Forum:Getting and playing the original Fallout (1) game

Hey guys, I'm fairly new to the Fallout universe, and recently joined the Vault Community Forum. I own a copy of Fallout 3 for Xbox 360, which I got shortly after Christmas of 2008. Anyway, I've played the game quite a bit and have finished one playthrough and unlocking most of the coolest stuff in the game (excluding DLC, which I am seriously looking forward to downloading soon!).

However, after discovering the Vault and reading about the older games in the series I have become quite interested in experiencing Interplay's original masterpiece. I know that an emulator for oldergames is available for free download, the app is called DOSBox and can be found at. But beyond that, I was wondering if anyone had any firsthand experience with playing the game on DOSBox or if there is any news of the original possibly being ported to another system.

Anyway, if anyone has had any experience with downloading and playing Fallout 1 using DOSBox, I would greatly appreciate any tips (I literally know almost nothing about computers, especially third-party software, and a tutorial would be helpful). Beyond that, feel free to discuss anything other that may assist proverbial noobs to the Fallout world that are interested in experiencing the original's gaming awesomeness. :)

Captain Flapjack 02:46, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Fallout and Fallout 2 work fine on modern operating systems, but you'll need to run them in various compatability modes (Win95, for instance). Fallout Tactics: BOS works perfectly fine on regular OS. Wasteland would be the only game you'd need to run in DOSBox.


 * Also, try checking out No Mutants Allowed. They have some downloads available for helping players with compatability issues. Mr. Sully 03:18, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much Sully, after reading your post I google'd how to run Windows in compatibility mode and came across a very helpful page at the Microsoft support site: It turns out that Microsoft included a Wizard in XP that helps do exactly this by adding small amounts of code which support older programs, such as Fallout, in order to allow them o be run on modern OS's such as XP. (Please note, I personally have XP, and do not know if it will work exactly the same way with Vista, etc.) Anyway, I would like to thank Sully again for mentioning this cmpatibility mode, you've been a great help. If anyone else reading this thread has any other suggestions or comments, I encourage them to post their thoughts and ideas. :D Captain Flapjack 22:34, 14 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I'm also operating on Windows XP and I checked out the link you included. I'd suggest just going to the 'Set Compatability Mode Manually' section of that page and using that method to change it to 'Win 98'. That has worked fine for me while running both Fallout and Fallout 2. Mr. Sully 03:17, 15 April 2009 (UTC)