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Y2K is an Internet aesthetic based around products, styles, and fashion of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The name Y2K is derived from an abbreviation coined by programmer David Eddy for the year 2000 and its potential computer errors .
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Nintendo Wii (2006) The seventh generation of consoles began with the release of the Xbox 360 in 2005.This was followed by the Wii and the PlayStation 3 in 2006.The seventh-generation featured widespread implementation of HD-ready graphics, media centers, and wireless game controllers, as well as online services for all consoles.
Y2K: The Game is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Runecraft and published by Interplay Entertainment in 1999. Notable actors involved in the game include Michael Bell , Tony Jay , Grey DeLisle , Dan Castellaneta , Danny Mann and John Mariano .
The Y2K issue was a major topic of discussion in the late 1990s and as such showed up in much popular media. A number of "Y2K disaster" books were published such as Deadline Y2K by Mark Joseph. Movies such as Y2K: Year to Kill capitalized on the currency of Y2K, as did numerous TV shows, comic strips, and computer games.
Y2K (also known as Countdown to Chaos and Y2K: The Movie) is a 1999 American made-for-television science fiction-thriller film directed by Dick Lowry and starring Ken Olin and Kate Vernon. The film takes a fictional look at the societal problems that could ensue from widespread computer shutdowns caused by the Year 2000 problem , also known as ...
Computer Gaming World, founded in 1981, stated in 1987 that it was the only survivor of 18 color magazines for computer games in 1984. [8] Meanwhile, in Japan, the first magazines entirely dedicated to video games began appearing from 1982, beginning with ASCII's LOGiN, followed by several SoftBank publications and Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq.
Peter de Jager is a South African-born Canadian computer engineer, best known for his Y2K early 1990s outcry warning, [1] and was the namesake of the de Jager Year 2000 index that began trading on the American Stock Exchange in 1997.