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Original Fallout free on GOG

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For 48 hours only, the original Fallout game is free on GOG. If you're a newcomer to the Fallout series and have only played Fallout 3 or New Vegas, this is your chance to see how the series got its start. You can download the game here.
If you're expecting a game that is similar to Fallout 3, you're looking in the wrong place, however. The original Fallout was developed by Interplay, whereas Fallout 3 and New Vegas were made by Bethesda Game Studios, a different company entirely. The original Fallout is a CRPG, a turn-based game that is much different than the modern Fallouts.
Despite it's differences, I highly encourage you to head over to GOG and download the game that started it all. It is only free for 2 days, so do it quickly.
GOG.

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  1. damian622
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    New Vegas was being developed by Obsidian, with Bethy as publisher. And Obsidian have some people who were both Fallout 1 and 2 developers. If you loved New Vegas quests, storyline and world and you're not scared by 2D, give it a try. But if you think Fallout 3 is better Fallout then New Vegas, don't touch FO1 or FO2.
  2. bionicgeth
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    Thanks so much for posting this! I never thought I would get to play the original Fallout, let alone for free! *Brofist*
  3. trepmaws
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    Thank you so much for posting this. I've never played the original Fallout, but I used to play these kinds of games all the time as a kid. And man, have I degraded as a gamer. So much information on screen, and it took me forever to kill the first rat. I had completely over looked the manual, and that was my first mistake. Tutorials have really dumbed down the gamers of today, and I am one of them. So, time to pull up my socks and get into a real gaming experience. *pull*
  4. Brigand231
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    This will be my third time buying Fallout also, but I'm getting things I didn't get before (and in convenient format) like the soundtrack, the avatars, the icons... The bonus material. Yes, you can get most of Mark Morgan's Fallout music and some of these digital assets free elsewhere, but as was already stated, this is more legitimate for those that want to be able to point to a time and place they bought it. The Fallout Bible in .PDF is a must for any Fallout lore/immersion purist (not saying I am one, though I admit I have my moments).
  5. walrus2517
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    @Quetzlsacatanango - As the great American poet Axl Rose once said "All you need is just a little patience"

    @ziitch - Why not just ignore the Origin titles?

    I love GOG. I've picked up quite a few old titles that I still have disk copies of buried somewhere in a closet. Just the fact they are all setup to work on Windows 7 makes it worth it. Unfortunately I can't take advantage of this deal as I already paid a whopping $6 for Fallout 1 & 2 on GOG about a year ago when they had them both on sale.
  6. Quetzlsacatanango
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    I have had it since it originally came out <img class="> . And to think all I had to do was wait 15 years and I could have had it for free.
  7. djole96
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    This is awesome . I already bought it a year ago at the store( 1,2 + tactics for like 6$) but this is a wonderful oportunity for someone else to try this game . Anyone should play that masterpiece, not just fallout fans.
  8. Amig186
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    @ziitch: Technically, downloading this so called abandonware is still piracy, unless the devs themselves say otherwise. With GOG you can play oldies with a clean conscience.
    As for Fallout...I already have 2 copies, but what the hell, might as well get a third one.
  9. yota71
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    LOL to late i have buyed the original collection on dvd <img class=">
  10. thatsameguy
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    saw this and signed in asp

    this is awesome I have been wanting the orignal fallout for awhile already have fallout2