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[Janx]

The term would actually be "retro-future". What the past thought the future would be like.

Space 1889 would be vintage.

uh, no. space travel in 1999 seems pretty vintage as it actually happened back then.

1889 would be retro-future as it didn't happen.

And in any case, it was a play on Danny's post about being so 1999 and merging the idea of Space 1889 with his quote.

Sorry you didn't get the joke. Danny did.

 

[Umbran]

uh, no. space travel in 1999 seems pretty vintage as it actually happened back then.

The name of the game "Space: 1889" is itself a joking reference to the TV program, "Space: 1999", which aired in the mid-1970s. It's image of space travel in 1999 constitutes "retro-future" - it was what the past thought its future would be like. That we have now past the date doesn't change that.

1889 would be retro-future as it didn't happen

Whether or not it actually happened is not relevant. Space: 1889 was written in 1998, but is still set in 1889. It is what the past thought an alternate past would be like. There's nothing "future" about it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Exactly- it depends heavily on the works of HG Wells, Jules Verne, and the writers who followed in their footsteps.

 

[Ryujin]

Jeez. Way to kill a joke guys