The history of cyberpunk (by year) By weezie.a Nov 15, 1983 The first time the word had been published Bruce Bethke mentioned "cyberpunk" in his short story Aug 15, 1986 Burning chrome is released Burning chrome is realsed by author william gibson Aug 15, 1990 Robocop released Aug 15, 1993 Time Magazine "Cyberpunk" cover story; Aug 15, 1997 Blade Runner computer game is released