The scariest part about this is realizing there was less time between 1985 to 2005 then there is from 2005 to now (2026).
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Neuromancer reference, btw
Should have just been the Roku City haha
Fantastic 😂
Neuromancer if anyone is curious. One of the best opening lines in literature.
Yall had color static? I only remember seeing black and white static.
You could get color if a weak signal drifted in (and had a color TV), but generally it was black and white. OP needs to take that pixelated mess back and fix it.
I had a tv that output static with the colors when signal was missing, it did NOT make the fuzz sound tho.
This was the early 90s
I think early digital may have done that, but not analog.
Digital is either on or off. You need analog to get static.
Right, it was simulated static, instead of the blue screen.
For the tv we had my recollection was that it only happened when there was no input plugged into the UHF.
Or if the Nintendo inline was plugged in and the Nintendo was off, and no other input.
We had cable since that late 80s so I don’t recall ever dealing with signal loss beyond VH1 becoming scrambled at 9:30 for the playboy channel.
We had a really old tv in my basement when I was young. If you messed with the hue knob while on a non existent channel you could get a lot more colorful static
Well that is wildly upsetting.
They all fit pretty well as cyberpunk, particularly 2025. The quote's held up well, really.
there are two too many towers in the post 1985 skylines.
That's not New York.
pfft. still two too many.
Bonus points for anyone who knows where Neuromancer does start, go!
It is a bit funny because Chiba is fairly rural, definitely no cyberpunk metropolis
Night City.
Praytell, which city is that?
No idea, I don't know the skylines of all cities in the world and it could be fictional.