It is rather peculiar how I never had nostalgic feelings for those eras due to the fact that I was not born yet, though I can still remember seeing the pipe screensaver in the doctor’s office. I guess my surroundings were kind of old-fashioned during those times.

@turbo_marc

Жыл бұрын

same, except my surroundings were never really old fashioned

@irishawk5010

Жыл бұрын

Mhm

@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647

Жыл бұрын

That's because you are experiencing anemoia, basically nostalgia for something you've never been or experienced

@asher3311

Жыл бұрын

yeah theres a lot of businesses that update to newer versions of windows late, i know a ton didnt upgrade from 7 until windows 10 had been out a while and they stopped supporting 7

@AlastairG

Жыл бұрын

Same-ish. I was born in 1999 but didn’t have internet or most tech of that time. We had no live TV either and that house still can’t get live TV or internet there. Literally every provider has said it can’t be done there. Anyways we mostly had VHS, cassette tapes, vintage towns from the 90s and older, etc.

I watched 3D pipes unironically for entertainment when I was a really young really dumb kid. I always thought the pipes had people crawling around inside trying to find their way through the maze, and I used to imagine myself alongside said explorers. It was my favorite because the pipes in an infinite black void was very mysterious to me, and I wondered why these pipes just conjured themselves out of nowhere. It's hard to explain why I loved it, but I watched the pipes go for hours.

@cYObEL

Жыл бұрын

really good idea for a game

@person4636

Жыл бұрын

冰淇淋

@LukeSmoke

Жыл бұрын

pov: you just got up from watching pipes for an hour best relaxation, now to go watch gt slander.

@GOAT_GOATERSON

Жыл бұрын

The pipes just were the best

@Galidorquest

Жыл бұрын

The only time I got to watch that screensaver was in detention if there was another computer in the room.

I remember changing my 3D text wallpaper almost every week. And when we visited our friends houses, we left each other little messages in the screensaver. Also, the maze screensaver was SCARY!!! It freaked me out as a kid, I always imagined some scary monster would pop out from somewhere.

@thegodzillafandomsrookie5514

Жыл бұрын

Backrooms stole your fear1!1!!1!11!11!1!1

So glad to see the Utah Teapot easter egg there! It seemed like hardly anyone ever noticed or knew about it. I was an autistic preteen, and very excited to see the teapot spawn. Dunno if I ever managed to convince anyone else that it was real.

@SimonSideburns

2 ай бұрын

I believe that not only were there Utah Teapots but also random coffee pots.

The DVD screensaver is probably The most popular and my most favorite in my opinion. They really should bring back Screensavers for real

@loudpainfulscreaming4237

Жыл бұрын

Facts

@irishawk5010

Жыл бұрын

Actual facts

@Gareth219

Жыл бұрын

Faxs

@mrmexicano

Жыл бұрын

Phaxz

@jaylanweber

Жыл бұрын

Real Facts

Honestly using Backroom Labyrinth for the maze screensaver was the best idea ever

@kaii_x3

Жыл бұрын

Omg yess

@OliTheOlishi

Жыл бұрын

fr

@flowerpotmadeofclay

Жыл бұрын

Pongon is quite good at putting music together with specific imagery

@PacmanYT09

Жыл бұрын

How

@PacmanYT09

Жыл бұрын

Where?

14:13 I WANT TO SWIM IN THE GODDAMM RADIOACTIVE WINDOWS XP CAVERN

@PresidentAbrahamLincoln69

Ай бұрын

Mercury isn’t radioactive

@Legogh1599

22 күн бұрын

14:13 i want to swim in the goddamn radioactive windows xp cavern

The premise was that they were necessary to save your screen... but once that excuse was in place, we had no desire to question the importance of these magical microcosms. How creative and inspiring a thing can be when it doesn't have to justify its existence!

Seeing that polygon has a full on cat folder makes me very happy

@krystalclouds

Жыл бұрын

If polygon releases “cat” I’ll be so happy

@cactus5802

Жыл бұрын

​@@krystalclouds he released it actually

@springvhs4536

Жыл бұрын

@@cactus5802 WHERE

@floofletwo

10 ай бұрын

you dont?

@sherrbrrtz

8 ай бұрын

​@@cactus5802wWHERE😭

It almost feels weird seeing some of these screensavers again after years. It also has the same energy as classic Windows Media Player visualizers, I remember being entranced as a kid watching all the psychedelic colors and lines while my dad listened to music on our old Windows XP back then!

@whimai412

Жыл бұрын

Nice! I almost forgot about those. But they were so entertaining.

@dragonslayer7724

Жыл бұрын

ok wow this comment definitely unearthed some memories I forgot about those windows media player animations

@tgsleo_

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonslayer7724 Right? I'm just glad some people remember and it isn't a fever dream! Maybe Polygon one day will make a video about them who knows!

@tivvy2vs21

Жыл бұрын

Look up project m visualizer for a modern version

@middleofnowhere1313

Жыл бұрын

Milkdrop 2 in Winamp can give you all that. You click "visualizer" and it has like hundreds of possibilities.

7:43 Fun fact! : you can also see that teapot in the amazing digital circus intro when there are objects spinning in the air, i think!

@theceoofsayingno7825

5 ай бұрын

Sillyy

@hunterchichester5720

Ай бұрын

Well... He is not wrong

@varlenthamurtinez

3 күн бұрын

Cool!

10:42 i think that C418 has used this eerie sound for the caves in Minecraft

I love when Polygon uses those silly words like "gizmo" or "goofy", also I love the voice he makes during saying them

@LoraLoibu

Жыл бұрын

silly voice for silly words

@NinetailsNineLives

Жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention "goobers"

@Notsussybaka900

Жыл бұрын

You could say they are… goofy words

@LukeSmoke

Жыл бұрын

@@NinetailsNineLives yep. goofy goober gizmo

@Binglesquirk

7 ай бұрын

doohickeys

The way you called these "hyperfixation videos" is reassuring, it's nice to know you enjoy making them

Ribbons is the most nostalgic for me since my music teacher at my old elementary used it and I remember when his computer would go into sleep mode and I would be mesmerized by the silly colorful ribbons fly around on the projector

12:29 DO A LITTLE DANCE

@T3H_C0SM1C_SP4RT4N

9 ай бұрын

Electric guitars, miscellaneous goobers, Architecture and leaves doing a little dance

@H_fromDiscord_real

6 күн бұрын

@@T3H_C0SM1C_SP4RT4Nthey're not leaves, they're guitar picks

Polygon I just want to say I really appreciate how much detail and ADHD energy you put into all of your videos. If someone asked me what a hyperfixation feels like, I'd immediately direct them to your channel, because I couldn't put it into words myself. Keep being awesome, and thank you for another great video!

@mustard9808

Жыл бұрын

Love this comment, I feel the same way.

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰

@dennokops

Жыл бұрын

u described this begter than i ever have

@chrxstt

Жыл бұрын

this shit makes me feel like i got a mental illness i can’t watch this

@dancelikean1diot

Жыл бұрын

truly the silliest of videos

For years I’ve had this necktie that I thrifted with spooky looking sets of eyes on it, like you’d see in the opening to scooby doo, and it had this label on the back of the company who made it. Their logo was a flying toaster and it was called “After Dark”. I’ve always wondered why their logo was that but never looked it up, just assuming they were a wacky tie company. I never would have guessed they were a screen saver company who made ties based off their screensavers!

@12Tecpatl

Жыл бұрын

after dark merchandise is super cool and rare

@Coristic121

Жыл бұрын

dude after dark merch is like super rare

@midnightcinema7813

Жыл бұрын

Sick, I had no idea!

@seriousyy7550

2 ай бұрын

dunno how much that’s worth but it might be worth a lot

11:29 that's goona hurt 🤕🤕🤕

I remember waaaay more windows 98 ones! You should also do a video about Windows themes like the ocean theme, the themes changed stuff like the error noises, in the ocean theme it was a seal noise, and the power on was like a wave crashing noise

The psychedelic textures look a lot better when it’s lagging on an old PC, our computer was in my room and I used to watch the psychedelic maze every night to get to sleep, I was convinced I could control it with my mind, or at the very least I would do my best to guess which way it was gonna turn. OH and, my brother changed it to a Daria screensaver once, it BLASTED music in the middle of the night, scared the shit out of me.

I had one screensaver back on a Windows 7 touchscreen computer that was a bird's-eye view of some fish swimming around in shallow water, and wherever you tap on the screen it makes a ripple and the fish go towards it. Also just to note: 4:03 - "Bezier" is pronounced like "Bez-yay", 4:40 - "Wagner" is pronounced like "V-ah-gner", 15:50 - "Arabesque" is pronounced like "Air-a-besk".

I would say screensavers are still in use today. Applications like wallpaper engine although aren't on lockscreen backgrounds, they are on desktop backgrounds and have customizable moving animations and user generated content so really, the legacy of moving wallpapers and screensavers live on.

This video is my favorite one for sure!

I love the April Fools' Minecraft screensavers, but I wish you could pick and choose which one you want. I'd be so down for watching pixel grass grow all day

"You can watch some architecture do *A LITTLE DANCE!* " I lost myself there 💀

@weirdslushie7601

Жыл бұрын

I laughed too

@NinetailsNineLives

7 ай бұрын

*F R E N C H. A R C H I T E C T U R E.*

As a 38 year old who had the overwhelming majority of these new, thank you. Many of these screensavers were simply my taken-for-granted daily items. I'd spend hours experimenting around with settings between all of these. I think voyeur from the twisted line was the most fascinating. I'd love to see you go over anything early 90's WIndows 3.1 or MS-DOS. I literally had no idea about the fucking teapot until literally today watching your video. you just taught my old ass something about a screensaver I spent WAY to long spacing out on in high school detention and at home.

There was a period in the early 2010s where some games would be your screensaver. One I played was called Endless Forest. When you wanted to play the game you would wait for your computer to go into screensaver mode and then the game would start.

Now that software like Wallpaper Engine exist, we've basically gone full circle. I would love to see compilations of these classics added to Wallpaper engine.

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

Yeah wallpaper engine feels like the successor to the idea of screensavers. I love customization!!!!!!

@generatoralignmentdevalue

Жыл бұрын

@@PolygonDonut Nah I'd call that the successor to the old programs that let you set your wallpaper to a video. They existed at the same time as some of these screensavers. They didn't catch on because they were resource hogs, and all your videos back then were 45-second 380p novelties that didn't function well as a backround for anything.

@kylewade6882

Жыл бұрын

​@@PolygonDonut 🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩🍩

@tapist3482

7 ай бұрын

I think I've seen the flying toasters one.

@Trevthehedgehog7

7 ай бұрын

ALL OF MY YES. ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ

I know you briefly mentioned Frutiger aero, but you should make an entire video around the aesthetic

I'm sure these got as popular as they did because many of them are almost like baby sensory videos! I can imagine all the adults getting out their wallets for all the screensaver expansions to keep the kids quietly distracted for hours at a time. Watching flying toasters and randomly generated pipes for no other reason than the fascination of it all.

12:53 feels very liminal like actually

Leaving my mark here to remember these amazing things. Such a significant reminder of how technology has evolved, but also a significant memory for those who lived during that time and even those who didn’t.

@NostalgiCrazy

11 ай бұрын

Don't make me sad 🥺

9:02 WHAT THE DEVAL

14:48 the only one of these i remember is bubbles

Dude watching your videos is like how my brain functions on a regular day, and I can actually pay attention without needing a side browsing session. A+ ADHD comrade in arms I appreciate the work involved a lot dude

Too bad you missed Castaway, that screensaver in particular not only has some lore hidden in it, the story behind it is really interesting. There's a whole video that goes in depth into it, I'd recommend you all to check it out.

would really love to see a history of the Jumpstart PC games.... they were given away as chick fil a toys and would be a good addition to your nostalgia series

@Solaceon

Жыл бұрын

Ama their history only deepens too, considering they're now trashing Neopets of all sites

@TwinedCalico

Жыл бұрын

@@Solaceon dude i forgot ab neopets omg

You made me discover some screensavers I've never heard of before, especially ones from Windows XP Plus!. I even ended up changing the screensaver of my Windows XP VM to Robot Circus, with the scene setting set as 'Arena'. Thanks for this great video! :)

8:34 is that texture you put on the floor.... Busy Town??? That brought back memories of a Busy Town rug I had in the 90s as a kid. wow lol

To all the kiddos now and young people who weren't around for the pipe screensaver when it first came around: Now I know that the pipe screensaver is just that cool, my nostalgia glasses aren't lying to me. I could stare at the screensaver for music playing to the beat of Windows Media Player for hours as a kid. It felt like watching a whole music playlist, probably not as revolutionary now but it was amazing then

Bro Polygon I want to say you have become one of my favorite KZreadrs ever. It’s the energy you put in to all of your videos, it makes it so goofy! Can’t wait to see what topic you choose next

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

TYHANK YOU SO MUCH😺😺😺

@rplacefunny7423

Жыл бұрын

I await his demise

The Mac computers also had a screensaver that had a few words moving across the screen, with specific words and their meaning appearing every ten or so seconds

I miss this type of stuff but I’m glad I got to grow up with it. It made the computer feel even more special and amazing as a kid.

The thing I like about screensavers the most is that they still work today, albeit, an old one I tried did end up making my monitor freak out _(had to restart my pc to fix it)_ but other than that, I love screensavers they're funny :) Awesome video 👍👍👍👍 _(oh, by the way, if anybody knows where any mario screensavers are let me know)_

@yoursafetyisnotourproblem3702

Жыл бұрын

he’s here again🫵

@CyaninAnimator

Жыл бұрын

pixel you could just y'know edit the 3d maze textures to be super mario

As a kid i would just mess around with the settings and watch screen savers for hours man. Blew my mind, especially the pipes! I wasnt around till 2001 but when ur poor u grow up with all the older systems

Back in the day, my sister and I would love messing around with the screensavers on an old Windows XP computer we had. The maze was one of our favorites and we had fun playing with all the different textures!

As someone who was raised in the 2000's.... This mortifies me as I remember these fondly when I was 10 and 11..

There is a possibility that screensavers could make a comeback as OLED displays also suffer with burn-in. Also, there is a program for Windows called Shimeji which allows you to have virtual pets on your desktop.

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it because modern technology isn't really known for having personality anymore, they will most likely just have auto-black screen set by default instead of any animations.

@UNIX32

Жыл бұрын

@@PolygonDonut Oh, how boring. It's kinda sad in a way. But at least you can still download them. And I think desktop pets might become popular as you have software like Shimeji-ee.

tbh polygon donut is my comfort youtuber, hes so funny silly and goofy and always makes me smile :3

7:51 dodge the bouncing teapots of doom

The bubbles Screensaver just gave me so many memories, holy cow😳

I love how your talking about 2000s Screensavers, it's really amazing to learn about this.

7:34 time to grind for that teapot

You know what was most fun: Windows 98 themes, with custom sounds, startup music, screensavers, everything. I still remember Lion king theme with FULL 1 minute Whimaway Whimaway intro. This should return

9:54 dangerous creatures inside your computer

There's a screensaver I remember that I've never seen mentioned online (possibly because it wasn't very popular?). It was little drawings being done and sometimes things about them would change as they were being done. I specifically remember that there was one of a man in the rain, wearing a yellow raincoat, and at the end he gets struck by lightning. My nostalgia brain wants to watch it again but I don't know which version of Windows had it or if my family had downloaded it so I've never found it :(

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

Hmmm i dont know what screensaver you are talking about maybe you will find it someday

I really like the old Screensavers, seeing them evolve was interesting, gets me nostalgic. Thanks polygon :]

I love that maze texture you made with a ballpit, play road/city rug, and arcade flooring ☺️

12:23 I remember that screensaver! I've been trying to search for that for years, but I forgot what it was called. I thought it was called Alien World.

I was born in 2007 yet these screensavers feel so nostalgic for some reason.

@Fidumo

Жыл бұрын

same but 2 years later lol especially the pipe one

@Soba2007

Жыл бұрын

@@Fidumo There’s just something special about the 80s-90s

@aino-kaisav5504

Жыл бұрын

Born 2003 but since I have big brothers born -89, -90, -95 and -98, I grew with a lot of 90s stuff.

@Airconditionergaming

Жыл бұрын

We are the same :)

@gdtyra

Жыл бұрын

That's interesting, I wonder why. They're nostalgic for me too, but I probably spent hours watching After Dark screensavers and playing with the configuration options on my Grandma's old Mac (also Warcraft 2 and Simcity 2000)

Finally someone getting to the real issues

Fun fact: A bundle featured Atelier Marie and Atelier Elie was released on the Sega Dremcast. The first print of the game includes a screen saver where if you insert it on a Windows based computer a virus will erased the CMOS and BIOS settings, and attempted to overwrite files located on hard drives and the local network.Thankfully, the virus has no effect on the Dreamcast itself

Ahh, I remember watching some of those old screensavers with my sister on our old Windows xp computer back in the day, especially the 3D maze. We even used the crazy psychedelic textures!

When I was little, we had an American Greetings CD-ROM that basically just let you customize your own American Greetings card (which my sisters and I found MANY excuses to make cards with lol). Most importantly though, it came with its own screensaver that featured a collection of various art "speedpaints". I found this one MESMERIZING. I could seriously sit forever and watch various colors and textures splash across the screen and try to guess what picture it was going to be before it completed. Even now, I find myself thinking about it every once in a while

This is the most engaging yet ominous video that polygon donut has made..

My grandma actually had Afterdark games! I never realized what it was supposed to be because my only knowledge of screensavers is of the Bad Dog era I wish my roku tv had a good selection of screensavers. I would kill to have flying toasters

i got into making screensavers like a year ago and it gives me so much joy every time I make a new one

I never knew a video about screen savers could be so interesting.

I live for the polygon donut videos of life

i literally just found your channel today but i’m loving ur content omg !! the editing style scratches my brain

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

THANKS!!!!

I looooveeee this video format. Keep up the great work! ^^

Man, they really should bring back screensavers. Even if the screens of today are immune to burn-in, screensavers have so much charm!

I love how some of these give nostalgia even tough i wasnt alive back then

@MaoRatto

Жыл бұрын

POV: You perished in the 90's and reincarinated in the future

Thanks for this video! I could never imagine that I have so much nostalgia!

I remember some of those screensavers as a kid, heck, I even got a copy of the Energy screensaver from Windows Vista through the internet hooked up on my Windows 11 computer, it still works!

At 7:07, when he’s talking about the pipes, he used my art :D

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

YES THANK YOU FOR THE ART ITS VERY CUTE :3

polygon finally mentioned the frutiger aero aesthetic, now more people can enjoy it

When I first got a computer and got into the internet world in 1998, I had a program with a dozen or psychedelic screensavers. I can't remember if it was something you had to install or if it just came already loaded. The quality probably wasn't anywhere near as what you would see today, but I really miss it. I miss the old pre Google internet in general.

Okay now i need to upload those screensavers immediately, this remembers me of my childhood and schooltime

Oh my god, the bubbles screensaver was my ENTIRE childhood

Polygon, I just wanna say thank you for making these videos. The first one of these is the Weirdcore one, which first introduced me into your channel. The vaporwave and liminal spaces are really cool, I watch them whenever I eat food for some odd reason. What I ask of you is to keep this up and keep making these kinds of videos 😊

There was also one rather legendary screensaver called "Johnny Castaway", which follows the life of the titular character on a deserted island and how he gets into all kinds of silly shenanigans while trying to get off the island. And (spoiler alert) there was even a full-fledged story than would be shown in eleven day loops. It's actually surprisingly touching for a screensaver: Johnny finds a mermaid, falls in love with her but has to leave her behind as he builds a raft to escape the island, finally manages to return to the city but still keeps dreaming about the island and the wonderful times he had with the mermaid, and lastly goes back to the island for the entire thing to loop all over again. Such an underrated masterpiece!🥰🏝🧜‍♀

screen savers need to make a comeback fr

Polygon donut never fails to make amazing content

Idk why but there's something about ur videos that is so soothing and my interest is just automatically captured

Beautiful compilation of these pictures

Finally someone else that knows of the Broken Reality OST AND ENA OST??? Truly a cultured individual you are

I remember we had our own computers at our grandparents place and we would play a bunch of educational games on them. But I honestly really liked just watching the screensavers. We had a dancing Pikachu one which was my favorite, but I think my grandpa would rotate them out occasionally. I definitely remember a maze one and a pipes one, I just don't think they were the after dark ones

I'm missing Johnny Castaway, that screensaver told an entire story if you watch all the scenes that randomly play out. Otherwise really cool video man.

Very cool video. Brings back memories of the A.O. hell days lol. Glad I came across this and your channel

i always screwed around with the 3D text screensaver all the time when i was a kid. seeing whatever i typed spin around with a shiny texture was so fun!

SO THATS WHAT THE AESTHETIC IS CALLED?! Frutiger Aero my beloved

Pongon makes the best videos in my opinion. They are just so comfortable and fun.

@PolygonDonut

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Literally one of my favorite KZreadr I like your videos, they are great👍

honestly i love thinking about screensavers like the computer is dreaming. be quiet, little computer is dreaming.

Bros editing is out of this world 😁

AAA! ur videos make my brain explode 💥💥💥💥💥 with joy ehehehehe, a lot of my hyperfixations tend to originate from ur videos (like weird core) !!! U discuss topics rlly well and it's fun to watch

I remember watching the maze like it was a movie, I always felt like there was something new to discover in that little world! I would trigger the screensaver on purpose just to watch it lol mixed with the hum of the crt it was so relaxing... 90s stimming and ASMR fr LOL

14:17 A warning LCD displays do get burns and need screen savers. I worked for a bank as technician and after we switched from xp to 7 we had hundreds of damaged screens with heavy burn in pictures