Futuristic Video Games Set in the (now) Past

[Chuplayer]

As far as Mega Man 1 and 2 goes, MM2 specifically said 200X. However, some of the subsequent games said 20XX. Still, that can't be too far into the future compared to MM2.

Did anybody else think 200X and stuff like that didn't refer to years as we commonly refer to them back when you were younger?? I always thought 200X in MM2 stood for something like After Colony (AC) 195 in Gundam Wing or UC (Universal Century) 0079 in the UC Gundam timeline. Like, it was so far into the future, a new year system was created.

[roushimsx]

Do you mean Snake's Revenge for the NES?

No, totally different game.

Well, technically, only when they recount when "The Catastrophe" occured was where the date was June 6 1991 or 1996. The actual timeline of the game is still set in 2047

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Hey, good thing we dodged that whole catastrophe thing, though. That would have sucked.

[kaedesdisciple]

Dunno if it has or not. Probably in some form. This title brought to mind all the NES games that had "19xx" or some variant of that in the story. Double Dragon was one I remember.

Clash at Demonhead was another one of those, it was set in 199x. Still love the crap out of that game, though.