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can anyone explain this fallout question?

ive been playing fallout 3 for months now and have never played the previous games, however i went on the vault (fallout wiki) to find the bombs fell in 2077 or something like that, so if they fell in 2077 why is it that all the locations look like 70's buildings, and all the videos and songs for the game are old fashion like can anyone explain?

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1. It's an alternate universe, buck-o. They intended for the series to have that look from the start. Actually even before that, with Fargo's "Wasteland". EDIT: I had to come back and edit this again because, well, hasn't anyone else played the original two Fallout's? I mean, there really is no rhyme or reason why they chose the 50's art deco style, aside from all the developers being big fans of '50s pulp magazines, science fiction and superhero comic books. The dev's of Fallout 1 started with that palette, Black Isle carried it over to 2, and Bethesda did the same with 3.
2. ive been wondering that too.i guess to give the game an interseting touch to it..... not that it needs it. its an awesome game
3. Oh yeah i was wondering about that too. Like why do the cars look like they're from the 50s right?? As for the music, I'm pretty sure that's all they could find left over. All the other good music was destroyed or something but they still have like four records of old music. But yeah i thought it would be cool to see a futuristic motorcycle or something lol
4. The reason they have all the older things in the game is to make it look more interesting and make you think. If You noticed the ad in the beginning when it is loading when you go someplace there is a little girl on a mechanical horse and that is based on the future.
5. It's an alternate time line. Society in their world stopped in the 1950's, but their technology continued to develop along the lines that sci-fi was expect the technology to look like, with things like nuclear powered cars, robots, and laser weapons. Some people might wonder why the computers look old fashioned and bulky, but you're got to remember that that is still future technology compared to what was around in 1950.