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Do you remember that great Asteroids/Maelstrom clone 'Lunatic Fringe' that was part of the After Dark screensaver suite? Someone has authored a standalone player for the game that is compatible with OSX! Text The newest version (2.0) supports intel macs and Leopard as well. You will still need the original Lunatic Fringe module. Lunatic fringe Authored by: Lectrick on Feb 13, '08 05:31:28AM Just figured I'd add this comment if you're specifically wondering about the great old game (perversely included as an After Dark screensaver) Lunatic Fringe.

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I used to own AD and was particularly fond of the 'Stained Glass' screen saver (what a coincidence). Is this still available?

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A few comments on my own hint:
First, of course, it helps to run System Preferences - Classic and set Classic to start on login; it's OK to set Classic so it sleeps after a period of inactivity.
Second, the path in the sample script in my hint should of course be modified to represent the filepath in your own setup. I happen to have the 'Stained Glass' module in 'Applications (OS 9):AD Launcher' but you will probably have a different module and will store it somewhere else.
Third, fortunately, I still have my original copies of the AD modules. But the old ones can be found with a little searching. I don't pretend to know the legalities of this, but the moral and ethical situation seems fairly clear: it seems to me that if you once had a license for After Dark, and never gave the software to anyone else, then your license still applies (morally and ethically) to copies of the modules that you install from some source other than your own diskettes. YMMV (your morality may vary), of coursre.

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Well, I'm on a new PB-G4 OS/X (v10.3.8). My problem is that AfterDark 3.0 crashes my Classdic Startup so, I'm fiorced to use AfterDark 2.0v. How can I use version 3.0 so that i can select my Star Trek (TOS, TNG) screen saver module?
The Star Trek Screen Posters modules work. How can I get mt AfterDark 3.0 modules to work?

Just figured I'd add this comment if you're specifically wondering about the great old game (perversely included as an After Dark screensaver) Lunatic Fringe. There is an app called Fringe Player 2 that will actually take your old Lunatic Fringe module (hard, but not impossible, to find on the Internet, admittedly) and let you play it.. on modern intel (or ppc) macs running 10.5!

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Fringe Player: Lunatic Fringe on Mac OS X

Lunatic Fringe Game

Fringe Player is an application that brings the classic game Lunatic Fringe to Mac OS X.

Lunatic Fringe is a fast-paced space combat game not unlike Asteroids and Maelstrom. It was written by Ben Haller as an After Dark screen saver module. Unfortunately, After Dark is long obsolete, leaving Lunatic Fringe unplayable on newer machines — until now.

V3000 driver. Fringe Player is a native Mac OS X program that controls the Lunatic Fringe screen saver module. It takes the place of After Dark itself. Fringe Player is not a complete screen saver; its sole purpose is to play Lunatic Fringe.

Download

Fringe Player 2.zip (217 KB)
New in version 2: now supports Intel machines and Mac OS X Leopard. Older PowerPC Macs may run faster with the Classic version.

Requirements

Mac OS X. Fringe Player 2 supports Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and 10.4 Tiger on Intel and PowerPC machines.
The Lunatic Fringe screen saver module. Fringe Player is not a game; the game itself must be provided separately. Lunatic Fringe was part of several After Dark collections including More After Dark.
A 1024x768 or larger screen.

Instructions

Run Fringe Player.
Locate the original Lunatic Fringe module file if necessary.
Click Play.

Credits

Fringe Player is copyright © 2007 Greg Parker. All rights reserved. Fringe Player may be freely distributed, but it may not be modified or sold.
Lunatic Fringe was written by Ben Haller and is copyright © 1991-1993 Berkeley Systems. You may not distribute Lunatic Fringe without their permission (or the permission of whoever owns the rights to After Dark now).
Thanks to Steve Falkenburg and the Twilight Zone Hack for providing GetOSEvent enlightenment.

Lunatic Fringe Screensaver

Greg Parker
gparker-fringe@sealiesoftware.com
Sealie Software

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