Fallout, topic officiel.

Salut les fallout boyz
Suite à la lecture du topic et une violente envie de bon JDR pour animer les froides soirées d'hiver je viens de racheter sur le net les Fallout 1 et 2 (impossible de remettre la main dessus chez moi! ).
Malgré la p.... de grêve de la Poste j'espère les recevoir incessament sous peu... A tel point que ne tenant plus d'impatience j'ai voulu installer une vieille demo du 1. Seulement la demo est incompatible avec XP et sur tous les forums que j'ai écumé, personne n'a trouvé le moyen de la faire touner sous XP ... Alors une question me taraude: est-ce-que le jeu complet peut tourner sur XP? A quelques jours de son arrivée je crois que je ne m'en remettrais pas... ou que je devrais dégotter une vieille machine uniquement pour y jouer...

Erf
Je m'en remets pas ...
Aucun patch/dll/bidouilles?

Interplay, still holding the license to develop an online version of Fallout after licensing the single-player RPG type to Bethesda Softworks, has managed to reduce its debt and is now trying to accrue additional funds:<blockquote>Interplay Entertainment Corp. (IPLY.OB) today filed a Form 8-K with the SEC announcing the Company has engaged a Paris-based investment bank to conduct an offshore Private Placement of its common stock. The offering of newly issued shares for an amount of at least (euro)20 million and up to (euro)50 million in total will be reserved exclusively to non US based accredited investors.</blockquote>The money is to be used to fund a product many of us have often feared would see the light of day, Fallout Online (FOOL, for short). Herve Caen commented:<blockquote>Having significantly reduced our debt over the past two years, we are now in an improved position to raise capital. This private placement will be another critical step toward the funding and development of our Fallout property into a Massively Multiplayer Online Game, which represents our plan for growth in the coming years.</blockquote>If ever made, my money says that this bombs as badly as Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel did. Lesson to all holders of Fallout licenses; no succesful game has ever been made from the Fallout license that was not true to the original.

Link: announcement of FOOL on sec.gov

Thank rbusslinger and Briosafreak.

A little bird told us Interplay's pitch to foreign investors for Fallout Online, intended to pry loose a total of $75 million, has been filed with SEC for public viewing. And it makes for a riveting read.<blockquote>THE FALLOUT BRAND IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED GAMING BRAND BY CONSUMERS.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DEDICATED FAN SITES AROUND THE WORLD EVIDENCING A LOYAL FAN BASE ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 350,000 PEOPLE (www.nma-fallout.com, www.duckandcover.cx, fanmadefallout.com, www.teamx.ru, www.nwsgames.net, nukacola.com, www.nuclearcleansing.com).

DUE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF A POST NUCLEAR APOCALYPTIC WORLD RESULTING FROM THE COLD WAR (1945-1990), ALL CONSUMERS 20 AND OLDER WILL HAVE SOME TIES TO FALLOUT AND WILL BE INTRIGUED TO FIND OUT IN THIS VIRTUAL WORLD: "AND WHAT IF THE NUCLEAR WAR REALLY HAD HAPPENED?"</blockquote>Fallout isn't exactly about what would've happened had the Cold War between the USSR and US turned hot, Herve, you might want to read a little thing called the Fallout Bible. But thanks for the recognition, 350k people strong and we all really hate FOOL!<blockquote>The Fallout MMOG will be developed in the highly recognized Fallout post Nuclear Apocalyptic world giving consumers an ongoing virtual experience of today's life as if the cold war, which lasted for the best part of the second half of last century, had led to a nuclear disaster.</blockquote>Not even close to the Fallout storyline there, mack, the Great War of Fallout happened in 2077. Herve adds some spurious comments under investment attractions:<blockquote>o Interplay will effectively be the first MMOG pure play western public company

o Interplay's management was involved in the World of Warcraft project at Vivendi</blockquote>And here's the juicy bit, assumptions and predictions:<blockquote>- LAUNCH OF FALLOUT MMO Q3 2010

- REACH 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS DURING THE FIRST YEAR

- PROFITABLE YEAR 2

- REVENUE OF 160M$ PER YEAR AFTER FIRST

- NET INCOME OF OVER 50M$ PER YEAR STARTING YEAR 3</blockquote>Well, notch up one more reason to hope total nuclear war happens within the next 3 years.

Link: Interplay SEC filing on NASDAQ