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Article #720264Re: Fallout 1+2 currently for free on GOG
From: Justisaur
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:46
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 16:46
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On Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:18:22 PM UTC-8, TymmeRMortis wrote: > Omegaman <wormwood19...@lycos.com> wrote in > > news:9bmka9hpu3mlce...@4ax.com: > > > > > On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 18:10:57 +0100, Werner Punz <we...@gmx.at> wrote: > > > >>I just wanted to inform everybody that Fallout 1+2 as well as Fallout > >>Tactics currently is free on GOG. (For the next 40 hours or so) > >> > > Thanks. I'm downloading it now. Rah Rah Rah for Good Old Games! :-) > > > > O-Man > > It's good news for those that missed the originals, but my old copies still > work--no need to buy them again! > > Yep, me too. IIRC you'll need some hacks running 1 & 2 on a newer system due to the clock being too fast and getting an encounter every pixel you move on the overland map. I usually pick up that sort of thing from www.nma-fallout.com "No Mutants Allowed." Also I hear this promotion brought down GOG... hopefully they'll be back up for more people to get them. - Justisaur
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