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|image = NightMare.png

|maker = Patrick Evans

|type = ~~Application~~

|type = Scareware [[application]]

|date = 1990

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''NightMare'' was a ~~scareware application created~~ by ''Patrick Evans~~'' in 1990~~.

'''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>

If the ~~person executes the code "Nightmare" in the Amiga Disk Operating System (DOS)~~, it ~~is executed every 5 minutes~~ in the background. ~~At this point~~, the screen ~~will cut to an image~~ of a skull ~~from the~~ right ~~side,~~ with ~~his mouth~~ open, teeth covered ~~with~~ blood, and a bullet hole in ~~his back~~ from ~~which blood was leaking~~. ~~This~~ is ~~accompanied by a resonant screech~~ and ~~occurs for four fifths~~ of ~~a second~~.

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.)

== Links ==

NOTE: The following ~~video~~ contains a [[screamer]]!

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>

* '''youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM'''

==References==

==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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 |image = NightMare.png
 |maker = Patrick Evans
-|type = Application
+|type = Scareware [[application]]
 |date = 1990
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+}}
-''NightMare'' was a scareware application created by ''Patrick Evans'' in 1990.
+'''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>
-If the person executes the code "Nightmare" in the Amiga Disk Operating System (DOS), it is executed every 5 minutes in the background. At this point, the screen will cut to an image of a skull from the right side, with his mouth open, teeth covered with blood, and a bullet hole in his back from which blood was leaking. This is accompanied by a resonant screech and occurs for four fifths of a second.
+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.)
-== Links ==
-<u>NOTE:</u> The following video contains a [[screamer]]!
+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>
-* '''youtube.com/watch?v=ubFGj4lQSyM'''
+==References==
+<references />
+==Links==
+<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>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===
+<u>NOTE</u><span>: </span>The following link contains the [[screamer]] image!
+* '''Wikipedia article:''' wikipedia.org/wiki/NightMare_(scareware)
+{{Maliciousnav}}
+{{RetroScreamers}}
 {{Comments}}
-[[Category:1990]]
+[[Category:Malware]][[Category:Applications]]
-[[Category:Applications]]
 [[Category:Other makers]]
 [[Category:Other scary images]]
 [[Category:Malicious scripts]]
 [[Category:1990s]]
+[[Category:Skeletons]]