This is one of those questions like “on the tip of my tongue” but instead of trying to remember some TV show or movie, I am looking for information about a silly piece of software I downloaded from some BBS in the 90s. Everyone who lived through the events surrounding OJ Simpson‘s white bronco police chase remembers the media coverage. Someone who saw the news feed created a short animation—maybe a screensaver, or maybe it was DA or even a Hypercard stack. Here’s what I remember:
It was a somewhat useless display of animated sprites and audio featuring the white bronco shown from above as the highway lines moved past and several police car sprites (and maybe a helicopter?) trailed behind. As this animation looped, you would hear “OH JAY. ohh jay. OHJAY OJAY” at various speeds and pitches. Maybe you could enable sirens or adjust what audio was played?
Does anyone remember this goofy little screensaver item? I am sure I was running it on a Macintosh Plus with upgraded RAM, and maybe even a Radius 030 accelerator (with Full-Page Display). The real event took place in June, 1994, so that puts it somewhere in the System 7 era and three years before System 8. Maybe that helps someone locate or remember the software. I’d love to get my hands on it!
Disclaimer: Just to be clear, the controversy around OJ including the alleged crimes at the time that led to the events with the Bronco chase, the televised trial that followed, the acquittal—and of course the the tragic murders are all serious, and it is not my intent to belittle the impact and grief of those involved or to make light of the injustice. Mostly, I am interested in the silly audio that accompanied this animation which poked fun at the intense media coverage—something my brother and I reference every time we see something related to OJ Simpson.
It was a somewhat useless display of animated sprites and audio featuring the white bronco shown from above as the highway lines moved past and several police car sprites (and maybe a helicopter?) trailed behind. As this animation looped, you would hear “OH JAY. ohh jay. OHJAY OJAY” at various speeds and pitches. Maybe you could enable sirens or adjust what audio was played?
Does anyone remember this goofy little screensaver item? I am sure I was running it on a Macintosh Plus with upgraded RAM, and maybe even a Radius 030 accelerator (with Full-Page Display). The real event took place in June, 1994, so that puts it somewhere in the System 7 era and three years before System 8. Maybe that helps someone locate or remember the software. I’d love to get my hands on it!
Disclaimer: Just to be clear, the controversy around OJ including the alleged crimes at the time that led to the events with the Bronco chase, the televised trial that followed, the acquittal—and of course the the tragic murders are all serious, and it is not my intent to belittle the impact and grief of those involved or to make light of the injustice. Mostly, I am interested in the silly audio that accompanied this animation which poked fun at the intense media coverage—something my brother and I reference every time we see something related to OJ Simpson.
