I have been haunted by this game for years! I cannot find its name or even evidence that it even existed for the life of me, despite the hours of research I have done. Please help me!
When I was kid and computers were just becoming common in residential homes, Microsoft Windows at the time had a function where you could play "stock" games on the computer. You would open MS-DOS command prompt, type in "games" in the command, and it would bring up a list of stock games that you could play, like solitaire, minesweeper, etc. There is one game in particular that I very distinctly remember. It was a game where you would click on the screen and shapes (circle, square, etc) would "ripple" out from where you clicked, getting larger as they rippled. I don't remember if there was any objective to the game. It was very simple... more of a visual entertainment, I think. I played this game around the early 90s or so. I cannot, for the life of me, remember what it was called, nor can I find any evidence online that it ever existed. I just want to know the name of it and see a photo of it to make sure it's the one I'm thinking of. It would be amazing if there was any way to play it again, but I will settle with knowing this was not all in my head.
Impossible Game to Find... HELP ME!
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One potential match is Ernie's Magic Shapes, an educational game from the MS-DOS era that focused on shapes and colors. However, this game primarily involved matching shapes rather than creating rippling effects. Still, I couldn't resist mentioning it. What if it's exactly what you were looking for? 

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@LukasInCloud - no, that wasn't it. This game was a plain black screen/window. You would click a spot on the screen, and colorful shapes would ripple out from where you clicked depending on the shape you chose. This is so frustrating... I'm beginning to think it's all in my head.