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Desktop 95

Fold it like a laptop: the top half is a 90s monitor, the bottom half a clicky beige keyboard and trackpad.

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Fact sheet

NameDesktop 95
App Store nameDesktop 95
DeveloperShowboat Studios (Justin McCahill)
PriceFree
PlatformsiPhone, iOS 27 or later. Made for iPhone Duo; plays on every iPhone.
iPhone Duo features
  • Fold it like a laptop: The hinge is the lid: the top screen is a mid-90s monitor, the bottom a clicky beige keyboard with a working trackpad (and a coffee mug you can spill).
  • Close the lid: The cover screen becomes a tiny system tray with the clock and what's playing; open it and you're right where you left off.
CategoryEntertainment
Version1.6
Release statusComing soon: App Store submission pending
App Storeapps.apple.com/app/id6827299940 (live once Apple approves the app)
Support / privacySupport · Privacy policy
Press contactshowboatcontact@gmail.com

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Screenshots are real captures from an iPhone Duo. "Inner" is the big folding screen, "cover" the outside screen.

Descriptions

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Made for iPhone Duo: fold it like a laptop and the bottom half becomes a clicky beige keyboard and trackpad. Close the lid to stand by. Plays on every iPhone too.

Medium (one paragraph)

Made for iPhone Duo. Fold it like a laptop: the top screen is a mid-90s monitor and the bottom half becomes a clicky beige keyboard with a working trackpad (and a coffee mug you can spill). Close the lid and the computer stands by while the cover screen keeps the clock; open it and you are right where you left off. Plays on every iPhone too. Desktop 95 is a whole pocket-sized beige computer, with pinball, card games, paint and a pretend web, drawn pixel by pixel and made entirely from scratch.

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Made for iPhone Duo. Fold it like a laptop: the top screen is a mid-90s monitor and the bottom half becomes a clicky beige keyboard with a working trackpad (and a coffee mug you can spill). Close the lid and the computer stands by while the cover screen keeps the clock; open it and you are right where you left off. Plays on every iPhone too. Desktop 95 is a whole pocket-sized beige computer, with pinball, card games, paint and a pretend web, drawn pixel by pixel and made entirely from scratch. BUILT FOR THE FOLD - Laptop pose: the hinge is the lid, the bottom screen is the keyboard deck and trackpad - Open flat: the whole inner screen is the monitor - Shut: the cover screen becomes a tiny system tray with the clock, what is playing and what your programs are up to - Music keeps playing with the lid closed - Choose whether closing the lid stands by or shuts down On any other iPhone, hold it sideways for a full landscape desktop, or upright for a tall one. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Play Pinball on an original space-trooper table with missions, ranks and multiball - Clear boards in Mines, Solitaire and FreeCell - Munch your way through Number Nosh, a quick maths puzzle - Head north in Dawson Bound, a Klondike gold rush journey where nobody gets hurt - Draw in Paint with pencil, brush, airbrush, fill, shapes and a 28-colour palette, then set it as wallpaper or save it to your Photos - Write in Jotter, work things out in Calculator and tidy your files in folders - Type commands at the command line: DIR, CD, TYPE, HELP and more - Browse the Web Surfer's pretend retro pages, complete with hit counter and guestbook - Play five original songs on the music player, even with the lid shut - Watch the screen savers, and find the crash screen if you dare A REAL LITTLE COMPUTER Little windows you can drag, resize, minimise and maximise. A Start menu with nested submenus. A taskbar with a clock. Long-press for right-click menus. A pretend disk that remembers your files, a trash can that holds your mistakes, and a Setup window for wallpapers, colour schemes and sounds. Shut it down properly when you are done. THE DESKTOP 95 KEYBOARD A two-tone mechanical-style keyboard with pixel legends, a Caps Lock light, key repeat and a satisfying click. Prefer the iPhone keyboard? One switch in Setup. ORIGINAL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM Every icon, cursor, wallpaper and sound is made for this app. Nothing is copied from any real operating system. No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Your files stay on your phone.

Key features

  • Fold it like a laptopThe hinge is the lid: the top screen is a mid-90s monitor, the bottom a clicky beige keyboard with a working trackpad (and a coffee mug you can spill).
  • Close the lidThe cover screen becomes a tiny system tray with the clock and what's playing; open it and you're right where you left off.
  • Games and toysOriginal pinball, Mines, Solitaire, FreeCell, Number Nosh and Dawson Bound.
  • A real little computerDraggable windows, a Start menu, Paint, a jukebox, a command line and a pretend web with a guestbook.
  • Original from top to bottomEvery icon, cursor, wallpaper and sound is made for this app.
  • Plays on every iPhoneSideways for a full landscape desktop, or upright for a tall one. No ads, accounts or tracking.

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