First Day

Phias · Post by **Phias** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:01 pm

Who remembers the first day they played Fallout 1 or 2?

For me, it was sometime in 1997... I was a mere 10 years old. I remember shooting all of the terrorizing rats, fleeing to the outside world, then encountering a traveling caravan that took me to Shady Sands. I then wondered where the caravan went off to.

Ah, the good old days. Bittersweet, they are.

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:04 pm

I first played sometime in 97, when I walked up the stairs to my cousins room I saw it. The game blew my mind. I didnt really understand the complexity of the game at the time but I definitely got shooting people with an smg. A week later I went home and bought the game, but to my horror my parents deemed it too violent to be played. I hid the CD, and at night after they had gone to sleep I would play it with headphones, but it was maddeningly difficult to travel because of the weird travel glitch with some computers. I played Fallout any time I could, but lost a lot of progress because my parents would sometime come home early and saving the game took near a full minute so I often had to just turn off the computer. Eventually I beat it, and now I realize it was the most enjoyable gaming experience of my life, with the exception of some pen and paper games.

That was more of a full story than just the first day.

Slave_Master · Post by **Slave_Master** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 5:19 pm

I heard about how awesome it was in about '00, and got it. I played for about four hours the first day I had it, just running around doing quests in the Hub. It was the most immersive game I'd ever played at that point.

Sebastian · Post by **Sebastian** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:10 pm

Great topic ....

*does the Wayne's World disolve* Doddle Lu Doddle Lu Doddle Lu ....

I was in Computer World (at least that's what I think the name of the place was, they were purchased by Comp USA soon after) and I was in the RPG section. I loved this store because they just had sooo much at low prices. So I'm looking for a good RPG and I see the box. I remember it was a rectangle with a flip up cover. I remember thinking how cool it looked.

Now, for the longest time I played hack and slash style RPG games. I'd never touched one with guns before. So I wasn't sure if ther box was going to deliver the goods. But i broke down and decided to buy it anyway.

I must have cleared out the rats outside the Vault 50 times before I really found a character I liked. Shady Sands must have thought we were some crazed cult in the hills, they saw so many Vault Dwellers.

Making characters in Fallout One was so much fun.

So getting the sequel when it came out was a no brainer. I have the Temple of Trials down to a science. I always gain a level in there.

Sebastian of the Wastes

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Feb 27, 2004 10:59 pm

June 27, 2001. I remember because it was the last day of school. Went home, installed it, played it ad nauseum. Twas fun.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:37 pm

Christmas 2000. - got Fo1

Dec 27th - Finished Fo1

Dec 28th - Got Fo2

some 8months later - finished Fo2.

BlackDog · Post by **BlackDog** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 3:31 pm

I remember first playing the DEMO.

I couldn't get enough of it and played it several times over that entire day.

I couldn't wait till the game came out.

Sankis · Post by **Sankis** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:56 pm

January of '03 I was extremely bored, as I always am. I remember a friend of mine having talked about Fallout 2 before, and I always thought it was a diablo type clickfest type game, which was also when I thought FO:T was a FPS. He didn't explain it very well. I looked it up on kazaa and downloaded it. At first I hated it as I had no clue what to do, but then grew to love it. I bought the dual jewel a few days later.

Blane · Post by **Blane** » Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:20 am

I bought fallout 2 in '98 when i was in my last year of school and craped out on my exams because of it, but just 2 months later i found an orignal fallout 1 in it's box and bought it and im still replaying them to this day.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Mon Mar 01, 2004 9:56 pm

Don't remember anything exact, like dates and stuff, because I was kinda young when my uncle brought me Fallout2 as a Christmas present. Some Russian guy had recommended it to him yadi yadi yadi and he thought I might like it because of the sex & violence and shit.

At first, I didn't understand anything about it. It looked real complex (of course my lack of skills in English might've had something to do with it as well) and I put i tdown after 15 minutes of trying. Then, something like 2 or 3 months later, I picked it up again and decided to give it a try, because I had nothing else to play at that moment. Been hooked ever since.

Also got myself Fallout 1 as bundled software with a gaming magazine for ~6-7 bucks. One of the best deals I've ever made.

Blizzard · Post by **Blizzard** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:43 pm

my first FO2 experiance was interesting. I killed hakunin for some reason, i d k. But when I restarted i spent forever in klamath, almost 2 hours for some strange reason, tryin to take in the beauty and depth of this game.

lugerman · Post by **lugerman** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:49 pm

Oh.. so many years ago...
I remember seeing a review of fallout 2 in pc gamer, then saw it in this leaflet of games my grandad was going to get games from (you buy 5, you get them cheap kinda dealy, it must have been around '98, as he bought Half life too)
My grandad loved the game so much, he said the cd didnt actually come, so they sent another to him, and gave it to me \o/
I think he likes it more than i do.... he even bought a guide for it.

Then we go fallout 1

Good times...

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:37 pm

Excuse me??

Your *grandpops*? This is just something great

How old is he?

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:08 pm

I remember playing the Fallout demo and my first impression was how awesome the graphics were. Then I got into a fight with an old guy and killed half the town.

lugerman · Post by **lugerman** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 1:17 am

He's about 55-58, yeah, he's great.

I think he's playing throgh call of duty right now, he just finished all ov AvP2, something he used to play alot was the aliens game on the saturn, and duke nukem, and that exhumed game, that rocked.

Goes to show you can be any age and still play games

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:01 am

I wish my granparents were like that... Hell, I wish my *parents* were like that!

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:02 am

One of my old friend's dad was like that. My dad is real cool, but I still envy that kid.

Maximus · Post by **Maximus** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:20 pm

I don't remeber the exact day, but one day in 7th grade CloudNineGT came over talking about some game he had been into for awhile, He had been playing fallout one for atlest a year or two and installed it on my computer. It was such a cool game, we went to new reno at my grandmother's house and became a prize fighter.

I thank you again friend.

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:03 pm

Not a day goes by I dont regret my decision.

Maximus · Post by **Maximus** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 3:05 am

Stainless wrote:Christmas 2000. - got Fo1

Dec 27th - Finished Fo1

Dec 28th - Got Fo2

some 8months later - finished Fo2.

You beat it in 2 days?! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!