{"id":1051,"date":"2011-03-23T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-23T06:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2011-03-22T19:47:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T17:47:38","slug":"sierra-johnny-castaway-screensaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/outofmymind.scanlen.com\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"Sierra – Johnny Castaway Screensaver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Like I have stated before<\/a>, I have a very special place in my heart for “old school” games made by a company called Sierra.<\/p>\n

Now sadly the founders of Sierra, Ken and Roberta Williams, sold the company many years ago to enjoy life on a very large boat; and the brand has been sold a few times since and now currently belongs to Activision.<\/p>\n

Today’s post is about a screen saver that Sierra published, and eventually \u00a0gave away for free, called Screen Antics – Johnny Castaway<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The screensaver depicts a man – Johnny – stranded on a very small island with a single palm tree. It follows a story which is slowly revealed through time. It takes many days to catch on to the story. While Johnny eats, fishes, builds sand castles, and sleeps on a regular basis, there are a number of unusual events such as the island getting crushed by a ship that Johnny attracted, Johnny getting tied up, and a mermaid coming to the island.<\/p>\n

On holidays like Christmas there will be a Christmas tree on the island. St Patricks day four leaf clovers will sprout out the sand. Over Halloween a pumpkin cut into a Halloween-type lantern, appears at the front of the island.<\/p>\n

I stumbled upon the following website while looking for a Johnny Castaway Live Wallpaper for my Android phone – http:\/\/web.onetel.net.uk\/~gnudawn\/johnny\/index.html<\/a> . Sadly he does not have a live wallpaper for Android, but he has links to the next best thing…a working screensaver for Windows XP\/Vista and even a tip how to get it to run on Linux! \u00a0Believe me I immediately downloaded and tested it on my Ubuntu PC at home and it works like a charm!<\/p>\n

Here is a YouTube clip if you want to check what all Johnny gets up to on the island<\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hVgGfKY91Lg]<\/p>\n

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Go on! What you still waiting for? Download it and protect your screen today! The good old days – what was your favorite screensaver?<\/p>\n

(BTW: Anyone know where I can get a live wallpaper Johnny Castaway for my phone?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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