Events that happen in the "future" in games that have now passed in real life. [Archive]

emceelokey

07-25-2009, 09:13 PM

I was watching though some of the "Anthology" videos on gametrailers and one of the games featured was Twisted Metal and this is the storyline intro for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bojch-OFvQ

Basically it was set on Christmas Eve 2005. I don't remember any of that happening in 2005 but I'm glad that in 1995 they thought that type of mayhem would be happening in a mere 10 years.

c0ldb33r

07-25-2009, 09:31 PM

The beginning of Demolition man was set in post-apocalyptic 1996. I always thought that this was a bally move since the movie was released in 1993 LOL

Leo_A

07-25-2009, 10:27 PM

In the game Urban Strike, the World Trade Center is destroyed by terrorist in 2001.

MissingNo_1231

07-25-2009, 10:29 PM

didn't a lot of the Mega Man games take place in "200X"? As of next year it'll be a little late for that, I guess.

emceelokey

07-25-2009, 10:39 PM

Yeah, and there's a Street Fighter that's going to happen in 2010.

garagesaleking!!

07-25-2009, 10:41 PM

i vaguely remember playing dues ex invinsible war for xbox and thinking that someday it was going to come true.

Red Warrior

07-25-2009, 10:46 PM

In the NES game Crystalis, the End Day was to come in 1997. Well, they're at LEAST 12 years off on that one...

emceelokey

07-25-2009, 10:56 PM

The beginning of Demolition man was set in post-apocalyptic 1996. I always thought that this was a bally move since the movie was released in 1993 LOL

Not only that but the movie was released in late 1993 so they were expecting something apocalyptic to happen in Los Angeles by the next two years and 2 months.

heybtbm

07-25-2009, 11:17 PM

Anything with 19XX.

kupomogli

07-25-2009, 11:38 PM

In the game Urban Strike, the World Trade Center is destroyed by terrorist in 2001.

They got the exact year?

Coincidence or is Urban Strike to be blamed for the World Trade Center to be targeted?

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Anwyays. Chrono Trigger. Looks like we've passed 1999 and the Day of Lavos has yet to come.

Leo_A

07-25-2009, 11:57 PM

Nothing but a coincidence. Urban Strike is set in 2001. Here's the only YouTube video I could find showing the WTC after it was attacked by a laser weapon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAE4oU-LAGU&feature=related

Edit - Go to 5:52 in the following link to see the initial attack take place. Later in the game, you disarm a bomb that is supposed to finish off the buildings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1SMa02aKJk&feature=related

Sadly, EA seems scared of the game now. Was left off EA Replay for the PSP despite Desert Strike and Jungle Strike being included.

izarate

07-25-2009, 11:59 PM

They got the exact year?

Coincidence or is Urban Strike to be blamed for the World Trade Center to be targeted?

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Anwyays. Chrono Trigger. Looks like we've passed 1999 and the Day of Lavos has yet to come.

Crono & Co. prevented it from happening.

j_factor

07-26-2009, 03:49 AM

Remember that Urban Strike came out not long after the WTC bombing of '93.

Dire 51

07-26-2009, 09:25 AM

In 1997 New York City was supposed to have been devastated by a group calling itself the Union Lizard. Luckily for NYC that never happened, although that did deprive us of seeing a ninja and his dog fighting UL soldiers on the news. Oh well.

Zing

07-26-2009, 09:29 AM

Sadly, EA seems scared of the game now. Was left off EA Replay for the PSP despite Desert Strike and Jungle Strike being included.
I hate that.

Atarileaf

07-26-2009, 10:51 AM

Not a game, but weren't the eugenics wars from Star Trek supposed to have happened in the 90's?

DragonMaster Sam

07-26-2009, 05:00 PM

June 6, 1996. The Catastrophe that eliminated at least 1/3 of the world's population in Snatcher.

Leo_A

07-26-2009, 05:33 PM

Not a game, but weren't the eugenics wars from Star Trek supposed to have happened in the 90's?

According to an episode of the original series, it was. I don't know if any of the later television series or films supports it or changes it (I only ever watched the first tv series).

BetaWolf47

07-26-2009, 07:41 PM

Battletanx: Global Assault takes place in 2006. Prior to that game's events, a virus had wiped out all but a very small population of the world's female population.

c0ldb33r

07-26-2009, 09:49 PM

Anything with 19XX.
Or 200X. Well, they've got about 5 months left before 200X is useless. I'm glad some games switched over to 20XX.

Sonicwolf

07-26-2009, 09:56 PM

According to an episode of the original series, it was. I don't know if any of the later television series or films supports it or changes it (I only ever watched the first tv series).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_Wars#Eugenics_Wars_and_World_War_III

According to the original series, the Eugenics Wars lasted between 1992 and 1996. LOL

Astrocade

07-26-2009, 10:00 PM

I'm still waiting for those Ninjas to kidnap the president.

Push Upstairs

07-27-2009, 02:35 AM

Then we'll all find out who is bad enough to rescue the President.

JohnnyBlaze

07-27-2009, 03:15 AM

It was turned into a game, so I guess it counts: August 29, 1997 was supposed to be Judgment Day and it never came. People even called Microsoft that day wishing them a "Happy Judgment Day". The second Judgment Day(July 24, 2004) didn't happen either.

Haoie

07-27-2009, 04:18 AM

Looks like sci fi titles are the worst offenders here.

GarrettCRW

07-27-2009, 04:36 AM

Not a video game, but still required:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhAobPugvsk

Dire 51

07-27-2009, 03:23 PM

Let's not forget the incident in the mansion in the Arklay Forest that was supposed to happen in 1998, as of 1996.

Ed Oscuro

07-27-2009, 03:25 PM

The beginning of Demolition man was set in post-apocalyptic 1996. I always thought that this was a bally move since the movie was released in 1993 LOL
Also lol @ there being cryo-prisons in that decade.

youngamer

07-27-2009, 03:34 PM

The year is 1999. Television has adapted to the more violent nature of man. The most popular form of television remains the game show. One show in particular has dominated the ratings. That show is SMASH TV.The most violent game show of all time.

...I am still waiting for that game show.

sebastiankirchoff

07-27-2009, 04:47 PM

What about New York being a giant prison in the year 1997 like in Escape From New York?

Supposibly Resident Evil 5 takes place in 2009. So, where are all the zombies that appear in Africa.

Sonicwolf

07-27-2009, 04:53 PM

When it comes to movies, anyone notice how Back to the Future 2's future scene takes place 6 years from now and Blade Runners future is 10 years from now? Seems there is always a wacky aproximation of the future that is really far off once the time comes...

2001...

erehwon

07-27-2009, 08:15 PM

I'm still waiting for a space plane like the one in the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Push Upstairs

07-28-2009, 03:29 AM

When it comes to movies, anyone notice how Back to the Future 2's future scene takes place 6 years from now

We still have 6 years to develop flying cars, hoverboards, clothes that adjust to fit, and for the Cubs to whoop The Marlins at baseball.

Sonicwolf

07-28-2009, 03:36 AM

We still have 6 years to develop flying cars, hoverboards, clothes that adjust to fit, and for the Cubs to whoop The Marlins at baseball.

Also Hovercar conversions, interactive celebrity restuarant waiters, PepsiPerfect, LaserDiscs... again, only thumbprint doors, Food Hydraters, MultiCRT displays, Automatic car servicers, holograms, skyways, window screens... LOL

rbudrick

07-28-2009, 12:10 PM

"Now, so much time has elapsed and I'm old now. I think it's time for me to tell you the whole story. I hope this story will be told for a long time.

2010.8.2

Joe"

The last scene in the ending of Bionic Commando when you find that Super Joe was recounting the events that transpired in Bionic Commando on 1989.4.7. I remember scarcely believeing I'd even be alive on that day. Now it's a year away. It seemed SO far away and unreal. I think I secretly believed the world would end before then, especially with the Cold War and such still looming back then.

Great thread idea, btw.

-Rob

jb143

07-28-2009, 01:57 PM

When it comes to movies, anyone notice how Back to the Future 2's future scene takes place 6 years from now ...? Seems there is always a wacky aproximation of the future that is really far off once the time comes...

No No, it's pretty obvious that since Marty and Doc Brown had knowledge of the future that they somehow changed something between 1985 and 2015. Going to the future actually led to a chain reaction of events that caused the Delorian to be hit by a train. That was some pretty advanced technology right there that would no longer be able to effect future technology had it survived. OK, so I'm just making this all up off the top of my head but it makes perfect sense to me.

Push Upstairs

07-28-2009, 04:44 PM

Also Hovercar conversions, interactive celebrity restuarant waiters, PepsiPerfect, LaserDiscs... again, only thumbprint doors, Food Hydraters, MultiCRT displays, Automatic car servicers, holograms, skyways, window screens... LOL

6 years is plenty of time for that.

Although "window screens" are rather pointless when you have ultra-thin TV's

I'm pretty sure something like the Microsoft Surface would have blown their mind. Even I can't believe that thing is real and it is!

emceelokey

07-28-2009, 06:46 PM

Also Hovercar conversions, interactive celebrity restuarant waiters, PepsiPerfect, LaserDiscs... again, only thumbprint doors, Food Hydraters, MultiCRT displays, Automatic car servicers, holograms, skyways, window screens... LOL

Those aren't LazerDiscs, Those are actually large Blu Ray Disc. What's going to happen is that they won't be able to compress anymore memory on a standard sized disc so they instead made the Blu-Ray the size of an LP. It's going to take a lot of space to compress holograms. I still think were on track.

Ed Oscuro

07-28-2009, 06:47 PM

"Now, so much time has elapsed and I'm old now. I think it's time for me to tell you the whole story. I hope this story will be told for a long time.

2010.8.2

Joe"

So now we know that he actually meant "I hope this story will still be generating revenues twenty years from now (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/supct/amici/economists.pdf), huh?

Also, Max Headroom seems to have been set in the mid-2000s (although one of the subtitles for some incarnation of the show was "20 Minutes Into the Future" which seems more appropriate).

It's going to take a lot of space to compress holograms.
I guess it would if you used the wrong dang format - holographic storage is well-suited for a block of memory, not a flat plane. Which isn't to say you can't store holograms on a flat disc, but it would make more sense to store them by volume.

Enigmus

07-28-2009, 09:45 PM

I'm still waiting for a space plane like the one in the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

I'm still waiting for a ship that turns from a bone to a space station. ROFL

Rickstilwell1

07-28-2009, 10:53 PM

Tuff E Nuff for SNES says the war to end all wars will break out in 2151 and only the strong will survive and Syoh, Zazi, Kotono and Vortz will be the only one capable of defeating the evil Fighting King - Jade.

At least that's not for 141 and a half years huh?

It doesn't count as its not here yet, but still is pretty close in terms of other exaggerations. It's not like in the 3000s or later

emceelokey

07-29-2009, 01:35 AM

I guess it would if you used the wrong dang format - holographic storage is well-suited for a block of memory, not a flat plane. Which isn't to say you can't store holograms on a flat disc, but it would make more sense to store them by volume.

Dude, that's 2009 talk. This is 2015 we're talking about here. 2.0.1.5.

Tron 2.0

07-29-2009, 02:01 AM

I'm still waiting for a ship that turns from a bone to a space station. ROFL
I'm still waiting for 2010 the year we make contact :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjM2EFhF0sg

Push Upstairs

07-29-2009, 02:19 AM

Those aren't LazerDiscs, Those are actually large Blu Ray Disc. What's going to happen is that they won't be able to compress anymore memory on a standard sized disc so they instead made the Blu-Ray the size of an LP. It's going to take a lot of space to compress holograms. I still think were on track.

Yeah. He missed the scene in the alley where laserdiscs and CD's were bundled together to be trashed/recycled.

Steven Spielberg's son better get cracking if he is going to make "Jaws 19" in 6 years.

Xian042

07-29-2009, 11:11 AM

If I remember correctly,

In Snatcher, Neo Kobe is built after Kobe was nearly destoryed in an earthquake,

in 1995 the real Kobe experienced a pretty devastating earthquake. No Neo Kobe though.

Dire 51

07-29-2009, 11:55 AM

Those aren't LazerDiscs, Those are actually large Blu Ray Disc. What's going to happen is that they won't be able to compress anymore memory on a standard sized disc so they instead made the Blu-Ray the size of an LP. It's going to take a lot of space to compress holograms. I still think were on track.
Why, I do believe that you're correct:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/dire51/holodisk-1.png

jb143

07-29-2009, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by emceelokey
Those aren't LazerDiscs, Those are actually large Blu Ray Disc. What's going to happen is that they won't be able to compress anymore memory on a standard sized disc so they instead made the Blu-Ray the size of an LP. It's going to take a lot of space to compress holograms. I still think were on track.

Why, I do believe that you're correct:

Except that blu-ray isn't a holographic medium. It's basically the same as a regular DVD but uses a blue laser which has a shorter wavelength so it can fit more on the disc. Or am I misunderstanding what was being said?

Mimi Nakamura

07-29-2009, 12:43 PM

This is a great thread.

rbudrick

07-29-2009, 05:58 PM

DVDs, or rather, the next format of them will be able to hold many terabytes. FMDs are supposed to be the next wave. They will likely hold 10 terabytes, but can theoretically have up to 100 layers for a theoretical capacity of 1 petabyte on a single disc the same size as a DVD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent_Multilayer_Disc

The company that was making them made the mistake of showing false footage at a show, but the technology is real and sound. The company went under, but was bought by another.

-Rob

Dire 51

07-29-2009, 07:30 PM

Except that blu-ray isn't a holographic medium. It's basically the same as a regular DVD but uses a blue laser which has a shorter wavelength so it can fit more on the disc. Or am I misunderstanding what was being said?
I was making a joke regarding the comment about taking a lot of space to compress holograms, using an image from Futurama as the punchline. That's all.

emceelokey

07-29-2009, 07:57 PM

Why, I do believe that you're correct:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b302/dire51/holodisk-1.png

Hahaha. 78 million rpm. That's just dangerous. Maybe it's holodisc technology that's in Back to the Future. They didn't really get into it in the movie so I believe were still on track.

JohnnyBlaze

07-29-2009, 08:12 PM

We still have 6 years for the Cubs to whoop The Marlins at baseball.

Yeah, look at the Boston Red Sox. Who would've thought that'd they EVER win another World Series?

I can speak for fellow Yankees fans when I say that we're still pissed about that. No more "Who's Your Daddy?" or "1918" chants.

GarrettCRW

07-29-2009, 08:15 PM

Oh, but the Nation loves its "Year 2000" chant. :D

Sonicwolf

07-29-2009, 11:56 PM

Sweet Zombie Jesus people. Anyone else notice time flying by? Remember when the number 2000 sounded cool and futuristic? LOL

jb143

07-30-2009, 12:01 AM

Sweet Zombie Jesus people. Anyone else notice time flying by? Remember when the number 2000 sounded cool and futuristic? LOL

Beyond 2000 was one of my favorite shows on the Discovery channel growing up. I'm still waiting for half of that stuff. LOL

Sonicwolf

07-30-2009, 12:03 AM

Beyond 2000 was one of my favorite shows on the Discovery channel growing up. I'm still waiting for half of that stuff. LOL

Remember when everyone was going ape over Y2K? What a joke. That was one big CNN based panic attack.

Robocop2

07-30-2009, 12:27 AM

I think the only thing I stocked up on for Y2K was alcohol but it was new years eve after all

Sonicwolf

07-30-2009, 12:29 AM

According to the original Terminator franchise of games and movies, the world ended in 1997 and we are currently in the middle of a horrifying machine vs man conflict.

slapdash

07-30-2009, 12:50 AM

Remember when everyone was going ape over Y2K? What a joke. That was one big CNN based panic attack.

"Why did I spend all this money on preventative medicines, when I DIDN'T EVEN GET SICK?!"

The only reason Y2K wasn't a big deal was because of all the time and money spent on patching the really dangerous bugs.

Y2K could have been very bad, I assure you.

Push Upstairs

07-30-2009, 03:40 AM

Beyond 2000 was one of my favorite shows on the Discovery channel growing up. I'm still waiting for half of that stuff. LOL

Yeah, I'm still underwhelmed with the 21st century and its lack of totally awesome stuff we were promised.

But curve balls like that MS Surface and giant TV's centimeters thick are awesomely unexpected.

jb143

07-30-2009, 11:42 AM

"Why did I spend all this money on preventative medicines, when I DIDN'T EVEN GET SICK?!"

The only reason Y2K wasn't a big deal was because of all the time and money spent on patching the really dangerous bugs.

Y2K could have been very bad, I assure you.

When I first heard of Y2K it was by someone giving a speech in my college speech class arround 1998. Since I was studying computer engineering I thought it was the stupidest thing I'd ever heard of. Then when it was all over the media I thought it was even stupider. They'd ask 'experts' "what if it happens" type questions. The only problem would be that they'd ask finacial and economics experts(and people selling books on Y2K), not computer experts "will it happen" type questions. They all thought hardly anything would happen. Guess who was right! I still think it's stuipd.

I did have a joke back then though that the reason George Lucas was rushing to get the new Star Wars movie out before 2000 was becasue if he didn't, the Y2K bug would cause the whole movie to be shown as one big green screen.

emceelokey

07-30-2009, 07:37 PM

The Y2K was good Sci Fi but I failed to believe that the whole world would become stupid after Y2K hit. Like why couldn't we just build some new stuff in the TWO YEARS they were hyping it up. What was most upsetting about that whole thins was when all these religious groups started trying to profit from it. Still makes me want to punch religion in the face.

sebastiankirchoff

07-30-2009, 08:21 PM

Lol Y2K, what a joke! I remember hearing about it as a kid in 98 or 99 and being a little freaked out, but my dad who was a computer whiz assured me that it wouldn't happen and that it was all a big hoax. I remember my dad going to relatives houses and parties with people being freaked out by Y2K and him explaining that it was false and that it wouldn't do anything. Guess who was right?

slapdash

07-30-2009, 11:44 PM

Sonicwolf

07-31-2009, 01:00 AM

Look, I work in the software industry, and my company spent a lot of money making sure that Y2K wasn't a big deal. We made hospital software. But there was more critical software out there, and it received similar attention. It wasn't a hoax. Were some people OVERLY paranoid? Yes. Would nothing have gone wrong? Not a chance. Things DID go wrong, but due to the effort taken by many, many programmers, the problems were quite minimal. Yay.

I wasnt saying anything about it being a farce and that preventitive action is unecassary originally, its just that all the news networks made it out to seem like it would end the world no matter what action was taken.
"While no globally significant computer failures occurred when the clocks rolled over into 2000, preparation for the Y2K bug had a significant effect on the computer industry. Countries that spent very little on tackling the Y2K bug (including Italy and South Korea) experienced as few problems as those that spent much more (such as the United Kingdom and the United States), causing some to question whether the absence of computer failures was the result of the preparation undertaken or whether the significance of the problem had been overstated" F/wikipedia, with citation.

Funny thing is that people starting discussing and meeting over this problem in the 1980s and they had yet to deal with it, in their words, sufficiently, up until the new millenium.