How did you discover Fallout ?
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Ya, absolutely and who can blame them.
Due to online shops one can now buy games uncensored and in their original format. The problem for the non online shopper is that the particular software on the index isn't allowed to be advertised for or shelved thus only few shops will offer it, not only does this drive up the price but it also minimizes the info one has about a product thus fewer people are willing to pay good money for an unknown buy and rather "test" it by downloading it. Not to mention the fact that some games were taken apart so much that they became unplayable; For instance in Jagged Alliance 2 you were required to cut off heads to collect bounty, they censored the chopped off heads so one couldn't complete the mission, simply ridiculous and an affront to all who bought it.
All in all politicians and media don't mix imho, they are much too dependent on tabloids so whenever something happens it's always the fault of the media the person was enjoying anyway thus their only reaction is condemnations and restrictions.
Due to online shops one can now buy games uncensored and in their original format. The problem for the non online shopper is that the particular software on the index isn't allowed to be advertised for or shelved thus only few shops will offer it, not only does this drive up the price but it also minimizes the info one has about a product thus fewer people are willing to pay good money for an unknown buy and rather "test" it by downloading it. Not to mention the fact that some games were taken apart so much that they became unplayable; For instance in Jagged Alliance 2 you were required to cut off heads to collect bounty, they censored the chopped off heads so one couldn't complete the mission, simply ridiculous and an affront to all who bought it.
All in all politicians and media don't mix imho, they are much too dependent on tabloids so whenever something happens it's always the fault of the media the person was enjoying anyway thus their only reaction is condemnations and restrictions.
DarkMarius
First time out of the vault
Many years ago, I got a demo-cd of
fallout.
I that CD it give you a SMG and a fire thrower.
I know what will happen then.
I kill every thing in the demo(that's what all can do in it), saw every style of die, and....
I love it!
So I bought it. :p
Although the game is not just killing actully..:p
fallout.
I that CD it give you a SMG and a fire thrower.
I know what will happen then.
I kill every thing in the demo(that's what all can do in it), saw every style of die, and....
I love it!
So I bought it. :p
Although the game is not just killing actully..:p
TriggerHappy
First time out of the vault
Procrastinating until the end...
Hi All! It's my first post! Hurray!
I have been playing PC games for some time by the time I stumbled into FO. My dad bought be a sturdy 286 w/ CGA graphics when I was in college
. The first RPGs that I can name are the boxed set of AD&D games from TSR. I still remember all the good times I had playing Death Knights of Krynn. Unfortunately, it would be a while before I would get a PC that could play VGA graphics.
I remember reading the review by Jeff Green on Computer Gaming World Magazine. 4 1/2 stars but there were some issues with quests. http://www.computergaming.com/article2/0,2053,1487792,00.asp I never gave buying a licensed copy of the game at this time because they cost a lot in my country (if I'm not mistaken, the local currency took a big dive during this time). RPGs had gone in hibernation by the time I bought my Pentium 150MMX. It hadn't occured to me to get FO though. I guess I wasn't ready for a post-apocalyptic RPG just yet. I'm not into post-apocalyptic scenarios, that's what Philippine politics looks like for the past few years.
Some years later I was buying gifts for my brothers. I was looking at the bargain bins of our local game software store when I came upon the FO 1 and 2 double CD. I bought it for my brother as his Xmas gift. I believe it cost me around $10 in local currency (a steal!). I can't even recall which year this was.
Recently, I had just come off finishing Starwars: KoTOR and I wanted to play another RPG. I read that Interplay was in trouble and that got me thinking that I should finish some of the IPLY games that I have been postponing for so long. I'm still new to the game. My character is still in Vault 13 getting some equipment. I have to find an excuse from my girlfriend to spend some time with FO.
It's strange to come off from having a PC that won't run games because it's too slow to playing games now because your PC might not play the game because the game is too old.
Hi All! It's my first post! Hurray!
I have been playing PC games for some time by the time I stumbled into FO. My dad bought be a sturdy 286 w/ CGA graphics when I was in college
. The first RPGs that I can name are the boxed set of AD&D games from TSR. I still remember all the good times I had playing Death Knights of Krynn. Unfortunately, it would be a while before I would get a PC that could play VGA graphics. I remember reading the review by Jeff Green on Computer Gaming World Magazine. 4 1/2 stars but there were some issues with quests. http://www.computergaming.com/article2/0,2053,1487792,00.asp I never gave buying a licensed copy of the game at this time because they cost a lot in my country (if I'm not mistaken, the local currency took a big dive during this time). RPGs had gone in hibernation by the time I bought my Pentium 150MMX. It hadn't occured to me to get FO though. I guess I wasn't ready for a post-apocalyptic RPG just yet.
I'm not into post-apocalyptic scenarios, that's what Philippine politics looks like for the past few years. Some years later I was buying gifts for my brothers. I was looking at the bargain bins of our local game software store when I came upon the FO 1 and 2 double CD. I bought it for my brother as his Xmas gift. I believe it cost me around $10 in local currency (a steal!). I can't even recall which year this was.
Recently, I had just come off finishing Starwars: KoTOR and I wanted to play another RPG. I read that Interplay was in trouble and that got me thinking that I should finish some of the IPLY games that I have been postponing for so long. I'm still new to the game. My character is still in Vault 13 getting some equipment. I have to find an excuse from my girlfriend to spend some time with FO
. It's strange to come off from having a PC that won't run games because it's too slow to playing games now because your PC might not play the game because the game is too old.
PyroPhoenix
Look, Ma! Two Heads!
I first got mine when my friend was playing FO2 about 2 years ago. I saw him playing it and was hooked so bad i bought it from him for 20 bucks. Later i found fallout 1 and then tactics.despite what others say i like tactics the best cause i have beat the first two so many times and tactics has internet play.
...It started in 199-something. I had a CD-ROM from a magazine and on it was a video of an up and coming game called Fallout. I wasn't all that thrilled about the top-down interface, in fact I wasn't even marginally impressed. I did like the blood and the flame thrower. Then later I kept seeing the picture of the man with the gas mask in gaming mags, and kept wondering what it was all about.
In 2001 while I was working the graveyard shift at Target, I saw this Dual Pak CDROM (I had bought one a year earlier with Septerra Core and Shogo MAD, then FreeSpace/FeeSpace 2) of Fallout/Fallout 2. It was 10$. I recalled the game I had read about, and recall reading how many players lauded it for being a true Role-playing game. I grew up with Dungeons and Dragons and Final Fantasy , so I love RPG games. So I plunked down my 10 and bought it. Now mind you I could have done it just because of the price (I recently bought a copy of Neverwinter Nights from Target for 7$), but I have played it and I really enjoy the game, especially the music. Anyway, I enjoy it because I am having fun, and I like how your actions dictate your fate (I have a good character, Sparkey Dol, and an evil character, the default Natasha) and it's just fun. But what I really like about the game, is the fact that it was originally a 2D DOS game. I am old well to you guys I would be old, 35. I recall the days of DOS, and the games that came from that Era.
Era? hmf.
Funny..
Sanitarium is another 2D game , as is E.G.G for Dreamcast. 2D games are an art form that will never be forgotten by gamers like me.
I'm glad I bought Fallout and Fallout 2, and was saddened at hearing that Black Isle is gone. Interplay's web site is not responding to URL requests...hm? I think there will not be a Fallout 3. If so, I hope it remains 2D.
PaulJC
The Old Guy, Black
PS - Redaing some of the posts I came to realize that I never knew that there was a version without gore. I have the gore setttings set to maxiimum, and took the Bloddy mess trait. I'm sick that way.
In 2001 while I was working the graveyard shift at Target, I saw this Dual Pak CDROM (I had bought one a year earlier with Septerra Core and Shogo MAD, then FreeSpace/FeeSpace 2) of Fallout/Fallout 2. It was 10$. I recalled the game I had read about, and recall reading how many players lauded it for being a true Role-playing game. I grew up with Dungeons and Dragons and Final Fantasy , so I love RPG games. So I plunked down my 10 and bought it. Now mind you I could have done it just because of the price (I recently bought a copy of Neverwinter Nights from Target for 7$), but I have played it and I really enjoy the game, especially the music. Anyway, I enjoy it because I am having fun, and I like how your actions dictate your fate (I have a good character, Sparkey Dol, and an evil character, the default Natasha) and it's just fun. But what I really like about the game, is the fact that it was originally a 2D DOS game. I am old well to you guys I would be old, 35. I recall the days of DOS, and the games that came from that Era.
Era? hmf.
Funny..
Sanitarium is another 2D game , as is E.G.G for Dreamcast. 2D games are an art form that will never be forgotten by gamers like me.
I'm glad I bought Fallout and Fallout 2, and was saddened at hearing that Black Isle is gone. Interplay's web site is not responding to URL requests...hm? I think there will not be a Fallout 3. If so, I hope it remains 2D.
PaulJC
The Old Guy, Black
PS - Redaing some of the posts I came to realize that I never knew that there was a version without gore. I have the gore setttings set to maxiimum, and took the Bloddy mess trait. I'm sick that way.
quietfanatic
Ancient One
PyroPhoenix said:
So did I. But I got it at $20 Aus.
If you like FOT, maybe you should consider the editor and make your own maps. Tactics was very poorely implemented in too many areas, but it does have the potential to have superior mods.
My tale: I came home from holiday one day, and upon booting up my PC I found something weird on one of the harddrives: A folder named "Fallout 2" 
"What the hell is this!?", I thought, and loaded the game.
I looked in the load game menu, but cannot remember that I saw any games there. So I created a new game fairly quick to see what this was all about.
"This looks old!" was my first thought upon entering the game (quickly followed by "What am I supposed to do, anyway?").
Shortly after entering the Temple of Trials I came to a conclusion;
"This sucks!", and promptly deleted the game from my harddrive.
I didnt think much more of it until my older brother used my computer the next time.
"What!?", was the shocked reaction, "Where is Fallout 2!?".
To which my answer was "Huh?".
My brother then proceeded to flame my for deleting this brilliant piece of genius (along with all his savegames), and told me about how great it was, if you just got past the slow beginning, and how he had been strolling about "Vault City" with a submachinegun before I deleted all his savegames.
"Cool!", I thought, and decided to give it another shot. And lo and behold: I soon was through the deathly boring Temple of Trials, and completely sucked into the world on Fallout 2, on my quest for the Holy G.E.C.K
Epilogue: And now I am sitting here, with the Ultimate Fallout Collection on my desk, about to install Fallout 1 (as soon as NWN is finished installing) ! Isn't the world wonderful?
"What the hell is this!?", I thought, and loaded the game.
I looked in the load game menu, but cannot remember that I saw any games there. So I created a new game fairly quick to see what this was all about.
"This looks old!" was my first thought upon entering the game (quickly followed by "What am I supposed to do, anyway?").
Shortly after entering the Temple of Trials I came to a conclusion;
"This sucks!", and promptly deleted the game from my harddrive.
I didnt think much more of it until my older brother used my computer the next time.
"What!?", was the shocked reaction, "Where is Fallout 2!?".
To which my answer was "Huh?".
My brother then proceeded to flame my for deleting this brilliant piece of genius (along with all his savegames), and told me about how great it was, if you just got past the slow beginning, and how he had been strolling about "Vault City" with a submachinegun before I deleted all his savegames.
"Cool!", I thought, and decided to give it another shot. And lo and behold: I soon was through the deathly boring Temple of Trials, and completely sucked into the world on Fallout 2, on my quest for the Holy G.E.C.K
Epilogue: And now I am sitting here, with the Ultimate Fallout Collection on my desk, about to install Fallout 1 (as soon as NWN is finished installing) ! Isn't the world wonderful?
Nyarlathotep
First time out of the vault
A screenshot in a RPG magazine announcing a GURPS based computer game. The shot showed a guy fireing a flamethrower at a giant scorpion. Now that was cool
mr insomniac
First time out of the vault
During a discussion about the merits of high INT/WIS/CHA stats for Planescape:Torment on IPlay's old "Developer's Cage" forum. Someone recommended playing Fallout with Vault Dweller who's INT was 2.
RE: Discover Fallout....
Ha! I had a real crappy computer so I couldnt use high colour modes and it was real slow. I had never even heard of it before and I picked up no.1 for £1 and loved it! then found out there was a no.2 and converted to the fallout faith... then promptly broke my goddamn cd!
(P.S - Thing is I only picked F1 last year so i'm a latecomer to the whole fanbase).
Ha! I had a real crappy computer so I couldnt use high colour modes and it was real slow. I had never even heard of it before and I picked up no.1 for £1 and loved it! then found out there was a no.2 and converted to the fallout faith... then promptly broke my goddamn cd!
(P.S - Thing is I only picked F1 last year so i'm a latecomer to the whole fanbase).
Dracon M'Alkir
Vault Senior Citizen
It was like 1995 and I was signed up with some PC magazine (I already forgot) and every month they sent me demos of all the newest games. I got one CD with Fallout on it and I was a little skeptical at first. I started playing the game, hated it and stopped.
Then I restarted a couple of months later, realized what I fool I was and played it until the demo ended.
It was then my goal to get the game NO MATTER WHAT.
Anyway, I searched and searched and searched and it was nowhere to be found. Even amazon.com didn't have it.
A couple of months ago I was in Ukraine and I found a dual-cd jewel case for 2 dollars and bought it. Of course it was in russian and missing the children, but I played fallout 2 for a little while.
I came back to the US and I STILL cant find it. Somebody mentioned the bargain bin at EBGames so I might go there today and check out the bin.
I obtained the game illegially through Bittorrent (Fallout is just sooo good I couldn't resist)
And Im going to pay that 10 dollars for the game and donate to get my karma back
Then I restarted a couple of months later, realized what I fool I was and played it until the demo ended.
It was then my goal to get the game NO MATTER WHAT.
Anyway, I searched and searched and searched and it was nowhere to be found. Even amazon.com didn't have it.
A couple of months ago I was in Ukraine and I found a dual-cd jewel case for 2 dollars and bought it. Of course it was in russian and missing the children, but I played fallout 2 for a little while.
I came back to the US and I STILL cant find it. Somebody mentioned the bargain bin at EBGames so I might go there today and check out the bin.
I obtained the game illegially through Bittorrent (Fallout is just sooo good I couldn't resist)
And Im going to pay that 10 dollars for the game and donate to get my karma back
TheOysterWagon
First time out of the vault
A friend got into it (I dont know specifically how), and after watching/helping him with it, I decided to start my own quest.
...I had no idea how adicting it would become when I started : -).
...I had no idea how adicting it would become when I started : -).
A convoluted tale. A retrospective in regret and failed opportunities that pains me even now.
Back in the day I was a complete whore for Wasteland. As far back as I could remember I had been darkly fascinated with nuclear war and the post-apocalyptic settings. I loved the mad max and terminator films and as a child I used to create tortured wastes with little green army men and assorted junk in a large barren expanse in the back yard caused by an ex-above ground pool. When I discovered Wasteland, it spoke to me on a level I could not begin to explain. It consumed me to the point no other game existed, in my eyes. It was a kind of madness.
Eventually, the computer went the way of all things, and with it Wasteland. Time moved on and it was forgotten, like a favorite childhood toy. Years passed.
Fast forward to the late nineties. I was working in a PnP RPG store when a friend told me about a game in development that was a sequel to Wasteland using the GURPS system. This seemed incredible to me, even impossible if at least improbable. I was sure it would never happen and put it out of my mind.
Jobs change, marriages happen, and such things are once again forgotten.
Once again, another friend approached me extolling the virtues of the enigma that was FO, now minus GURPS and sequel status. I had to have it. OWN it.
But again, the bitter realities of life intrude. At the time, the computer I had was hopeless. With a new baby and a fledgling business hope was small that I could get the hardware needed for FO1. Ironically, I did upgrade soon after, but FO was pushed to the wayside and forgotten. Again.
Then, a friend at work told me about her husband, who apparently ran a software studio specializing in video games for the PC. As it turns out, his company was looking for concept artists for a potential project. I met with him and showed him some of my work. He was interested and wanted to see if I could illustrate some post apocalyptic material.
“Oh, you mean like Wasteland?”
“More like Fallout, actually. I’d like to see some ghouls and perhaps power armor”
:!:
I had never played Fallout, so as a result I had no Idea what he was talking about. He wanted to see them in a week! Immediately I set to find out all I could about it. I downloaded the FOT demo and the FO1 demo and set about absorbing all I could from them.
Straight away I was hooked.
Unfortunately, all the games were, for some reason, gone from the stores. Even the used bins were devoid of any Fallout incarnation. Eventually I found a used copy of FO2, disc only, in an EB twenty miles away. I dropped ten bucks and found it cheap at twice the price.
They loved my work, but the point was moot, as the project fell through. Now a burning love of FO bordering, nay, firmly rooted in obsession remains.
No regrets!
Back in the day I was a complete whore for Wasteland. As far back as I could remember I had been darkly fascinated with nuclear war and the post-apocalyptic settings. I loved the mad max and terminator films and as a child I used to create tortured wastes with little green army men and assorted junk in a large barren expanse in the back yard caused by an ex-above ground pool. When I discovered Wasteland, it spoke to me on a level I could not begin to explain. It consumed me to the point no other game existed, in my eyes. It was a kind of madness.
Eventually, the computer went the way of all things, and with it Wasteland. Time moved on and it was forgotten, like a favorite childhood toy. Years passed.
Fast forward to the late nineties. I was working in a PnP RPG store when a friend told me about a game in development that was a sequel to Wasteland using the GURPS system. This seemed incredible to me, even impossible if at least improbable. I was sure it would never happen and put it out of my mind.
Jobs change, marriages happen, and such things are once again forgotten.
Once again, another friend approached me extolling the virtues of the enigma that was FO, now minus GURPS and sequel status. I had to have it. OWN it.
But again, the bitter realities of life intrude. At the time, the computer I had was hopeless. With a new baby and a fledgling business hope was small that I could get the hardware needed for FO1. Ironically, I did upgrade soon after, but FO was pushed to the wayside and forgotten. Again.
Then, a friend at work told me about her husband, who apparently ran a software studio specializing in video games for the PC. As it turns out, his company was looking for concept artists for a potential project. I met with him and showed him some of my work. He was interested and wanted to see if I could illustrate some post apocalyptic material.
“Oh, you mean like Wasteland?”
“More like Fallout, actually. I’d like to see some ghouls and perhaps power armor”
:!:
I had never played Fallout, so as a result I had no Idea what he was talking about. He wanted to see them in a week! Immediately I set to find out all I could about it. I downloaded the FOT demo and the FO1 demo and set about absorbing all I could from them.
Straight away I was hooked.Unfortunately, all the games were, for some reason, gone from the stores. Even the used bins were devoid of any Fallout incarnation. Eventually I found a used copy of FO2, disc only, in an EB twenty miles away. I dropped ten bucks and found it cheap at twice the price.
They loved my work, but the point was moot, as the project fell through. Now a burning love of FO bordering, nay, firmly rooted in obsession remains.
No regrets!
A convoluted tale. A retrospective in regret and failed opportunities that pains me even now.
Back in the day I was a complete whore for Wasteland. As far back as I could remember I had been darkly fascinated with nuclear war and the post-apocalyptic settings. I loved the mad max and terminator films and as a child I used to create tortured wastes with little green army men and assorted junk in a large barren expanse in the back yard caused by an ex-above ground pool. When I discovered Wasteland, it spoke to me on a level I could not begin to explain. It consumed me to the point no other game existed, in my eyes. It was a kind of madness.
Eventually, the computer went the way of all things, and with it Wasteland. Time moved on and it was forgotten, like a favorite childhood toy. Years passed.
Fast forward to the late nineties. I was working in a PnP RPG store when a friend told me about a game in development that was a sequel to Wasteland using the GURPS system. This seemed incredible to me, even impossible if at least improbable. I was sure it would never happen and put it out of my mind.
Jobs change, marriages happen, and such things are once again forgotten.
Once again, another friend approached me extolling the virtues of the enigma that was FO, now minus GURPS and sequel status. I had to have it. OWN it.
But again, the bitter realities of life intrude. At the time, the computer I had was hopeless. With a new baby and a fledgling business hope was small that I could get the hardware needed for FO1. Ironically, I did upgrade soon after, but FO was pushed to the wayside and forgotten. Again.
Then, a friend at work told me about her husband, who apparently ran a software studio specializing in video games for the PC. As it turns out, his company was looking for concept artists for a potential project. I met with him and showed him some of my work. He was interested and wanted to see if I could illustrate some post apocalyptic material.
“Oh, you mean like Wasteland?”
“More like Fallout, actually. I’d like to see some ghouls and perhaps power armor”
:!:
I had never played Fallout, so as a result I had no Idea what he was talking about. He wanted to see them in a week! Immediately I set to find out all I could about it. I downloaded the FOT demo and the FO1 demo and set about absorbing all I could from them.
Straight away I was hooked.
Unfortunately, all the games were, for some reason, gone from the stores. Even the used bins were devoid of any Fallout incarnation. Eventually I found a used copy of FO2, disc only, in an EB twenty miles away. I dropped ten bucks and found it cheap at twice the price.
They loved my work, but the point was moot, as the project fell through. Now a burning love of FO bordering, nay, firmly rooted in obsession remains.
No regrets!
Back in the day I was a complete whore for Wasteland. As far back as I could remember I had been darkly fascinated with nuclear war and the post-apocalyptic settings. I loved the mad max and terminator films and as a child I used to create tortured wastes with little green army men and assorted junk in a large barren expanse in the back yard caused by an ex-above ground pool. When I discovered Wasteland, it spoke to me on a level I could not begin to explain. It consumed me to the point no other game existed, in my eyes. It was a kind of madness.
Eventually, the computer went the way of all things, and with it Wasteland. Time moved on and it was forgotten, like a favorite childhood toy. Years passed.
Fast forward to the late nineties. I was working in a PnP RPG store when a friend told me about a game in development that was a sequel to Wasteland using the GURPS system. This seemed incredible to me, even impossible if at least improbable. I was sure it would never happen and put it out of my mind.
Jobs change, marriages happen, and such things are once again forgotten.
Once again, another friend approached me extolling the virtues of the enigma that was FO, now minus GURPS and sequel status. I had to have it. OWN it.
But again, the bitter realities of life intrude. At the time, the computer I had was hopeless. With a new baby and a fledgling business hope was small that I could get the hardware needed for FO1. Ironically, I did upgrade soon after, but FO was pushed to the wayside and forgotten. Again.
Then, a friend at work told me about her husband, who apparently ran a software studio specializing in video games for the PC. As it turns out, his company was looking for concept artists for a potential project. I met with him and showed him some of my work. He was interested and wanted to see if I could illustrate some post apocalyptic material.
“Oh, you mean like Wasteland?”
“More like Fallout, actually. I’d like to see some ghouls and perhaps power armor”
:!:
I had never played Fallout, so as a result I had no Idea what he was talking about. He wanted to see them in a week! Immediately I set to find out all I could about it. I downloaded the FOT demo and the FO1 demo and set about absorbing all I could from them.
Straight away I was hooked.Unfortunately, all the games were, for some reason, gone from the stores. Even the used bins were devoid of any Fallout incarnation. Eventually I found a used copy of FO2, disc only, in an EB twenty miles away. I dropped ten bucks and found it cheap at twice the price.
They loved my work, but the point was moot, as the project fell through. Now a burning love of FO bordering, nay, firmly rooted in obsession remains.
No regrets!
my friend brought arcanum for £3 in the bargian bin thing, once i borrowed it i was hooked, but soon my dad said that i wasnt allowed to play games on his computer anymore 
But i had my computer but it wasnt good enough to play arcanum (lots of triangle black things would cover the screen) Anyway i still loved arcanum and with reasearch i found out that a game called fallout was made by the same company before they made arcanum. so i was always on the look for that, and since it was made before arcanum, i hoped it would work on my computer. soon nuff i found it in the sold out range for 3 for £10 (fallout 2, messiah and brokensword1/and2) happly enough it worked and ive been playin it eva since! arcanum still rocks tho
But i had my computer but it wasnt good enough to play arcanum (lots of triangle black things would cover the screen) Anyway i still loved arcanum and with reasearch i found out that a game called fallout was made by the same company before they made arcanum. so i was always on the look for that, and since it was made before arcanum, i hoped it would work on my computer. soon nuff i found it in the sold out range for 3 for £10 (fallout 2, messiah and brokensword1/and2) happly enough it worked and ive been playin it eva since! arcanum still rocks tho