Earth (1990 A.D.)

1990 A.D. is one of the four major time-zones accessible through the time doors within the alternate history of Earth created by  Minax's disruptions in Ultima II.

Description
The year 1990 was eight years away in 1982, when Ultima II was released. This dark version of the near future portrayed a world of perilous international conflict and the harsh reality of the crater-pocked Aftermath implied that China, the United States of America and the USSR were slowly but surely escalating toward a violent conflict. The paranoid hostilities of the late Cold War in this reality appear to have been moving towards confrontation, rather than resolution.

During this era, the Castle of Lord British still stood in what could have been the modern United Kingdom, along with the new settlement of Port Bonifice. The apparent center of North American power during the era was a metropolis known as New San Antonio, which proved a city of major significance in the Stranger's quest to destroy Minax. Outside of human civilization, a dungeon still existed in the mountains of Greenland, and a tower could also be found near the border of Egypt and Libya.

It is assumed that this version of the Earth's late twentieth century disappeared with the death of Minax and the realignment of the time line.