Fireball 's John Gruber, developer Jeff Halter has released a new Afterglow app that allows you to run classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS versions. This article, " This New App Brings 1990s 'After Dark' Screen Savers to Modern macOS " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

This New App Brings 1990s 'After Dark' Screen Savers to Modern macOS

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As noted by Daring Fireball 's John Gruber, developer Jeff Halter has released a new Afterglow app that allows you to run classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS versions.

This article, " This New App Brings 1990s 'After Dark' Screen Savers to Modern macOS " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

"Afterglow is an emulator built specifically for running After Dark modules -- the original 68k module code, not a remake or port -- with no dependencies on ROMs or classic Mac OS," said Halter, who has...

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As noted by Daring Fireball 's John Gruber, developer Jeff Halter has released a new Afterglow app that allows you to run classic After Dark screen savers on modern macOS versions. This article, " This New App Brings 1990s 'After Dark' Screen Savers to Modern macOS " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums "Afterglow is an emulator built specifically for running After Dark modules -- the original 68k module code, not a remake or port -- with no dependencies on ROMs or classic Mac OS," said Halter, who has several fun nostalgic projects, such as After Dark space shooter Lunacy and HyperCard player Stacks.

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"Afterglow is an emulator built specifically for running After Dark modules -- the original 68k module code, not a remake or port -- with no dependencies on ROMs or classic Mac OS," said Halter, who has several fun nostalgic projects, such as After Dark space shooter Lunacy and HyperCard player Stacks.

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