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A brief introduction to Cassette Futurism

Cassette Futurism is a subgenre of science fiction that's characterized by outdated technology from the 70s-90s like cassette tapes, VHS, early computers, floppy disks, telephones, polaroids, game consoles and other analogue technology, architecture and music reimagined in a retro-futuristic style.

The genre also includes general appreciation for the actual technology and aesthetic of the time period, which also includes references and callbacks to 70s-90s pop culture.

The exact origin of Cassette Futurism is hard to pinpoint but we know its popularity began to see a rise in the 2010s on websites like YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr.

The genre most likely branched out from other movements that involved nostalgic elements like Cyberpunk and Vaporware.

All of them have similar key elements such as:

• Retro-tech aesthetic

• Neon-lit color schemes

• Distorted, glitchy visuals

• Synth-heavy soundtracks

Examples of Cassette Futurism in media:

Movies

• Solaris (1972)

• Star wars (1977-)

• Alien & Aliens (1979)(1986)

• Back to The Future Part I & II (1985)(1989)

• Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)

TV Shows

• Classic Doctor Who (1963-1989)

• The Mandalorian (2019-)

• Infinity Train (2019-2023)

• Loki (2021-2021)

• The Book of Boba Fett (2022)

AniManga

• Akira (1988)

• Ghost In The Shell (1995)

• Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995-1996)

• Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999)

• Lycoris Recoil (2022)

Video Games

• Half Life (1998)

• Portal series (2007)(2011)(2022)

• Alien: Isolation (2014)

• Bomb Rush Cyberpunk (2023)

• Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet

Community:

Wiki

Subreddit

Facebook Group

Aaaaaaand that's about it, thank you for reading this far and I hope you all have a wonderful day.

And remember, The Future is saved 200KB at a time.

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Fuckable Object #6 IBM ThinkPad 701 Series (1995)

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Project SPHINX, a Soviet personal computer prototype

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Персонажи из советского научно-фантастического фильма "Планета Бурь" ("Planet of Storms")

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Ivan Shcherba

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Roman Bobrov

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Allan Kern

Robot John

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1988 USSR One way call telephone in Sea Wave.

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bentleyhacker

oh yeah this fucking rules

retrodrome

Famous sites re-imagined as anime style devices.

Artist: Sheng Lam - https://shenglam.artstation.com/

cassettefuturism87

Fucking Cassette Futurism power over 9k!

elizabethplaid

I’m really into the Tweeter straight* key (for morse code). It makes me think of that ham radio convention I went to that had a giant-sized straight key, and you had to step on it with your foot to send code.

It also makes great sense in reference to telegrams, having a cost-per-letter limitation parallel the character limit per tweet.

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YooTube: Amused that while it shows as a VHS player, two of the tapes are Betamax. But that about sums up YouTube – minus the snarky comments.

Netflex: The future of cable-less TV.

Phasebook: A sporty portable floppy drive, but one that you find yourself pulling out every few minutes in case something shows up on the disk.

Instogram: Pretty accurate it would be a model of Polanoid camera, but instead of a 10-shot packet film it has a whole big magazine.

Potify: I believe this, though I honestly expected the media to be closer to DAT than cassette due to the nature of the music… but it works.

Tweeter: What Elizabeth Plaid said about the character limit. Yes!

SoundKloud: Okay, this rocks because the form factor is Compact Disc but the media is MiniDisc – mixing the metaphors like with the YooTube!

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Diskette Storage

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Totally didn't instantly fall in love with my mom's old ibm personal computer

Its so cute 🥺

And not a speck of dust on it since it was in its little luggage case. The case could use a little washing.

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⭐ Here's all the Cores 🤖⭐

(of Portal 1 & 2 at least, eheehhe wink wink) ! I obviously love WAY MORE the Cores of the Second game, but i still wanted to give the personality deserved and represent also to the one of the First game. I think my favourite in all of these are the Adventure and the Space Core (they're so precious TwT). They should have just a circle aspect, but i wanted to underline the different personalities giving them more edges and form: Making the Fact, Logic and Angry Core more "alert" triangular form cause they're the most tricky and strange ones (other than the Angry one being dangerous), the Adventure with a more "safe and protective" square form and the Curiosity and Space Core being more circle since they act like child. Let me know if you like them!