Begin Menu

Begin Menu in Progressbar XB

Program Controller in Progressbar 3.14

Launcher in BarOS 9

The **Begin menu** is the menu from which the player can play levels, access Settings, ProgressDOS and Help, and use the Shut Down menu to restart or shut down the game. If you are already playing a level, Load save will change to Continue. If you press it, the menu will close and you can continue playing. New game will remain the same, but if you press it, the game mode you are playing will be closed, and it will cost you 1 heart to close it.

From Progressbar 1 to NOT 3.60, the **Begin Menu** is named **Program Controller**. An extra program called Launcher is available from BarOS 7 to 14, H@ckgresh and BAR/X. In B OS it is called the "Main menu".

The **Begin Menus** are based on the Start menus that characterized the Microsoft Windows operating systems starting with Windows 95, **Program Controller** is based on Program Manager (from Windows 3.0 and 3.1x), the BarOS menus are based on the Apple Menu from macOS, and the BarOS Launcher is based on the Mac OS Launcher in Mac OS 7.0.1P and 7.5 to 9.2.2, and starting from BarOS 10, the Dock in Mac OS X.

## Begin Menus

* Progressbar
* BarOS
* Other systems

PB-DOS ShellProgressbar 1Progressbar 2Progressbar 3.14Progressbar NOT 3.60Progressbar Chitown (Begin Menu)Progressbar Chitown (Eye Menu)Progressbar 95Progressbar 95 plusProgressbar NOT 4.0 and NOT 4.0 ServerProgressbar 98Progressbar MemeProgressbar 2000 and 2000 ServerProgressbar NepbarProgressbar WhisperProgressbar XBProgressbar Server 2002Progressbar LargehornProgressbar WistaProgressbar Server 2005Progressbar 7Progressbar Server 2007Progressbar 81Progressbar Server 2081Progressbar 10Progressbar Server 2011Progressbar 1XProgressbar Server 201XProgressbar 11Progressbar Server 2021Progressbar 11.22Progressbar Server 2023

Bar System 1 (Part 1)Bar System 2 & Bar System 3 (Part 1)Bar System 4 to Bar System 6 (Part 1)BarOS 7 (Part 1)BAR/X (Part 1)BarOS 8 (Part 1)BarOS 9 (Part 1)BarOS 10 and H@ckgresh (Part 1)BarOS 10.II (Part 1)BarOS 10.III (Part 1)BarOS 11 to BarOS 14 (Part 1)Bar System 1 to Bar System 3 (Part 2)Bar System 4 to Bar System 6 (Part 2)BarOS 7 and BAR/X (Part 2)BarOS 8 and BarOS 9 (Part 2)BarOS 10 and H@ckgresh (Part 2)BarOS 10.II (Part 2)BarOS 10.III (Part 2)BarOS 11 to BarOS 14 (Part 2)BarOS 7 Launcher MenuBAR/X Launcher menuBarOS 8 Launcher MenuBarOS 9 Launcher Menu

B OS

## Begin Buttons

* Progressbar
* BarOS
* Other systems

PB-DOS ShellProgressbar 1Progressbar 2Progressbar 3.14 and NOT 3.60Progressbar ChitownProgressbar 95 to 98 and NOT 4.0 Server (except 95 plus)Progressbar 95 plusProgressbar Meme, 2000 and 2000 ServerProgressbar NepbarProgressbar WhisperProgressbar XBProgressbar Server 2002Progressbar LargehornProgressbar WistaProgressbar Server 2005Progressbar 7Progressbar Server 2007Progressbar 81Progressbar Server 2081Progressbar 10Progressbar Server 2011Progressbar 1XProgressbar Server 201XProgressbar 11 and 11.22Progressbar Server 2021Progressbar Server 2023

Bar System 1 to 3Bar System 4 to 6BAR/X and BarOS 7 to 9BarOS 10 and H@ckgreshBarOS 10.IIBarOS 10.III to 12BOS13 Begin Menu icon.pngBarOS 13 and 14

B OS
## Begin Menus from older versions

This is how Begin Menus looked in older versions of the game.

Progressbar 95 (in 0.20)Progressbar Meme (before 0.38)Progressbar XB (before 0.5806)Progressbar Largehorn (before 0.5806)Progressbar Wista (before 0.5806)Progressbar 7 (before 0.5806)Progressbar 10 (before 0.5806)Progressbar 1X (before 0.5806)
## Icons

### Shutdown

* It is recommended to **Shutdown** the game when you're about to stop playing it, as you can get 750 **Bonus points** when returning back to the game.

## Trivia

* Before 0.30, the Begin Button shows "**Start**" instead.
* Progressbar 81, 10, Server 2081 and Server 2011's Begin menu feature:
	+ Progressbar 81: Calendar, Facebook, Twitter, Browser
	+ Progressbar Server 2081: Calendar, Mailbox, Idle Network
	+ Progressbar 10: Calendar, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit
	+ Progressbar Server 2011: Calendar, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Idle Network
	+ These applications were previously in the Desktop.
* Progressbar 11.22 and Server 2023's Begin menu feature Idle Network, Mailbox and Calendar, previously in the Taskbar/Desktop.