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'''NightMare''' was a [[screamer]] [[program]] developed in 1990 by Patrick Evans, which was distributed on Amiga Fish computer disks. The program's creator made it free to redistribute, and its source code was made publicly available.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20100829065252/http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-448-content-NightMare/</ref>
'''NightMare''' was a [[screamer]] [[program]] developed in 1990 by Patrick Evans for the [[wikipedia:Amiga|Amiga]] family of personal computers. It was distributed on Amiga [[wikipedia:Fred_Fish|Fish Disk]] 448.<ref>amiga-stuff.com/pd/fish.html/</ref> Evans made the program free to redistribute, and its source code was made publicly available.<ref>web.archive.org/web/20100829065252/<nowiki>http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-448-content-NightMare/</nowiki></ref> It is generally credited to be the first software of its kind.<ref>easyrider.easyrider.com/scareware_white_paper.htm</ref>


When the user executed the code "Nightmare" in the Amiga Disk Operating System (DOS), the screen would quickly display a digital illustration of a skull facing right with its jaws open, its teeth covered in blood, and a bleeding fracture in its side, accompanied by a resonant shriek which echoes out. The screamer would repeat every five minutes.
When the program is executed, it runs in the background. Every five minutes, the screen would display a digital illustration of a skull facing right with its jaws open, its teeth covered in blood, and a bleeding bullet hole in its side, accompanied by an echoing shriek. (A low-pitched version of the stock sound effect "Scream, Man 3" and "Vocal Effects And Heartbeats - One Scream (Male)" from Valentino Vintage SFX's ''Vintage SFX - Horror'' and BBC Records' ''Sound Effects No. 13 - Death & Horror'', respectively.)


Very little information is available regarding this program, due to how old it is and Amiga discontinuing their line of hardware in 1996.<ref>https://popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a27437/amiga-2017-a1222-tabor</ref> A similar program called [[McDonalds.exe]] was developed in China in 1999 to disrupt newer operating systems like [[wikipedia:Windows 98|Windows 98]], followed by more types of scareware applications which emerged in the 2000s and 2010s.
Very little information is available regarding this program, due to how old it is, and Amiga discontinuing their line of hardware in 1996.<ref>popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a27437/amiga-2017-a1222-tabor</ref>


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==References==
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==Links==
==Links==
<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following download link contains a [[screamer]] application!
<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following download link contains a [[screamer]] application!
*ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha
* ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha
*'''Showcase video''': youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM
* '''Permalink:''' web.archive.org/web/20240517055532/ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha
* '''Showcase video:''' youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM
===External links===
<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following link contains the [[screamer]] image!
* '''Wikipedia article:''' wikipedia.org/wiki/NightMare_(scareware)
 
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 17 May 2024

NightMare was a screamer program developed in 1990 by Patrick Evans for the Amiga family of personal computers. It was distributed on Amiga Fish Disk 448.[1] Evans made the program free to redistribute, and its source code was made publicly available.[2] It is generally credited to be the first software of its kind.[3]

When the program is executed, it runs in the background. Every five minutes, the screen would display a digital illustration of a skull facing right with its jaws open, its teeth covered in blood, and a bleeding bullet hole in its side, accompanied by an echoing shriek. (A low-pitched version of the stock sound effect "Scream, Man 3" and "Vocal Effects And Heartbeats - One Scream (Male)" from Valentino Vintage SFX's Vintage SFX - Horror and BBC Records' Sound Effects No. 13 - Death & Horror, respectively.)

Very little information is available regarding this program, due to how old it is, and Amiga discontinuing their line of hardware in 1996.[4]

References

  1. amiga-stuff.com/pd/fish.html/
  2. web.archive.org/web/20100829065252/http://amiga-fish.erkan.se/amiga-fish-disk-448-content-NightMare/
  3. easyrider.easyrider.com/scareware_white_paper.htm
  4. popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a27437/amiga-2017-a1222-tabor

Links

NOTE: The following download link contains a screamer application!

  • ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha
  • Permalink: web.archive.org/web/20240517055532/ftp.funet.fi/pub/amiga/fish/401-500/ff448/NightMare.lha
  • Showcase video: youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM

External links

NOTE: The following link contains the screamer image!

  • Wikipedia article: wikipedia.org/wiki/NightMare_(scareware)
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