# Fallout (the original one) is free on GOG for the next 48 hours **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 5, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939 "2012-04-05T19:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/1 "2012-04-05T19:52:02Z")
Thought some here might be interested. This is the first one that came out in 1997. A classic though and you cannot go wrong when it is free. > **[Fallout](https://www.gog.com/game/fallout)** > > Set in the aftermath of a world-wide nuclear war, Fallout will challenge you to survive i ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/2 "2012-04-06T01:24:37Z")
Thank you, **Whack-A-Mole**. That kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/3 "2012-04-06T03:35:58Z")
Neat! I really liked FO3 and NV. Okay, I saw this earlier this afternoon. Seemed like GOG’s site was kinda slow, so I logged in long enough to say “MINE!”. Downloading now. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/4 "2012-04-06T05:36:51Z")
Drat it, why do all of the online game sites only have the Windows versions of games? Ah, what the heck, it’s free, and I’ve been meaning to try it for a while. I might just see if I can Wine it. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/5 "2012-04-06T13:54:29Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Drat it, why do all of the online game sites only have the Windows versions of games? > > Ah, what the heck, it’s free, and I’ve been meaning to try it for a while. I might just see if I can Wine it. I hope you have better luck than [WineHQ’s compatibility index](http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=43&iTestingId=7546)says you will. The mouse not being usable in a Black Isle RPG is pretty much a game-ender, as far as I can imagine. OTOH, the compatibility index entry does have the disclaimer “The test results for this version are very old, and as such they may not represent the current state of Wine. Please consider submitting a new test report.”, so you may be OK with the new newly-released developmental (1.5.1) version of Wine. And as much as you’ll have to pay GoG for the game, it’s still worth trying. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/6 "2012-04-06T14:09:49Z")
How about a dual boot into windows? It would open up an entire library of PC games to you. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/7 "2012-04-06T15:13:02Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Neat! I really liked FO3 and NV. > > Okay, I saw this earlier this afternoon. Seemed like GOG’s site was kinda slow, so I logged in long enough to say “MINE!”. Downloading now. Just FYI but it is nothing like FO3 or NV. Still great in its own way though. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/8 "2012-04-06T16:53:57Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > Okay, I saw this earlier this afternoon. Seemed like GOG’s site was kinda slow, so I logged in long enough to say “MINE!”. Downloading now. Yeah. Seems this promotion worked really well for them…perhaps too well. Their site was slammed and lots of people were reporting painfully slow response times. Most did as you did and nabbed it for later download. Browsing through their catalog of games is a walk down memory lane. As a promotion this may work well for them as I see several games in there that I would like to play again. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/9 "2012-04-06T19:56:43Z")
I OWN the disc of the game, and I had to sign up to get my copy of it. Never hurts for such a good game. Now if they only had Xcom and Xcom 2… \<\_\< ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/10 "2012-04-06T20:08:22Z")
> [@ToeJam](#): > > Now if they only had Xcom and Xcom 2… > \<\_\< You can get all the X-Com games through Steam. ---
**Author:** ![Stowed\_Bob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stowed_bob/32/3312_2.png) [@Stowed\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stowed_Bob)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-original-one-is-free-on-gog-for-the-next-48-hours/617939/11 "2012-04-07T08:51:51Z")
Thank you for pointing this out! Love the game, and now I can go back and do a Jinxed run like I always wanted.