# After Dark Screensaver -- Marbles

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-dark-screensaver-marbles/349236 "2006-03-21T02:34:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-dark-screensaver-marbles/349236/1 "2006-03-21T02:34:54Z")

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Does anyone know where I can purchase the collection of screen savers known as “After Dark”?

Can anyone familiar with the program reference me to a free saver that most aproximates the saver known “Marbles” ? ((Marbles would drop from the top of the screen and hit various bumpers before finally resting at the bottom of the screen.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-dark-screensaver-marbles/349236/2 "2006-03-21T02:47:54Z")

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> [@Meeko](#):
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> Does anyone know where I can purchase the collection of screen savers known as “After Dark”?

[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000AT5DI0/103-8427079-7900654?v=glance) or [eBay](http://cgi.ebay.com/BEST-AFTER-DARK-COLLECTORS-EDITION-SCREEN-SAVERS_W0QQitemZ7225628109QQcategoryZ3778QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem).

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**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-dark-screensaver-marbles/349236/3 "2006-03-21T04:44:02Z")

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These have not been produced for several years. Before buying, make sure they will work with Win XP. Ones I have seen (you can google ‘After Dark’, also) specify that they work only with Win95 and 98 (and Mackintosh).

Bob

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-dark-screensaver-marbles/349236/4 "2006-03-21T17:58:46Z")

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Sadly, that 10th Anniversary version is six years old. It will not work on anything newer than Windows 98.

This might be the deciding factor to push you into buying a Mac - Infinisys has produced [After Dark X,](http://en.infinisys.co.jp/product/adx/index.shtml) which as the name suggests, works on OS X.  
…remembering the yellow marble that would yelp as it bounced…

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**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-dark-screensaver-marbles/349236/5 "2006-03-21T18:04:40Z")

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> [@gotpasswords](#):
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> Sadly, that 10th Anniversary version is six years old. It will not work on anything newer than Windows 98.
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> This might be the deciding factor to push you into buying a Mac - Infinisys has produced [After Dark X,](http://en.infinisys.co.jp/product/adx/index.shtml) which as the name suggests, works on OS X.  
> …remembering the yellow marble that would yelp as it bounced…

Don’t see any marbles in that one.