I have way too much time on my hands sometimes. I’ve scrutinized over this image endlessly, and it looks like there’s a few bookcases with a bench seat in the background. The bit I always waited for on the edge of seat though, was the bearded man in the left front window looking suspicious of his surroundings with a candelabra in his hand in what looks like, the living den of the house. Timestamping at about every two-minutes, the front door would open and close, giving a peak into the house- which wasn’t much to see other than a possible second door? The page tabs in the Display dialog box are (from left to right): Themes Desktop Screen Saver Appearance and Settings. The official Red Alert theme pack for Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000, features wallpapers, colours, icons and sounds based on the Allies and Soviets. With the Full Moon and bats moving in the background in time, the house windows would randomly light up every now and again. The occasional creaking sounds and the cackling owl perched in the Poltergeist tree in front, made up most of what the screensaver has to offer in sound bites, but if you actually sit and watch it like the psycho I am, you’ll find all kinds of wonderous little details in the Mystery House. In fact, it was mostly pretty chill compared to that of flying toasters, but the illuminated haunted ambience was thrilling for horror nerds like myself. 98 included the original set of themes along with 18 new desktop themes, along with new programs and tools for Windows 98.

Starting off with a couple of booming organ pipes reminiscent to a Phantom type deal, the animated mystery house screensaver is just animated enough to where it didn’t drive anyone crazy. Windows 98 Bildschirmschoner - Mysterium - Mystery Win 98 Screensaver with Original Sound Starting off with a couple of booming organ pipes reminiscent to a Phantom type deal, the animated mystery house screensaver is just animated enough to where it didn’t drive anyone crazy.

Windows 98 themes and screen savers