90s Windows 3D Maze Screensaver Is The Original Backrooms

You may be too young to know, but we had our own version of The Backrooms in the 90s

This is a 4-panel meme comparing the modern internet creepypasta concept of The Backrooms to a 1990s cultural staple. The top text reads 'You may be too young to know, but we had our own version of The Backrooms in the 90s'. The four panels all show screenshots from the classic 3D Maze screensaver that was included with 1990s Microsoft Windows operating systems: the first shows a long, endless-looking corridor lined with red brick walls, a brown speckled floor, and a white drop ceiling; the second shows the iconic old Windows 'Start' button floating in the middle of the maze corridor; the third shows a section of the maze with dead-end brick walls; the fourth shows another disorienting winding corridor view. The joke plays on the fact that the randomly generating, infinite, disorienting liminal space of the 3D Maze screensaver is extremely similar in vibe to the eerie, endless liminal space of The Backrooms, tapping into generational nostalgia for 90s Windows users.

Per the provided source information, this meme was shared via RSS from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It combines two widely recognized cultural references: The Backrooms, a popular internet creepypasta/horror concept that went viral in the late 2010s and early 2020s, and the 3D Maze screensaver that shipped with Windows 95, 98, and other older Microsoft Windows operating systems, a widely remembered piece of software for people who grew up in the 1990s.