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|title=<center>Opus and Bill Death Toasters Screensaver (original version)</center>
|image=Opus n bill screensaver.png
|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
|imagecaption=The loading screen used before the screensaver starts up.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=28 Apr 2016
|foundby=[http://legendsworld.net/webroot/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2&sid=d46a44041c8221701ce2476c13be454b Scaryfun]
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In 1993, one of Delrina's screensaver products was based on the licensed Bloom County characters Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat. The initial Opus 'n Bill screensaver, launched in 1993, landed the company in court as its '''Death Toasters''' module depicted Opus taking shots at a number of flying toasters, a well-known emblem in Berkeley System's Flying Toasters module from their After Dark screensaver. The infamous screensaver featured wings on its toasters rather than helicopter blades, making it similar to the Flying Toasters screensaver from the original After Dark.
In 1993, one of Delrina's screensaver products was based on the licensed ''Bloom County'' characters Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat. The initial Opus 'n Bill: Brain Saver screensaver, launched in 1993, landed the company in court as its '''Death Toasters module depicted Opus taking shots at a number of flying toasters''', a well-known emblem in Berkeley System's Flying Toasters module from their ''After Dark'' screensaver. The infamous screensaver featured wings on its toasters rather than helicopter blades, making it similar to the Flying Toasters screensaver from the original ''After Dark''.


Due to the lawsuit regarding Delrina and Berkeley Systems, most copies of the Opus 'n Bill screensaver only features the Death Toasters screensaver with helicopter blades on it. However, it was unknown if the initial copies of the screensaver were either archived or saved or were even still available.
Due to the lawsuit regarding Delrina and Berkeley Systems, most copies of the Opus 'n Bill screensaver only feature the Death Toasters screensaver with helicopter blades on it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090822003939/http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/eword.html?pg=9 Wired article on the Death Toasters lawsuit (archived).] Retrieved 19 Sep '22</ref> It was unknown if the initial copies of the screensaver were either archived or saved or were even still available.


[[Category:Miscellaneous lost media]]
==Availability==
On April 28th, 2016, an Adventure Legends user named Scaryfun uploaded a supposed demo of the Windows version of Brain Saver with the original Death Toasters screensaver in it. The Intermission executable (which must be on an old Windows OS to run on) is needed to run the screensaver.
 
==Gallery==
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  |description1 =Revised version.
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  |description2 =Original version.
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==See Also==
*[[Opus (partially found production materials and tests for cancelled animated film; 2001-2007)]]
 
==External Links==
*[http://legendsworld.net/adventure/game/15509 Link to the original Opus 'n Bill ''Death Toasters'' screensaver.]
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 18 January 2024

Opus n bill screensaver.png

The loading screen used before the screensaver starts up.

Status: Found

Date found: 28 Apr 2016

Found by: Scaryfun

In 1993, one of Delrina's screensaver products was based on the licensed Bloom County characters Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat. The initial Opus 'n Bill: Brain Saver screensaver, launched in 1993, landed the company in court as its Death Toasters module depicted Opus taking shots at a number of flying toasters, a well-known emblem in Berkeley System's Flying Toasters module from their After Dark screensaver. The infamous screensaver featured wings on its toasters rather than helicopter blades, making it similar to the Flying Toasters screensaver from the original After Dark.

Due to the lawsuit regarding Delrina and Berkeley Systems, most copies of the Opus 'n Bill screensaver only feature the Death Toasters screensaver with helicopter blades on it.[1] It was unknown if the initial copies of the screensaver were either archived or saved or were even still available.

Availability

On April 28th, 2016, an Adventure Legends user named Scaryfun uploaded a supposed demo of the Windows version of Brain Saver with the original Death Toasters screensaver in it. The Intermission executable (which must be on an old Windows OS to run on) is needed to run the screensaver.

Gallery

Revised version.

Original version.

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Wired article on the Death Toasters lawsuit (archived). Retrieved 19 Sep '22
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