So, I downloaded the original Fallout on GameTap so I could experience the original, and to say the thing has problems is an understatement. First of all, multiple saves refuse to even work, dumping me out to the title screen instead. Also, now, wherever I go, there are an extra three or four Ians running around, fighting with me, and I usually can't tell which one is the one in my party! Heck, even when I "fire" Ian, there are still Ians everywhere I go! So... Any thoughts on how to address this insanity?

Uninstall Gametap...stat! Get the real deal.

If we can install Fallout 1 for free on Gametap, where else can we download it for free ??

Send Gametap an email outlining your problems instead of listening to cranks.

Wow o_o, none of this sounded like even a remote problem in the original disk, even without the patches.

Um... if you can see if there's any change after downloading patches.

Alas, patches don't work with the GameTap version of the game, since there is no Fallout folder on your hard drive. All of the files are saved to the GameTap client on your computer. Apparently, though, the Ian clone thing IS a problem that shows up from time to time in the retail version of the game (see the last bullet point): http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ian#General_information

No matter how many times its been said people just don't seem to understand.

GAMES WERE NOT MEANT TO BE DOWNLOADED OFF THE INTERNET, TORRENTS, GAMETAP, LEGALLY FREE ONES, I DON'T CARE, THE RETAIL GAMES WILL ALWAYS FUNCTION BETTER.

I tried the gametap version and its far from how the original plays in terms of bugs & performance.
I could barely move the mouse when traveling around in the world map .. No issues in the original version whatsoever.

You can get all 3 (Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics) for 15 bucks on steam.

I've finished two runs throughs ont he Gametap client for FO1. My only issue was near the end of the game, I'd crash every once in a while when I'd open my inventory.

I've since purchased the $15 package availible form Interplay.com which contains FO1 FO2 and Tactics. So far these run fine too.

Actually, games where never meant to be unpatched.
I got .ISO files of about every single game i got, simply because i got drop tired of swaping CD every 5th mihoker. The only problems i encounter is usually when the game got a proper emulation blokker, but this problem only applies if i am running it under Wine in Linux.
Truth is, if a game comes illegal in a file like .MDS or .ISO under a torrent file, it will work better than a unpatched version because you can patch the torrented version. *sig* Newb.

Whoops maybe it wasn't steam. I can't remember didley these days.

No, you cannot patch most torrented games, first off, its illegal, and now, most games make sure its the real version of the game when patching it, thus refusing to do so, I have friends who are to cheap to buy fallout 3, so they torrented it, and are yet to be able to patch it. Newb.

You can get the original games from GoG.com for $6 per game.. No bugs there as far as I've see, and you can patch and mod it up the ass if you feel like it.

EDIT:
Everyone here fails at stuff I'm not going to get into... Also, note the use of programs with primarily illegal functions are not allowed to even be discussed on these forums.
Which includes emulation blockers, torrents, cracks and other stuff related to "warez".

Have you considered buying it a GameStop or something.

I have played the Gog.com versions of 1 and 2 on Vista-64; works just fine and the patching and moding work as well. Its $6 each and well worth it; have not bought tactics yet. Besides supportting gog and getting these old games legally is a fighting the good fight.

Note: I have enjoyed gametap immensely for trying out games; but stuff I really like I try to buy.

Indeed. I've bought all of the Interplay released Fallout's there, and the Freespace series, MDK, Stonekeep, Redneck Rampage Collection and Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. Everything works perfectly, though some of the games required a bit of tweaking because they used Dosbox, however that involved just changing a single setting or something.
And now I just noticed they've released Arx Fatalis there. :wub: Anyone who loves the Ultima Underworld series should try that game.

My Steam games work wonderfully. :dance:

I've seen the Fallout Collection at Walmart all the time. 15 bucks and you got a box to look at too!

Bulldrek. The data is exactly the same. I'm a huge proponent of downloaded (legally, that is) games. I play them all the time. Steam, GoG, etc are my best friends.

Gametap, however, svcks. No two ways about it. Since the Sam and Max series has faded into death once more, I got that piece of crap off my system as fast as I could. It uses it's own "versions" of the games... you can't patch them, mod them, whatever. And yes, they are often buggy as sin.



Again, bulldrek. Devs would love it if this were true, but it isn't. First of all, if you've pirated the game to begin with, you obviously don't care if patching it would be illegal. Second, by no means do all games do any sort of legitimacy test before installing patches. For those that do, often the same folks who get around the DRM find ways to circumvent or fool the validation - or a new version of the game propagates that already has the patches installed. I, too, have my share of friends into the piracy scene.

I don't know if Fallout 3 torrents are patchable... maybe not, yet. But they will be eventually.