After Dark Games

Genre:

Puzzle

Year:

1998

Developer:

Berkeley Systems

Publisher:

Sierra On-Line

Perspective:

Side-view, Top-down, Other

Theme:

Turn-based, Board / Party game, Cards

Releases:

Windows (1998), Macintosh (1998), Windows 3.x (1998)

Sierra Interactive and Berkeley Systems released After Dark Games in 1998 for the Macintosh and Windows platforms, which contained several games modeled after their previously released screensavers. These games included Mowin' Maniac (a Pac-Man clone based on the "Mowin' Man" and "Mowin' Boris" modules); Roof Rats (similar to SameGame and variants); Solitaire (After Dark themed); Toaster Run (an isometric Glider clone featuring several After Dark characters, including a Flying Toaster); Zapper (a trivia game); Hula Girl (an endless 2D platforming game based on the "Hula Twins" module from After Dark 4.0); two word scramble games – Bad Dog 911 (based on the "Bad Dog" modules) and Fish Shtix (based on the "Fish" modules, mainly "Fish World"); Foggy Boxes (a Dots and Boxes game based on the "Messages 4.0" module); MooShu Tiles (a Mahjong-like game featuring many After Dark characters throughout the years); and Rodger Dodger.