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Fallout

TitleFallout
First release1997
DeveloperBlack Isle Studios
PublisherInterplay Entertainment
PlatformsDOS, PC (Windows)
Genrespost-apocalyptic video game, role-playing video game, science fiction video game
Also known asFallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingM Mature 17+
Releases
PC (Windows): 1997-09-30 (NTSC)
Wikidata IDQ60102

Gameplay in Fallout consists of traveling around the game world, visiting locations and interacting with the local inhabitants, and is typically in real-time. Occasionally, inhabitants will be immersed in dilemmas which the player may choose to solve in order to acquire karma and experience points. Alternately, the player may choose to ignore requests for help, in which case he or she has the option of acting on behalf of an opposing faction, or purely in self-interest. Experience points may still be rewarded if the player acts for an opposing interest or in self-interest. Ultimately, players will encounter hostile opponents (if such encounters are not avoided using stealth or diplomacy), in which case they and the player will engage in combat.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q60102) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (235) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC release) · © Interplay Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (6): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Interplay Entertainment · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots (1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Interplay Entertainment · internal use only.
Logo: Bethesda Softworks, LLC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (“Fallout logo.svg”)
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Videos
PC Longplay [639] Fallout
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