In the mid 1990s it seemed that everyone at my company was running the Johnny
Castaway screensaver. Johnny was a little cartoon guy stranded on a little cartoon island. He’d
fish, have run-ins with an octopus, put on a jogging outfit to go for a run,
cavort with a mermaid, and — if you were lucky, actually get rescued.
He’d work on building a raft that got bigger over time. There were special happenings for certain
holidays (usually appropriate decorations would appear), and a few rare events that would have
people calling over the cube walls for witnesses. Apparently the “real”
ending has him returning to civilization, only to realize he misses the
island life. He parachutes back and “The End” appears. Then, it starts all over again.