Eighty years after your ancestor, the original Vault Dweller, was exiled into the desert, your primitive tribal village of Arroyo is dying of a catastrophic drought. Chosen as the Chosen One, you must venture out into the irradiated, civilized wasteland to retrieve a mythological pre war terraforming kit known as the Garden of Eden Creation Kit (GECK). Along the way, you discover that a sinister, technologically pristine shadow government known as the Enclave plans to completely purge the wasteland.
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Behind The Scenes
Developed in just fourteen chaotic months, the Black Isle programming team expanded the original engine code to support upgraded companion control parameters and vehicle tracking systems like the iconic highwayman car storage container. Because the production schedule was so rushed, the initial retail master discs contained thousands of unpatched data flags, making it a legendary candidate for community software restoration patches.
