Fallout
1997 role-playing video game
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Summary
Fallout is a video game[1]. Fallout ranks in the top 0.59% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,299 views/month, #114 of 19,301).[2]
Key Facts
- Composer: Mark Morgan[3]
- Publisher: Interplay Entertainment[4]
- Genre: role-playing video game[5], post-apocalyptic video game[6], science fiction video game[7]
- Based on: Wasteland[8]
- Producer: Tim Cain[9], Brian Fargo[10]
- Developer: Black Isle Studios[11]
- Part of the series: Fallout[12]
- Platform: Microsoft Windows[13], DOS[14], macOS[15], Classic Mac OS[16]
- Game mode: single-player video game[17]
- Language of work or name: English[18], French[19], German[20], Spanish[21], Russian[22], Polish[23]
- Distribution format: CD-ROM[24], digital distribution[25], digital download[26]
- Review score: 89/100[27], 8.7/10[28], 92/100[29], ★★★★★[30]
- Input device: computer keyboard[31], computer mouse[32]
- Country of origin: United States[33]
- Publication date: October 10, 1997[34], August 26, 2015[35]
- Characters: Master[36], Q137784343[37], Q137784407[38], Q137784446[39], Q137784454[40], Q137784492[41], Gizmo[42], Q137900687[43], Q138316442[44], Q138316546[45], Q138319595[46], Vault overseer[47], Q138320003[48], Q138320090[49]
- Distributed by: Steam[50], GOG.com[51], Humble Store[52]
- Narrative location: United States[53]
- ESRB rating: Mature 17+[54]
- PEGI rating: PEGI 16[55]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fallout (franchise)[56]
- USK rating: USK 16[57]
- Programmer: Chris Jones[58]
- Nominated for: D.I.C.E. Award - Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music[59], D.I.C.E. Award - Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year[60]
- Takes place in fictional universe: Fallout universe[61]
Why It Matters
Fallout has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Fallout is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]