Software in this category are no longer available (at least I couldn’t find them) or don’t run on Windows 10. If you have a computer running an older Windows flavor (pre-Windows 7), you may be able to use them… granted that you find them first.
Quat ~ v1.20
OS: Win3.1/9x/Me/NT/XP/DOS & Linux
author: Dirk Meyer
url: http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de (broken)
Quat can calculate three-dimensional fractal objects. To color the images it uses mathematical formulas with up to 50 colors or color ranges. Images are saved in true color mode.
Last revision: 2002.
Quaternion Generator ~ v1.2
OS: Win3.1/9x/Me
author: Frode Gill
url: n/a
This program generates Quaternion-Julia fractals. Images cannot be save (although you can save the quaternion values), but you can copy them to the clipboard and paste them into any graphics editor. The help file includes a short explanation on this kind of fractal. Very slow.
Last revision: 15 February 1997.
Quaternion Julia Navigator ~ v0.91
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: PFF Software
url: n/a
This program calculates 3d slices of 4d quaternion Julia fractals. Needs a 16-bit or better display to operate. Very easy to use. Image size is limited to 400×400 resolution.
Last revision: 15 March 1998.
Quintessential Sophistry Flame Fractals
OS: Win
author: Michael Sargent
url: http://www.uvm.edu
Flame will generate attractors that model those created by Scott Draves with KTP5 FraxFlame, which he describes as “cosmic recursive fractal flames.” It is intended to use 24 or 32 bit true color graphics modes. It will render images in up to 1600 x 1200 resolution, and save them as GIF or TARGA files. The parameter sets can also be saved as 811-byte PRM files to allow re-rendering at a later time, but won’t save the color map information (so take note). Flame uses FractInt compatible MAP files to color its images. No longer available.
Last revision: May 1999.
Quintessential Sophistry SymXaos
OS: Win
author: Michael Sargent
url: http://www.uvm.edu
SymXaos will also generate attractors similar to those described by Michael Field and Martin Golubitsky in SYMMETRY IN CHAOS (Oxford University Press, 1992). It is intended to use 24 or 32 bit true color graphics modes. It will render images in up to 1600 x 1200 resolution, and save them as GIF files that contain the parameter files as with FractInt. It also uses FractInt-compatible MAP files to color its images. No longer available.
Last revision: January 1997.
Quintessential Sophistry Win95 Fractals OS: Win
author: Michael Sargent
url: http://www.uvm.edu
This is a good fractal generator that can also work in as low as 256 color mode (a relic from the distant past). Image’s aspect ratios can be easily alter, so be careful when working on them. All of Sargent’s fractal generators were developed for Windows 95, but still run quite well on Windows 10. No longer available.
Last revision: 1997.
Salomo ~ v2.0
OS: Win9x/Me
author: Niko Wilbert
url: n/a
Salomo is a simple tool to explore fractals of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets. It’s pretty intuitive to use, since a window will pop-up whenever you have to make any input. Basic parameters and coloring can be modified with ease. Very nice. No longer available, except in third party software directories.
Last revision: (?)
Set Surfer ~ v1.0
OS: Win9x/Me
author: Jason Letbetter
url: n/a
Set Surfer is a small fractal generator that can calculate Mandelbrot and Julia sets fractals. Its interface is pretty simple, and will look familiar to users of Tiera-Zon or InkBlot Kaos in terms of presentation, although the image’s appearance or style are different.
Last revision: 1997.
Spectral Strange Attractor Chaos Engine
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: Steve Giannoni
url: n/a
This one will plot rainbow-colorful spectral strange attractors. It is supposed to save images, but I haven’t been able to do so. As a bonus it comes with a screen saver that also plots attractors on your screen.
Last revision: December 1998.
Truemand ~ v3.5
OS: Win3.1/Win9x/NT/Me/2000
author: Ron Barnett
url: http://www.hiddendimension.com (broken)
Truemand is an excellent Windows attempt at reproducing Fractint’s functionality, but with true color results. Can work with 256 colors displays. Excellent documentation. Very slow (as FractInt). No longer available.
Last revision: 3 January 1999.
Ultimate Fractals ~ v1.3
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: Terence Sattar
url: n/a
This is a nice, simple and small (though powerful) fractal generator that can do some very nice works. It’s pretty fast compared to other generators. The only drawback is that you can’t work freely with color palettes, yet it can do more than some others in this respect. Images can be saved as parameter files (to reuse later) or BMP files.
Last revision: 14 March 2000.
WinMand ~ v18.2
OS: Win9x/Me/NT/XP
author: Robert Banting
url: http://soler7.com
WinMand is another program designed to explore the Mandelbrot set, and nothing more. It’s very simple, using only the left and right mouse buttons to select an area and zoom in as you wish. It used to be available through Soler’s web site, but not anymore.
Last revision: 27 July 2000.
Outdated programs formerly listed:
Quat ~ v1.20
OS: Win3.1/9x/Me/NT/XP/DOS & Linux
author: Dirk Meyer
url: http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de (broken)
Quat can calculate three-dimensional fractal objects. To color the images it uses mathematical formulas with up to 50 colors or color ranges. Images are saved in true color mode.
Last revision: 2002.
Quaternion Generator ~ v1.2
OS: Win3.1/9x/Me
author: Frode Gill
url: n/a
This program generates Quaternion-Julia fractals. Images cannot be save (although you can save the quaternion values), but you can copy them to the clipboard and paste them into any graphics editor. The help file includes a short explanation on this kind of fractal. Very slow.
Last revision: 15 February 1997.
Quaternion Julia Navigator ~ v0.91
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: PFF Software
url: n/a
This program calculates 3d slices of 4d quaternion Julia fractals. Needs a 16-bit or better display to operate. Very easy to use. Image size is limited to 400×400 resolution.
Last revision: 15 March 1998.
Quintessential Sophistry Flame Fractals
OS: Win
author: Michael Sargent
url: http://www.uvm.edu
Flame will generate attractors that model those created by Scott Draves with KTP5 FraxFlame, which he describes as “cosmic recursive fractal flames.” It is intended to use 24 or 32 bit true color graphics modes. It will render images in up to 1600 x 1200 resolution, and save them as GIF or TARGA files. The parameter sets can also be saved as 811-byte PRM files to allow re-rendering at a later time, but won’t save the color map information (so take note). Flame uses FractInt compatible MAP files to color its images. No longer available.
Last revision: May 1999.
Quintessential Sophistry SymXaos
OS: Win
author: Michael Sargent
url: http://www.uvm.edu
SymXaos will also generate attractors similar to those described by Michael Field and Martin Golubitsky in SYMMETRY IN CHAOS (Oxford University Press, 1992). It is intended to use 24 or 32 bit true color graphics modes. It will render images in up to 1600 x 1200 resolution, and save them as GIF files that contain the parameter files as with FractInt. It also uses FractInt-compatible MAP files to color its images. No longer available.
Last revision: January 1997.
Quintessential Sophistry Win95 Fractals OS: Win
author: Michael Sargent
url: http://www.uvm.edu
This is a good fractal generator that can also work in as low as 256 color mode (a relic from the distant past). Image’s aspect ratios can be easily alter, so be careful when working on them. All of Sargent’s fractal generators were developed for Windows 95, but still run quite well on Windows 10. No longer available.
Last revision: 1997.
Salomo ~ v2.0
OS: Win9x/Me
author: Niko Wilbert
url: n/a
Salomo is a simple tool to explore fractals of the Mandelbrot and Julia sets. It’s pretty intuitive to use, since a window will pop-up whenever you have to make any input. Basic parameters and coloring can be modified with ease. Very nice. No longer available, except in third party software directories.
Last revision: (?)
Set Surfer ~ v1.0
OS: Win9x/Me
author: Jason Letbetter
url: n/a
Set Surfer is a small fractal generator that can calculate Mandelbrot and Julia sets fractals. Its interface is pretty simple, and will look familiar to users of Tiera-Zon or InkBlot Kaos in terms of presentation, although the image’s appearance or style are different.
Last revision: 1997.
Spectral Strange Attractor Chaos Engine
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: Steve Giannoni
url: n/a
This one will plot rainbow-colorful spectral strange attractors. It is supposed to save images, but I haven’t been able to do so. As a bonus it comes with a screen saver that also plots attractors on your screen.
Last revision: December 1998.
Truemand ~ v3.5
OS: Win3.1/Win9x/NT/Me/2000
author: Ron Barnett
url: http://www.hiddendimension.com (broken)
Truemand is an excellent Windows attempt at reproducing Fractint’s functionality, but with true color results. Can work with 256 colors displays. Excellent documentation. Very slow (as FractInt). No longer available.
Last revision: 3 January 1999.
Ultimate Fractals ~ v1.3
OS: Win9x/Me/NT
author: Terence Sattar
url: n/a
This is a nice, simple and small (though powerful) fractal generator that can do some very nice works. It’s pretty fast compared to other generators. The only drawback is that you can’t work freely with color palettes, yet it can do more than some others in this respect. Images can be saved as parameter files (to reuse later) or BMP files.
Last revision: 14 March 2000.
WinMand ~ v18.2
OS: Win9x/Me/NT/XP
author: Robert Banting
url: http://soler7.com
WinMand is another program designed to explore the Mandelbrot set, and nothing more. It’s very simple, using only the left and right mouse buttons to select an area and zoom in as you wish. It used to be available through Soler’s web site, but not anymore.
Last revision: 27 July 2000.
Outdated programs formerly listed:
- Anty World Simulation (Adrian W. Akison)
- Chaos Simulation (George Costa)
- Flight From Fractals
- Fract32 (Norman Tackett)
- Fractal Builder (Symone Avogadro)
- Fractals (Aleksey Kravchenko & Dmitriy Mekhontsev).
- Fractor (Marco Mirschel)
- Fractrue (Bernd Hemmerling)
- Iterated Function System (Fausto Arinos de Almeida Barbuto)
- Kamtorus (Fausto Arinos de Almeida Barbuto)
- Knappsoft Fractal Generator Kit (Clint Knapp, Knappsoft Development)
- Lindenmayer System Editor (John Martin Carroll, LSystem Development)
- Mandelbrot Program (Lars Rosenbergs)
- Mandelscape (Bob Allanson)
- Mountain Terrain (A.C. Barentyne, Paradigms Lost)
- Shurka’s Fractal Project
- Sierpinski Curves
- Windows Mandelbrot Set Generator (George A. Graham Jr.)