Quote from: Dominus NoxThe year 2000 came and went. No fusion power, no intelligent computers, no moonbase, no mars landing, no flying cars. *SIGH* what a letdown.....

Don't forget the robot maids and the food pellets...

There are some pretty good 'shopped pics of WWII style mecha in WWII pictures. Fun stuff.

Gear Krieg is when I first noticed DP9's decline. The orignal promo and artwork looked a sure win, so cool. There were many delays and then the actual book was boring. Not much pulp, muddled up the war and military stuff, and a lack of ready to go NPCs something I was used to in DP9 games.

Quote from: GunslingerI seem to remember a video game that used mecha in some sort of steam punk genre.  Maybe not realistic but it did provide interesting visuals.

Sakura Wars? Also a tv show, OAVs (direct to video stories in this case complimenting the games), and at least one movie. IIRC they're technically set in the early 1920s but it seems like WWI never happened.

Steam Punk or at least the Victorian / Edwardian period is the originator of giant robots / mecha. War of the Worlds, Jules Verne, Well's giant landships. Then there's stuff like Steam Boy, Disney's Atlantis, arguably Laputa / Castle in the Sky, one segment of Robot Carnival, that Wild West movie mecha-spider.

The real Victorian era was one of gonzo science with little set in stone, for a fictional version some steam robot or armored suit fits right in.

Steamwars!

http://steamwars.com/index.htm