Portion of the 1999 A.D. map

1999 A.D. is a time period in Squaresoft's Chrono Trigger. Image File history File links 1999_A.D._Chrono_Trigger. ... Image File history File links 1999_A.D._Chrono_Trigger. ... This is a list of named time periods defined in various fields of study. ... Square Co. ... Chrono Trigger (クロノ・トリガー) is a role-playing game that was released in Japan on March 11, 1995 for the Super Famicom and in North America on August 22, 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). ...

1999 A.D. is a technologically advanced age, where humans live inside large domes and use robots and computers in everyday routine. Little of it is seen in the game; the protagonist never interacts with this time's inhabitants. The Day of Lavos occurs during this time period. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Technology By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ... Robots is a computer-animated movie released March 11, 2005. ... The tower of a personal computer. ...

The Day of Lavos

Lavos is the archvillain of Chrono Trigger; he is an alien parasite who crashed into the Earth 65 million years ago. In 1999 A.D., he awakens and ascends to the surface of the planet. The specific day of the event is unspecified; the time is given as 1:24 pm. The Day of Lavos is an apocalyptic event; he destroys modern civilization and leaves the earth as a barren wasteland; the atmosphere is clouded or otherwise ruined, a state functionally similar to nuclear winter, sending earth into perpetual night, and agriculture disappears. Most of the world's population starves and civilization disappears. Almost no hope of recovery is given. Lavos outer shell. ... Snidely Whiplash, a stereotypical villain. ... Chrono Trigger (クロノ・トリガー) is a role-playing game that was released in Japan on March 11, 1995 for the Super Famicom and in North America on August 22, 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). ... 65,000,000 B.C. 65,000,000 B.C. is a time period in Squaresofts Chrono Trigger. ... Look up Apocalypse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Apocalypse (Greek: αποκαλυψις, disclosure), is a term applied to the disclosure to certain privileged persons of something hidden from the mass of humankind. ... Nuclear winter is a hypothetical global climate condition that was predicted to be a possible outcome of a large-scale nuclear war. ...

Players access 1999 A.D. only for the Day of Lavos, and can do so at almost any point in the game. However, players are not sufficiently strong to beat him until they have completed most of the game; if they complete the side-quests, he is a relatively easy boss.

Why 1999?

The Day of Lavos

Chrono Trigger sets the apocalypse in 1999 because of Nostradamus's prophecy that the world would end in the seventh month (September) of the year 1999. This prophecy was more famous in Japan than in the United States. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 58 KB)Day of Lavos in Chrono Trigger File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 58 KB)Day of Lavos in Chrono Trigger File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nostradamus Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503 – July 2, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the worlds most famous authors of prophecies. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

It should be noted that (while it is doubtful that most Japanese believed the 1999 prophecy) this date was in the near future, not past as now, when Chrono Trigger was released.