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Fallout

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Fallout, electronic game released by American game developer Interplay Entertainment in 1997 for personal computers (PCs). Fallout contained many traditional role-playing game (RPG) elements, such as turn-based play and characters that evolve as experience is gained, but it added a variety of innovations that earned the title much critical acclaim. In the first Fallout game, set in a postapocalyptic world in the year 2161, the player’s character resides in a fallout shelter known as Vault...

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