Fallout
Walkthrough by Steve Metzler

Fallout was arguably the game that played a major part in resurrecting the PC RPG genre, which was in a big slump at the time of Fallout's release in the latter part of 1997. Fallout changed the way people thought about RPGs. It brought us out of the realm of dwarves and elves, and into a brave new world - a world devastated by a nuclear holocaust that left only a handful of survivors.

As the game begins, the large underground vault where several generations of your family and many others have sheltered from the radiation and the harsh world outside is in crisis. The chip that controls the water recycling system has gone on the fritz, and there's no replacement available. The vault only has enough water remaining to last 150 days. You have drawn the proverbial short straw, and have been tasked by the vault's 'overseer' with the job of going to the surface to locate a new chip. Perhaps you can get a spare one from another vault? This is an extremely scary proposition. No one has ever ventured outside since the huge metal vault door slammed into place all those generations ago...

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