Freeware List - Desktop Toys

SoupToys 1.3

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:00:27 -0500

Souptoys is a collection of more than sixty toys that you can play with directly on your computer desktop.

Build intricate castles, create fantastic contraptions, decorate your desktop, design your own puzzles or just fling the toys around - they´re your toys, play with them how you want to. Once you´ve built your elaborate playsets save them for later and share them with your friends.
Fun for all ages, Souptoys are new and encourage creativit and imagination. They´re simple to pick up and play with for minutes or hours. Souptoys brightens up your desktop and turns it into a virtual playroom.

Binary Toys v1.0

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:27:41 -0500

Binary Toys presents a collection of interactive windowless virtual toys made up of springs, muscles, and masses.

Easily manipulate your virtual toy by grabbing a node to move your virtual toy around or drop it on top of a window. Right-click to access a pop-up menu with additional options.

Originally created by Soda, based on simple physics, these toys exhibit complex behavior and are surprisingly life-like. Major fun.

Dragon-Fly 3.11

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:18:55 -0500

Dragon-Fly is a free Animated Desktop Wallpaper that brings to your desktop a piece from the beauty of nature. Do you enjoy your desktop having beautiful wallpaper? Just have a look at the Animated Desktop Wallpaper "Dragon-Fly".

Have you ever watched a dragonfly for a long time? Make haste to have a look at the dragonfly sitting here on the stone near the creek. Slowly rocking its wings, the dragonfly looks at the water flowing nearby.
Install Animated Desktop Wallpaper "Dragon-Fly" on your computer and enjoy watching dragonfly as long as you wish. All the more, this Animated Desktop Wallpaper is free and doesn’t require order placement.

DeskFlag 1.0.3

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:15:16 -0500

DeskFlag was created after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and is dedicated to the memory of the victims. We hope that in some small way, using this program helps people demonstrate their condemnation of this senseless act.

MCEJOY 1.01

Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:28:42 -0500

A small freeware program to allow complete control of windows media center with a gamepad or joystick.

The application runs in the background as a tray ICON, automatically detects connected devices, and buttons can be completely configured.
Practically all Windows Media Center functions can be performed, including launching the program.

Desktop Graffitist 1.0.0.6

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:09:37 -0500

Desktop Graffitist is a small program that enables you to spray paint your desktop, and anything else that might appear on screen. DG is designed for recreation and creativity, and can be used to relieve office stress.

New in this version:
- Screensaver disabled by default. Use 'n' to toggle.

Hot Corners 1.0

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 02:23:41 -0500

Hot Corners lets you to assign an action to the 4 corners of your screen, that can either launch a program or file of your choice, launch your screensaver, display the desktop, open a Google search, put your computer into Standby mode and more. Once you have assigned an action to one of the corners, all you have to do is touch it with your mouse and the action will be launched.

For each corner you can:

* Do nothing
* Show the Desktop
* Put your computer on Stand By mode
* Run your current screensaver
* Display a message box with the current time on it
* Goto Google
* Run any program you want

And you can also run Hot Corners on when you log on. Hot corners stores all of it´s settings in one small ini file, so it is portable.

FocusAlpha 2.0

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 05:18:49 -0500

FocusAlpha is a small utility program that will trigger Alpha Transparancy for all the windows on your desktop. When u select a window (set it on focus) it removes the transparency for that window and sets all the others transparent. The program allows you to control the level of transparency and you can also specify certain program names that you don't want to be transparent in the exclusion list

Nicole - Desktop Singer

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:44:53 -0500

Nicole De Simone is an intelligent and very talkative 3D character. As a cool desktop buddy, she will talk with you, sing and even dance. Collect and trade series of these cool characters, called NOKs.

DesktopEyes 1.0

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:09:17 -0500

Desktop Eyes is a small application for Windows. In fact it is a desktop toy (almost a virtual pet) similar to the ´xeyes´ program on Unix systems.

Two small transparent eyes will watch your mouse cursor as it moves. You can have multiple eyes living on your screen.
Those eyes can have any size, be partially transparent, stay on top of the other windows, and can automatically become opaque when the mouse is over them. Moreover, they have the option to be clicked through : they´ll never get any focus.

Xoomer 1.2

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:21:37 -0500

Xoomer is a fully resizable magnification program that displays current cursor location as well as RGB and HEX color information of the current pixel.

Features include:

# Various magnification factors from 1/2 up to 30x
# Smart Update feature to only update the display when the mouse is moved
# Normal or Always On Top mode
# Fully resizable - make it as big or as small as you need
# Current mouse position is displayed in X and Y coordinates
# Current pixel is outlined in a red rectangle for easy placement
# Current pixel color is shown in RGB and HEX
# Bottom band displays the current pixel color in a larger area
# Right-click menu allows easy zooming and configuration
# The +/- keyboard keys can also be used to make it zoom in and out
# The SPACE or RETURN keys can be used to pause or resume screen updates
# The CTRL-C key combination can be used to copy color information to the clipboard
# No risk install: the uninstaller removes everything - files, directory, registry entries

Virtual Magnifying Glass v3.2.1

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:01:32 -0500

Virtual Magnifying Glass 2.24 is a free, open source, screen magnification tool for Windows. It is simple, customizable, and easy-to-use.

Desktop Graffitist

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:23:51 -0500

Vandalize your desktop!

Aside from the added bonus of allowing you to vent on that stupid monthly report or the latest homework assignment, the program is also good for leaving messages on other people´s computers that they can´t miss (love notes, hate notes, grocery lists, and art/vandalism et cetera).
It´s simple, relaxing, addictive, free, and totally fun!

SkyCar 3D Desktop Toy

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:36:03 -0500

Created by Moller International, the M400 Skycar aircraft is a four-person Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle (VTOL) currently undergoing initial flight-testing. The million dollar price tag is a bit rich for most of us so we suggest you try our YummyWorks desktop version!

The M400 Skycar is a 3D interactive desktop toy that you fly on your desktop.

* Full scale replica of the actual model
* 360 degree explore mode
* Operable doors, landing gear, folding wings and engines
* Will hover and fly on your desktop

Earthworm Jim Deskmate 1.0

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:40:31 -0600

A free interactive desktop pet based on the "Sega-Earthworm Jim Game" game. My fifth release for you to enjoy.

Visit Duckies Desktop Toys for more creations: http://www.duckiesdesktoptoys.com

Created free of charge with animations and sounds I collected from the web. This program contains no spyware. This application was tested on Windows XP.

No worms were harmed in the making of this desktop toy nor ducks.
If you like this program, please rate/review it. ^^ Look for more deskmates soon! Enjoy! *Duckie