Way back in 1988, the young Brian Fargo co-developed a PC RPG with a unique setting for publication by his new startup publishing house, Interplay. This game was “Wasteland,” which took place in a post-nuclear holocaust version of the state of Arizona sometime in the 1990s. While the Internet’s historical record takes pains to portray “Wasteland” in a positive light, using words like ‘critically acclaimed’ and ‘groundbreaking,’ “Wasteland” ultimately didn’t make much of an impression on gamers of the era outside of the tiny niche that was PC gaming. 1988 was smack in the middle of the post-crash console resurgence, and any game that wasn’t released on the NES was destined to be all but forgotten.
Brian Fargo couldn’t let go this idea for an RPG set in a post... |
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