[Update: Shagittarius reminds us that you can get Fallout games (not to mention Sacrifice and Kingpin) from GoG with no DRM for a few bucks less than Steam.]
Interplay games (including the Fallout series) now on Steam
by David Hinkle 
on Aug 20th 2009 6:00PM
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[Update: Shagittarius reminds us that you can get Fallout games (not to mention Sacrifice and Kingpin) from GoG with no DRM for a few bucks less than Steam.]
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:03PM Shagittarius said
Get Fallout from GOG.com instead. No copy protection at all, never need to be connected to play it. Much better than steam.
As far as sacrifice goes one could only look fondly on that title so long after its release...it was crappy in it's day.
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As far as sacrifice goes one could only look fondly on that title so long after its release...it was crappy in it's day.
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:04PM Shagittarius said
Oh and all the Fallouts are only 5.99 each on GOG.com.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:05PM Gibbeynator said
Not to mention it's 5.99 on GOG and 10 bucks on Steam.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:52PM Courtney said
You can also apply player made mods/patches to Fallout with the Gog copy, something I don't know if you can do with the Steam copy. There is a hi-res patch that makes it nicer to play on big monitors, and a patch that fixes several bugs still in the game after the final developer patch.
http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=12
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http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=12
Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:17PM Shagittarius said
You have to be online to download it from steam don't you?
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:23PM einhanderkiller said
Steam games are identical to retail copies in files, folder structure, and stuff like that so mods will probably work.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:47PM maisp said
"As far as sacrifice goes one could only look fondly on that title so long after its release...it was crappy in it's day."
Funny, Fallout was one of the few "classic" games I missed playing when it first came out. I played it for the first time right before Fallout3 came out and loved it. True, I immediately installed some of the user-made mods and patches, but I enjoyed it equally as much as Fallout3 -- no nostalgia required.
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Funny, Fallout was one of the few "classic" games I missed playing when it first came out. I played it for the first time right before Fallout3 came out and loved it. True, I immediately installed some of the user-made mods and patches, but I enjoyed it equally as much as Fallout3 -- no nostalgia required.
Posted: Aug 21st 2009 6:23PM Shagittarius said
Everytime you reinstall on steam you have to be online, with GOG. You download it once and get a self contained installer that no one can ever take away from you.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 8:00PM (Unverified) said
No but there is an Out of This World, sort of the precursor to Flashback. Great game.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:45PM Ivan Carlos said
Its too expensive on Steam. GoG.com for the win!
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 6:57PM (Unverified) said
Ahh Fallout 3, so mediocre it has fans looking back to the original 3 titles. Luckily i have them on CD from way back when.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:19PM Shagittarius said
I wouldn't go so far as to call it mediocre, but it was certainly weaker in the narrative than the older titles.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:57PM (Unverified) said
As a game? No it's not mediocre, quite good actually. But as a Fallout sequel it couldn't be much worse.
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:23PM seamonkey420 said
i just want rock and roll racing brought back! taht shit was the bomb on the snes and w/a pal! :)
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Posted: Aug 20th 2009 7:46PM (Unverified) said
Wow, this almost makes me wish I hadn't bought a mac... almost, but not quite. I can always use bootcamp or a virtual machine if I get the urge to play fallout1+2 again, though I still have the original discs so I'm not too fussed about them being on steam. Come back Interplay, we love you!
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Posted: Aug 21st 2009 4:26AM (Unverified) said
Sacrifice and Kingpin are also $5.99 with no DRM on GOG, so basically GOG is your best bet for any of these titles and they have been available for quite a while there. I know a lot of people out there love Steam, but unless you really want to pay extra to have all your games from one service, there is no sense buying any of these newly added Interplay titles there.
Regarding playing on the Mac, DOSBox works in OS X. The Boxer frontend worked great to get Fallout running on my Macbook Pro. If you do want to run Windows games, Boot Camp, VMware Fusion and Parallels have worked great for me, though Monkey Island SE only worked right for me using Boot Camp. I tried with VMware and my screen went crazy and I couldn't make out anything until the VM was killed. I need to test in Parallels yet because I never got around to upgrading to the 4.x series from the 3.x copy I have installed.
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Regarding playing on the Mac, DOSBox works in OS X. The Boxer frontend worked great to get Fallout running on my Macbook Pro. If you do want to run Windows games, Boot Camp, VMware Fusion and Parallels have worked great for me, though Monkey Island SE only worked right for me using Boot Camp. I tried with VMware and my screen went crazy and I couldn't make out anything until the VM was killed. I need to test in Parallels yet because I never got around to upgrading to the 4.x series from the 3.x copy I have installed.
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