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    Default Events that happen in the "future" in games that have now passed in real life.

    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.

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    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

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

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

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    i vaguely remember playing dues ex invinsible war for xbox and thinking that someday it was going to come true.
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    In the NES game Crystalis, the End Day was to come in 1997. Well, they're at LEAST 12 years off on that one...
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    Quote Originally Posted by c0ldb33r View Post
    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
    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.

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    Anything with 19XX.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leo_Ames View Post
    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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    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=BAE4o...eature=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=W1SMa...eature=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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kupomogli View Post
    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.

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

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leo_Ames View Post
    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.

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

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by Atarileaf View Post
    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).

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    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.
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    Quote Originally Posted by heybtbm View Post
    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.

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