Wasteland 2...

GoldenNugget · Jun 25, 2007, 03:36 PM

Apparently Fargo is making the sequel to Wasteland, the game that inspired the Fallout games:

Quote:

A few days ago, we reported that Brian Fargo might, in fact, be working on a successor to Wasteland. The boards were abuzz with speculation and hope. Well, we got word from the man himself. Brian Fargo, the founder of Interplay and the producer of the original Wasteland, told DAC the following:

I am indeed looking into bringing back the game that spawned the Fallout series. Stay tuned....

Source is Duck and Cover

Shapeshifter · Jun 25, 2007, 03:44 PM

this would rock!

Cosmonaut_Roger · Jun 25, 2007, 04:46 PM

whoa...if this comes true then this is indeed big news! Wasteland was revolutionary. I remember spending hours on that game doing absolutely nothing but making myself ultra powerful. Awsome news!

Dark_Swordmaster · Jun 25, 2007, 05:20 PM

I've actually never played Wasteland. Can someone tell me what it was like?

Was it a free-roaming, free-play Fallout? Was it Zork, or Ultima?

DaMack · Jun 25, 2007, 06:04 PM

I've never played it either but if it inspired Fallout it must have been hell of a game.

I look forward to this it should make up for the sucking Fallout 3 will do.

GoldenNugget · Jun 25, 2007, 06:21 PM

I remember trying it out briefly and it was pretty interesting from what I played.

I think it was kind of a grid based movement with random encounters with party member and you selected attacks and stuff. And there were npcs that you could buy stuff from, etc. I'm sure theres more since I literally played for 5 minutes or so.

Considering the copyright was bought by the guy who originally made the series, it sounds like it'll be a good thing.

MadMartigan · Jun 25, 2007, 11:19 PM

unless it's PC only I don't care.

Beak · Jun 25, 2007, 11:34 PM

Game was a awsome text dependant type of game, loved that game even with all crashs from having so many glitchs.

Was hella fun till i fell in the sewer system and had been flushed down the river.

Bires · Jun 26, 2007, 08:08 AM

It was like most of the RPGs of the 80's. Very similar to Might and Magic...as it was first-person with slide-slow graphics and shoot/block combat system and a use on item system.

It can be downloaded from abandonware sites with a little googling.

Beak · Jun 26, 2007, 10:43 PM

That DOS game is even more buggy in windows than it ever was on my commie 64 cant play more than a minute without a crash.

Whom ever does go out of their way to try the game out for themselve you need the story booklet that came with wasteland the dialog for the game is in that booklet.

Dark_Swordmaster · Jun 27, 2007, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beak

That DOS game is even more buggy in windows than it ever was on my commie 64 cant play more than a minute without a crash.

DOSBox?

Beak · Jun 29, 2007, 12:47 PM

The game used to be on Dos floppys for the commadore -64 there might even be another version i know nothing about that was used to play this game on a differant box.

Beak · Jul 30, 2007, 09:28 PM

Just tried to get this thing to work again and it does this time, had to install my download to floppy and use a hard disk to get it to work.

Copying the story right now and looking up hints off the web.

http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/wastelan.php hints

Jun 25, 2007, 03:44 PM	#2
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Jun 25, 2007, 04:46 PM	#3
Cosmonaut_Roger Radeon Evergreen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: WI, USA Posts: 1,984	whoa...if this comes true then this is indeed big news! Wasteland was revolutionary. I remember spending hours on that game doing absolutely nothing but making myself ultra powerful. Awsome news! __________________ Intel 486 DX2 66MHZ CPU 36MB RAM 430MB Hard Drive 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive 24x CD-ROM Drive 1mg Integrated Video Card by Cirrus Logic Sound Blaster 16 Sound Card One 9-pin Serial (Comm) Port One Parallel LTP Printer Port Dos 6.22

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Jun 25, 2007, 06:21 PM	#6
GoldenNugget Ummm... Nugget? Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,828	I remember trying it out briefly and it was pretty interesting from what I played. I think it was kind of a grid based movement with random encounters with party member and you selected attacks and stuff. And there were npcs that you could buy stuff from, etc. I'm sure theres more since I literally played for 5 minutes or so. Considering the copyright was bought by the guy who originally made the series, it sounds like it'll be a good thing. __________________ "They came for the Communists, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Communist; They came for the Socialists, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Socialist; They came for the labor leaders, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a labor leader; They came for the Jews, and I didn't object - For I wasn't a Jew; Then they came for me - And there was no one left to object." - Martin Niemoller, German Protestant Pastor

Jun 25, 2007, 05:20 PM	#4
Dark_Swordmaster Radeon Arctic Islands Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 8,506	I've actually never played Wasteland. Can someone tell me what it was like? Was it a free-roaming, free-play Fallout? Was it Zork, or Ultima?

Jun 25, 2007, 06:04 PM	#5
DaMack Radeon Evergreen Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,916	I've never played it either but if it inspired Fallout it must have been hell of a game. I look forward to this it should make up for the sucking Fallout 3 will do.

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Jun 25, 2007, 11:34 PM	#8
Beak Radeon Northern Islands Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BuRp!!! Dey Dont make CheeKins likE day uSed TA!! Posts: 2,239	Game was a awsome text dependant type of game, loved that game even with all crashs from having so many glitchs. Was hella fun till i fell in the sewer system and had been flushed down the river.

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Jun 26, 2007, 08:08 AM	#9
Bires 50 lb lap dog ;) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Mohave Wasteland Posts: 5,930	It was like most of the RPGs of the 80's. Very similar to Might and Magic...as it was first-person with slide-slow graphics and shoot/block combat system and a use on item system. It can be downloaded from abandonware sites with a little googling.

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Jun 26, 2007, 10:43 PM	#10
Beak Radeon Northern Islands Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BuRp!!! Dey Dont make CheeKins likE day uSed TA!! Posts: 2,239	That DOS game is even more buggy in windows than it ever was on my commie 64 cant play more than a minute without a crash. Whom ever does go out of their way to try the game out for themselve you need the story booklet that came with wasteland the dialog for the game is in that booklet. Last edited by Beak : Jun 26, 2007 at 10:45 PM.

Jun 29, 2007, 12:47 PM	#12
Beak Radeon Northern Islands Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BuRp!!! Dey Dont make CheeKins likE day uSed TA!! Posts: 2,239	The game used to be on Dos floppys for the commadore -64 there might even be another version i know nothing about that was used to play this game on a differant box.

Jul 30, 2007, 09:28 PM	#13
Beak Radeon Northern Islands Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: BuRp!!! Dey Dont make CheeKins likE day uSed TA!! Posts: 2,239	Just tried to get this thing to work again and it does this time, had to install my download to floppy and use a hard disk to get it to work. Copying the story right now and looking up hints off the web. http://www.uhs-hints.com/uhsweb/wastelan.php hints

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