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As a wider variety of writers began to work with cyberpunk concepts, new subgenres of science fiction emerged, playing off the cyberpunk label, and focusing on technology and its social effects in different ways. Many derivatives of cyberpunk are retro-futuristic: they reimagine the past either through futuristic visions of historical eras ...
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a dystopian futuristic setting said to focus on a combination of "low-life and high tech". [1] It features futuristic technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cyberware, juxtaposed with societal collapse, dystopia or decay. [2]
Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986) edited by Bruce Sterling [9] [30] Crystal Express (1989) by Bruce Sterling [9] Patterns (1989) by Pat Cadigan; Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction (1992) edited by Larry McCaffery (contains both fiction and nonfiction) [31] Hackers (1996) by Jack Dann ...
[78] [76] The game's yellow-themed design is an attempt to distinguish Cyberpunk from existing icons in its genre. [79] The designs of Marcello Gandini helped shape the appearance of many of the cars in the game. [80] A motorbike akin to the one in the Akira manga and anime film appears in the game, as well as a car inspired by Mad Max: Fury ...
Interlock was a game system by R. Talsorian Games based on a simple system of adding a bonus to a roll on a 10-sided die. [1]: 208 Mekton II (1987) – the third edition of R. Talsorian's mecha game – was the first game to use the full-fledged Interlock system, and featured point-based characters with a character background system adapted from the original Mekton, though in a more complex ...
[29] [b] Aside from their central importance to cyberpunk and steampunk fiction, Gibson's fictional works have been hailed by space historian Dwayne A. Day as some of the best examples of space-based science fiction (or "solar sci-fi"), and "probably the only ones that rise above mere escapism to be truly thought-provoking". [128]
3D Realms is an American video game publisher and developer originally based in Garland, Texas and currently based in Aalborg, Denmark.It was founded in 1987 as Apogee Software by Scott Miller to publish his game Kingdom of Kroz.
Pages in category "Cyberpunk subgenres" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Cyberpunk derivatives; J.