That was actually "ScrapHeap" which used the junktown textures, but is a seperate location.

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Scrapheap

I bought Fallout 1 Years ago, for a couple of quid. A few months later i saw a review for Fallout 2 in a PC mag, but i didnt pick that up until some years later.

I was an avid GURPS player (stupid name, great game), and when Fallout 1 dropped the GURPS out, I refused to buy it. A friend of mine played it, and told me how much he liked it, but I thought he was full of it. About a year after Fallout 2 came out, I bought it in one of those, "aw, hell, lets check it out" moments. I instantly regretted not getting Fallout 1 when it came out.

My first experience with Fallout was with the demo of Fallout 1 many years ago. I can't remember what exactly pushed me to play it, but I had a good time and bought the full game shortly after.

Fallout 3 was my first, but I love Fallout 1.

I played a game called http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasteland_%28video_game%29 in my parents' basemant on my Commodore 64 in the late '80s ('87 or '88 I believe). The fact that this type of game has been around since the '80s makes me giggle when I hear people talking about game x being a Fallout 3 ripoff or game y being a Borderlands ripoff, etc. It was the first of the post-nuclear cRPGs loaded with tongue-in-cheek humor, as far as I know. Awesome game...especially for its time. Nowadays kids of the age I was when I played it (I think I was around 12) would probably hate it for not having enough twitch action or http://www.game-over.net/retro/may/wl/wl8.jpg. Back then you needed a bit of an imagination.

Years later I spotted Fallout 1 in a store in 1997 (might have been Best Buy). I flipped the box over and the first line of the description was, "Remember Wasteland?" I noticed that it was produced by Bryan Fargo, who was the lead designer on Wasteland and that was it for game shopping that day.

I originally bought Fallout 1 sight-unseen when it first came out. Interplay, at the time, seemed like the sort of place I wanted to work at when I got out of college; I was (and still am) big into the post-apocalyptic genre, and it was a turn-based RPG - which even then wasn't a terribly common concept. (People might not remember, but RPGs back then weren't as big of a staple of the games industry as it is now - most companies didn't want to risk it, especially western-style RPGs.)

I had a lot of fun with the game, but what absolutely blew my mind was the ending sequence. This has been brought up numerous times, but that's still what I consider to be the single most iconic element in the series. To this date, I don't think anyone has ever done a better job at wrapping up a narrative while simultaneously customizing it to your actions. I just kept playing through Fallout 1 over and over again, just to see how doing different things had varying impacts.

I've been a pretty loyal fan ever since.

Fallout 3

I actually missed FO1 at the time it first came out but I got a few years ago, due to its continuous hype, when I figured out that I tended to like RPGs above any other genre.
I gave it a try for a couple of hours and then I stopped playing because I was going through all the infinity engine games at the time and I didn't feel like switching setting and controls.
(That was the last time when I clearly preferred Planescape:Torment over Fallout)

A friend at school who was involved in all sorts of RPG things like Magic, Warhammer, D&D, etc. was always talking about Fallout 1. So I couldn't resist, asked if I could borrow his cd and copied it. (Yes I know it's illegal but back in the day I didn't give a damn and being heavily familiar with the C64 cracking scene it was normal for me to get pirated material). As I progressed in the game I got hooked that weekend so I called in sick next week from school to play fallout (Yes, addiction is an evil horrible thing but I needed to complete this game. I couldn't care less if the world exploded. lol!). Anyways I lost my copy over time and saw Fallout 1 in the store one day for maybe 50 or 60 guilders (The Euro currency wasn't in circulation yet). So I had to buy it because I remembered Fallout's manual when I borrowed it with all the great stories on how nuclear fallout behaves depending on what sort of bomb was used and for the RPG experience itself of course.

Later I had read in a computer magazine somewhere Fallout 2 was soon to be released, back in 1998 I believe. Well I was the first in line to buy the sequel and so it mutated from there to Tactics and Fallout 3.

It's funny that I totally mist Wasteland because I had hundreds of games on my Commodore 64. It doesn't matter however, I had loads of fun with RPG's like Maniac Mansion, Sid Meier's Pirates, etc.

I always saw Maniac Mansion as an adventure game and Pirates as a sim, but I played those too. Other RPGs I played on the gool ol' C64: The Bard's Tale series, the Ultima series, Questron, Legacy of the Ancients, Wizardry series, Might & Magic series (later on the PC), the Gold Box D&D games beginning with Pool of Radiance, I could go on. There were a ton of 'em. Wasteland was one of the best, though.

Yeah you're right they aren't true RPG's more adventurish. Might & Magic comes closer to a true RPG... there were tons indeed like Elvera Mistress of the Dark, Magic Candle, Questron, Ultima, The Bard's Tale, etc. (I can't remember them all) I also had a hugh amount of text adventures but I wasn't really into that stuff. And as for wasteland i'm having bad luck cos I'm having a difficult time to get the saves work properly on any emulator and just gave up. Well... I shouldn't misted it in the first place.

I have never played maniac mansion but I have played Day of the Tentacle and still would if I could get it to work on my pc. I love that game.

It is possible with dosbox. Although I prefer the C64 version which is also possible with a little help of the CCS64 or WinVICE emulator.

You know Maniac Mansion is included in its entirety as an easter egg in Day of the Tentacle! (yes! greatest easter egg ever... EVER!!)

I know that I just can't play D of T anyways because new computers are gay and can't play any old game almost.

Especially -but not exclusively- for those great old LucasArts (Lucasfilms) games you can get http://www.scummvm.org/