''Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game'' is a 1997
role-playing video game
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developed and published by
Interplay Productions
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. In a mid-22nd century
post-apocalyptic
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and
retro-futuristic
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world, decades after a global
nuclear war
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, ''Fallout''
protagonist
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, the Vault Dweller, inhabits the underground nuclear shelter Vault 13. After
customizing their character, the player must scour the surrounding wasteland for a computer chip that can fix the Vault's failed water supply system. They interact with other survivors, some of whom give them
missions
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, and engage in