History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back THE GENESIS OF THE GENRE OF CYBERPUNK INTO A MULTIMEDIA GAMES (HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS) V.M. Chevyshev The article explores the Genesis of cyberpunk. The infl uence of Noir cinema and literature on the occurrence of book of the cyberpunk genre and its subsequent evolution in the popular media culture. Causes of extinction of a literary genre, and penetration of the latest multimedia environment. For example, the media investigated the penetration of stylistic features and genre trends of cyberpunk computer games and video games. Due to the existence in the virtual appear the following directions of cyberpunk: nanopunk and biopunk – classic «punks», subject to the General laws of the genre, the progenitor. This article examines the process of transformation of the ideas of cyberpunk in the current new time form. Keywords: genre; style; multimedia; cyberpunk; nanopunk; biopunk; movies; computer games. Contacts: E-mail: kissffx@mail.ru Pp. 82-91.