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Pioneer the post-apocalyptic open world.

Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic, a post-apocalyptic open world full of awe and danger, as imagined in a 1988 RPG, is available for only $5.99 on GOG.com

They say that ever since the nuclear holocaust, America is no longer a place for heroes. They say, that it is no longer the land of the free. Know, that they've been lying to you. In the atomic wasteland of the year 2087, there is still room for bravery, justice, and order. There are men and women standing guard to what is left of civilized society, facing villains, mutants, bandits, and monsters on daily basis. When everyone else just gave up, they roam the ruins of our nation's sinful past, and do the impossible to bring law to the badlands. They are the Desert Rangers, and this is their story.

Back in 1988 Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic (or just Wasteland back then) took the fresh memory of living in constant fear during the Cold War, reached for the aesthetics of the Mad Max movies, added solid cRPG mechanics, and offered gamers an experience that would soon inspire a whole gaming sub-genre. Long before Mr. Ron Perlman announced to the world that "war never changes" in the iconic opening sequence to Fallout, the post-apocalyptic grim future was a vision already present and persistent in the minds of gamers. That was mostly because of Wasteland. The open-ended free-roam gameplay, paired with incredibly rich and suggestive setting made a lasting impression on everyone who dared to visit the nuclear desert. With challenging difficulty level and great variety of NPCs, quests, and locations, this fantastic title is still a blast to play!

Do you remember playing this title, or maybe you'd like to see how the gaming post-apo craze has begun? Pick the slightly updated version of Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic, for only $5.99, on GOG.com.
It does come with the option for improved graphics which does add some value.

I actually asked one of the GOG staff about Fountain of Dreams. He says he looked into it but they weren't able to bundle the two games. (Hopefully he doesn't mind me mentioning this.)
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tfishell: It does come with the option for improved graphics which does add some value.

I actually asked one of the GOG staff about Fountain of Dreams. He says he looked into it but they weren't able to bundle the two games. (Hopefully he doesn't mind me mentioning this.)
not surprised by that since Wasteland is owned by Inexile and was made by Fargo and Interplay while Fountain of Dreams is owned by EA and was produced by EA as a "Sequel" to Wasteland(that notion was dropped real quickly by EA) using the Wasteland Engine there was another game EA published using the Wasteland engine called "Escape from Hell"(if I recall) maybe GOG could get EA to let them bundle those two together?
Can anyone tell me how this game plays? Is it kinda like fallout? The screens made me think Organ trail, but that's probably just passing resemblance only.

I must admit that this game is too old for me to get into, I'm just asking because I'm wondering if the upcoming sequel is worth investing in.
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Sylenall: Can anyone tell me how this game plays? Is it kinda like fallout? The screens made me think Organ trail, but that's probably just passing resemblance only.

I must admit that this game is too old for me to get into, I'm just asking because I'm wondering if the upcoming sequel is worth investing in.
The sequel is likely to be more like Fallout than WL. The graphics require more imagination than more recent games, but the core mechanics are similar. WL1 is more like a jRPG than the later games in the series, or at least that's how the combat works, and there's less to do, because it originally had to fit on floppy disks.
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hedwards: The sequel is likely to be more like Fallout than WL. The graphics require more imagination than more recent games, but the core mechanics are similar. WL1 is more like a jRPG than the later games in the series, or at least that's how the combat works, and there's less to do, because it originally had to fit on floppy disks.
I think this is a bit inaccurate, in the early JRPG's distance/movement in combat was abstracted. There's a certain amount of abstraction in Wasteland, but it's pretty obvious the developers tried as hard as they could to make a non-abstracted realistic tactical combat system, within the huge restraints they were working with. My reasons for saying this are 1) Although you make move your party around as a "blob" in Wasteland, you can split it at any time and send party members to other sides of the map, you can also split the party during combat, and 2) Movement/distance is NOT abstracted in Wasteland, from memory every "square" of movement is 10", weapons all have ranges measured in feet, and you can move 10" a turn in combat. Yes combat descriptions come up in text next to an enemy portrait rather like an old JRPG, but if you press Space Bar in combat it shows the map and everyone on the battlefield has a sprite picture showing where they are.

My view is that the devs of Wasteland really wanted to make the combat tactical like say Jagged Alliance or XCOM which would come out years later, but were restricted from doing so due to the engine and tech of the time.
Post edited November 19, 2013 by Crosmando
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Dr_Adder: Does this mean we will also get Fountain of Dreams? I used to play that when I was a kid. I remember it being fun, but quite difficult. Anyone remember this game?
Probably not going to happen any time soon since Fountain of Dreams is a original EA IP, and have done nothing with it for years, and no one is interest getting the IP at all. The reason why Wasteland 1 is on GOG.com and Steam is that Inxile got the Wasteland rights and cares about old school gamers and people interest in the grand pappy of Fallout .
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Crosmando: 2) Movement/distance is NOT abstracted in Wasteland, from memory every "square" of movement is 10", weapons all have ranges measured in feet, and you can move 10" a turn in combat.
10 inches, huh? Slow walkers, I guess. ;P
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GabesterOne: Probably not going to happen any time soon since Fountain of Dreams is a original EA IP, and have done nothing with it for years,
It was before GOG era (look at EA's classic catalog here). IF EA really holds rights for Fountain of Dreams - I'm certain it will land on GOG.com. It's just a matter of time.
Post edited February 19, 2014 by tburger
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GabesterOne: Probably not going to happen any time soon since Fountain of Dreams is a original EA IP, and have done nothing with it for years,
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tburger: It was before GOG era (look at EA's classic catalog here). IF EA really holds rights for Fountain of Dreams - I'm certain it will land on GOG.com. It's just a matter of time.
Yes this game was release in the early 90's, but there is not that much want and demand for Fountain of Dreams for EA to make any real profits since they're greedy bastards. Plus this game was release as a unpopular bastard son of the original Wasteland. I did not say it would not be released on this site, but not anytime soon though.
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GabesterOne: Probably not going to happen any time soon since Fountain of Dreams is a original EA IP, and have done nothing with it for years,
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tburger: It was before GOG era (look at EA's classic catalog here). IF EA really holds rights for Fountain of Dreams - I'm certain it will land on GOG.com. It's just a matter of time.
For 5.99, though? I dunno.
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tfishell: For 5.99, though? I dunno.
Why not? I mean I know it's not that acclaimed as Wasteland but $5.99 with a standard EA's 50% off seems reasonable proce to me.