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Written by BuckGB on April 23rd, 2009

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A role-playing game centered on the apocalypse and an alternate history timeline? That can only describe Fallout, developed by Interplay's Black Isle Studios in 1997.

With the so-called SPECIAL role-playing system governing things like attributes and bonuses, Fallout provided a solid gaming experience. Combine fun exploration and turn-based combat with a retro future art style, extremely dark humor, and a collection of crazy characters made the first Fallout game a home run. People all over were coming out of their vaults.

A sequel, Fallout 2, was released in 1999 and spin-offs like Fallout Tactics and Brotherhood of Steel also followed. However the shut down of Interplay also caused a planned Fallout 3 to be canceled. Bethesda Softworks bought the franchise and made Fallout 3 as a first person RPG in 2008. A stand alone continuation, Fallout: New Vegas, is due out in 2010.

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