Q 01/05

Fallout was originally built on which tabletop RPG system before its creator objected to the violence?

A) Dungeons & Dragons

B) GURPS

C) Cyberpunk 2020

D) Shadowrun

Answer · why

B) GURPS

Steve Jackson Games pulled out, so Tim Cain and Christopher Taylor invented SPECIAL instead.

Q 02/05

How many days does the Vault Dweller have to find a replacement water chip in the original Fallout?

A) 120

B) 100

C) 90

D) 150

Answer · why

D) 150

The chip turns out to be in the ruined Vault 12 beneath Necropolis, the ghoul city built on Bakersfield.

Q 03/05

Fallout is regarded as the spiritual successor to which 1988 Interplay game?

A) Dragon Wars

B) The Bard's Tale

C) Neuromancer

D) Wasteland

Answer · why

D) Wasteland

Brian Fargo could not get the rights back from Electronic Arts, so Interplay built a new post-apocalyptic world instead.

Q 04/05

Which two films did Interplay cite as artistic inspiration for the first Fallout?

A) Planet of the Apes and On the Beach

B) Mad Max and A Boy and His Dog

C) Escape from New York and Threads

D) The Road Warrior and Dr. Strangelove

Answer · why

B) Mad Max and A Boy and His Dog

The game eventually cost Interplay about $3 million and employed up to thirty people.

Q 05/05

Which actor voiced the Overseer of Vault 13 in the original Fallout?

A) Richard Dean Anderson

B) Jim Cummings

C) Ken Mars

D) Tony Jay

Answer · why

C) Ken Mars

Richard Dean Anderson voiced Junktown's sheriff Killian Darkwater, and Jim Cummings voiced both Gizmo and the Master.