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[Icejumper]

I played this game back in the late 90's early 2000's.
Definitely on an older windows system.
This game was kind of like paint, you could draw, paint, etc.
The best part was a Thumb that when you clicked and dragged him around he would laugh and smudge the picture(or your desktop).
You could also drop bombs onto the picture and it would leave an explosion mark and you could drop black bugs onto the picture and they would splatter with yellowish guts.
There were other things you could drop in the picture as well but I can't remember them too well.
If anyone can remember this game it would be so very much appreciated!
Thanks
-Icejumper

[RRS]

Any of those sounds familiar?

http://www.mobygames.com/game/revenge-of-the-toys
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/stress-reducers
http://www.mobygames.com/game/window...-desktop-games
http://www.mobygames.com/game/window...hicken-carnage

[Megaten]

Originally Posted by RRS

Any of those sounds familiar?

I don't mean to speak on Icejumper's part, but I'm fairly sure that I know the software they are talking about and it's not any of those. Unfortunately, I can't recall the name at all, although I'm still looking.

A thing to keep in mind is that the program (again, assuming we are thinking of the same thing) was not really a game, and wasn't distributed as one either. It's closest in nature to something like "Stress Reducers", only from looking at the program, it would be quite evident it didn't belong on Mobygames. In a certain sense, it was closer to gimmick-style paint applications like early Kid Pix or Mario Paint.

A few things that might be relevant:
-I'm fairly sure the bombs weren't actually animated as dropping down or anything, but instead you would select a button that would turn the mouse cursor into a bomb icon, and then an explosion would be created wherever you clicked it.
-I think the program debuted during the Windows 3.0 period, and in fact, I'm not sure I ever used it on a higher version of Windows (so I have no idea whether you could do so).
-I have the feeling that the program's name didn't really imply violence or the like. There may have been some insinuation of prank possibilities in any advertising/documentation.
-While searching for the software, I came across what turned out be an ultimately unrelated bit of text:

"Broken Aero".The Vista answer to "tore up XP".Complete with broken,cracked glass, missing pieces,dirt,smudges,fingerprints,bug guts, burnt out lights,etc.The more messed up the better.Free idea,y'all can have it,I sure as hell can't use it.

Now, I'm not saying all those things were featured "tools" (some definitely weren't), but if you imagine the effect of defacing a Windows desktop with such things, I believe that is much closer to what the program allowed than something like Stress Reducers.

Another apt comparison is early screen-savers that pretended to interact with the desktop, like After Dark's Can o' Worms (the noise of that thing came unexpectedly back to me while poking around Google). Come to think of it, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if the software actually had some kind of screen-saver component.

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I have to take a break from this for a while, but I have the feeling that this program may be lurking somewhere in the depths of textfiles.com. Icejumper, if any more details come to mind, try using Google and:

site:cd.textfiles.com <whatever>

There's countless old free/shareware/whatever Windows apps in there, some of which probably aren't easily found elsewhere on the internet.

[Scatty]

I think I know what program it is, too, been using it something like 10-13 years ago as a screen saver-like-fun program. Though I also don't remember the name of it anymore.
These two do sound like it, in the second link with the "remake" there's mentioned the name of the old program which sounds familiar, so it might be it. However these two links are all I could find about it on Google.
Link1
Link2

[Icejumper]

Originally Posted by Scatty

I think I know what program it is, too, been using it something like 10-13 years ago as a screen saver-like-fun program. Though I also don't remember the name of it anymore.
These two do sound like it, in the second link with the "remake" there's mentioned the name of the old program which sounds familiar, so it might be it. However these two links are all I could find about it on Google.
Link1
Link2

I'm not sure how to reply to all of you at once, so hopefully one reply will reach you all..
Alright after checking out all of the links you guys have provided, it has reminded me of a few more details. This program was very very similar to "Stress Reducers" in fact if Stress reducers had the thumb and explosions and bug with guts then i would have to say that, that is the game...
It had guns, bombs, a hammer, bug guts, flame thrower thing, you could paint, and so on.
But i specifically remember the THUMB, his laugh has been stuck in my head for days.... lol.
Please forgive me if I am somehow mixing in the thumb with this Stress Reducers game (I was very young when playing this game), but I am pretty sure that the thumb would smudge the explosion marks and bullet holes and cracked glass, paint, etc etc.

[Megaten]

oy, is this it?
http://www.phillieg.net/blog/2006/05...toys-game.html
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1...1600/toys2.jpg
Keys: http://www.reocities.com/junkgetsbigger/dttsecrets.html

"Rowan's Desktop Toys"

It looks like what you're talking about, but now I'm baffled, because I'm pretty sure I've never seen this before, so what the heck am I thinking of? Hmmm...

[Icejumper]

Originally Posted by Megaten

oy, is this it?
http://www.phillieg.net/blog/2006/05...toys-game.html
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1...1600/toys2.jpg
Keys: http://www.reocities.com/junkgetsbigger/dttsecrets.html

"Rowan's Desktop Toys"

It looks like what you're talking about, but now I'm baffled, because I'm pretty sure I've never seen this before, so what the heck am I thinking of? Hmmm...

OMG!! That's it!! Thank you so so very much! lol That's the thumb! haha
Thank you again!!! : D