The following generators may be found in some software repositories, but not in their (ex)official websites anymore. With all probability, their authors decided to stop working on them and no longer offer support, so I wouldn’t recommend to try them.
Aros Fractals ~ v1.0
OS: Win & MacOS 9
author: Aros Magic Research
url: http://www.arosmagic.com
This is a simple and quick fractal generator that can draw Mandelbrot Set, Julia Set, Newton Method and Plasma Cloud fractals (which are excellent for background images). Supports multi-threaded operations. Images can be of 8-bit, 16-bit or 24-bit color, and saved as bitmap files. The exe can’t be downloaded from its official website anymore, so probably it’s no longer compatible with modern computers. It used to have a nice interface.
Last revision: 27 February 1998.
Brazil ~ v0.4 beta
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: David Chardonnet
url: http://www.oocities.com
Brazil can be used to design, draw and morph fractal objects. It comes with three design utilities (DESIGN, TRUE and MORPH), each for one of the previously mentioned tasks.
Note: The site and the software are no longer available. The homepage given above is actually an archive for old Geocities sites.
Last revision: (?) 1998.
FracHunt ~ v1.15
OS: Win9x/Me/NT/Linux
author: Ron AF Greve
url: http://informationsuperhighway.eu
FracHunt generator can draw Mandelbrot, Julia, Newton Rapson, and a few other fractals. Images can be saved as BMP or TGA files. Comes with a very useful Help file covering program operation and a whole section on complex numbers. Runs in Linux using WINE (download the tar file from the homepage). Careware.
Last revision: October 2004.
Fractal Orbits ~ v2.01 beta
OS: Win9x/Me
author: Phil Pickard
url: n/a
Fractal Orbits can draw Mandelbrot and Julia sets fractals in normal, spherical and inverse modes limited to 256 colors. Images are saved in BMP or GIF formats; the last one will store the parameter values as FractInt does. This application is intended to be run on Windows 95 but does not support long file names. It no longer has a home page, but can be downloaded from the Spanky Fractal Database archive. Public Domain.
Last revision: 14 December 1996.
GF4 ~ v2.0 RC1
OS: Win
author: Peter Pawlowski
url: http://perkele.cc
GF4 is a small, and splendid fractal generator that takes advantage of MMX and 3DNow! technologies to generate fractal images faster than most generators. In such a small size (251 Kb), it packs several useful tools, including the most easy to use and efficient color map editor around (my favorite). Image dimensions are also automatically determined by the user (simply drag a rectangle over an existing image to open a new one with the selected dimensions), and parameters are easily accessible by right clicking anywhere over the image. Parameter files can be saved, and images exported to BMP, PNG or JPG format. This version can also create fractal animations, and includes a real-time fractal renderer (FractSaver2) and a Winamp plug-in (VisFract2) to animate your tunes (not sure if those work anymore, especially since Winamp ceased to exist in 2013). Although its author stopped working on this project several years ago, the software was available here for direct download until 2007 (with the authors permission). It still runs on Windows 10 pretty well (see the new screenshot above as evidence), but since I haven’t used it extensively as to be 100% sure it doesn’t cause any trouble, I won’t be offering direct download for the time being.
Last revision: 4 February 2001.
INFI ~ v1.0
OS: Win
author: Mykko Pöyhönen
url: n/a
INFI incorporates many of FractInt’s capabilities into Windows (any version): it can use FractInt maps and its images are saved in compatible gif format. Parameters can also be saved as bookmarks. It still runs on Windows 10, but its website is no longer available.
Last revision: 1997.
Inwards to Chaos ~ v1.0
OS: Win9x/NT
author: Zandor
url: n/a
Inwards to Chaos can draw fractals and other complex (mathematical) systems, but it is more an exploration tool than a picture generator. Actually, it comes with two applications. The main one is Inwards to Chaos. You can define many mathematical parameters including region limits, complex parameters, radius, number of iterations, color palettes, transformations, etc. You can save your images or automatically use them as wallpaper. It is a little bit confusing at the beginning, and evidently still have some minor bugs that can cause it to close unexpectedly. The second module is IFS to Chaos. It is quite more manageable and stable, and is an excellent tool to explore iterated function systems (IFS) and attractors in a very simple and illustrating way.
Last revision: 17 March 2006.
Jans Mandel ~ v1.0
OS: Win9x/NT
author: Jan Verhoeven
url: n/a
Mandel is another simple Mandelbrot set explorer that promises unlimited zooming, but with only a few options and color palettes. Images can be saved as BMP or GIF files.
Last revision: 25 September 1999.
Kaos Rhei ~ v0.9
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: Bjoern Ischo
url: n/a
Kaos Rhei can generate more than 12 different fractal types, including M-Set, N-Set and M/N combination. It also gives you full control over coloring of your fractal images through algorithms. It’s no longer available from the developer’s website, but can be found in several software collections out there.
Last revision: 12 December 1997.
PowerFrac ~ v1.0 b5
OS: Win
author: Peter Pawlowski
url: http://perkele.cc/
Although PowerFrac is smaller than GF4 (the other great fractal generator from this same author), it is almost a beef up version of its sibling. It can do almost the same calculations, plus also include several improvements. As an example, you can directly modified the generation algorithm for each picture. Parameter files can be saved, and pictures exported to BMP, PNG, RLE, JPG format, greyscale, or even set as wallpapers directly. It includes a real-time fractal renderer (FractSaver3) and some extra Winamp plug-ins (not sure if those work anymore, especially since Winamp ceased to exist in 2013). Although its author stopped working on this project several years ago, the software was available here for direct download until 2007 (with the authors permission). It still runs on Windows 10 pretty well (see the new screenshot above as evidence), but since I haven’t used it extensively as to be 100% sure it doesn’t cause any trouble, I won’t be offering direct download for the time being.
Last revision: 2 July 2001.