# Fallout

> Fallout is Interplay's 1997 post-apocalyptic role-playing game for MS-DOS and Windows, set in a California ruined by nuclear war.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/fallout/
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- Console: Windows
- Released: 1997
- Developer: Interplay Productions

Fallout was developed by Interplay Productions and released in 1997 for MS-DOS and Windows. It is set in southern California in 2161, decades after a nuclear war, where the player leaves the underground Vault 13 to find a replacement water chip.

Characters are built with the SPECIAL system, and quests can be solved through combat, talk, stealth or science. Turn-based combat, dark humour and a world that reacts to the player's choices made it a classic and began a long-running series.

## Fallout PC Ports

- [Fallout Community Edition](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/windows/games/fallout/ports/falloutce/index.md): Fallout Community Edition is a re-implementation of the original Fallout for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, with the same gameplay, engine fixes and quality-of-life improvements.