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From: rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge)
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: "Fallout Classic" and "Wild Card Football"
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 14:39:58 -0000 (UTC)
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Mike S.  <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>I played the original Fallout when it was new. I remember the graphics
>looking like crap and the inventory interface also being crap. I am
>not surprised in the least that the original fallout games have aged
>poorly.

Most of the complaints about the original Fallout's graphics back then
though were about how it wasn't in 3D, which would've made the graphics
look even worse by today's standards.  I do remember people complaining
about the UI though.  Specifically I remember a thread here on Usenet
where people were trying to figure out how to interact with a ladder.

Personally I didn't have a problem with the graphics back then, though I
did find the UI a bit clunky.  It helped that I already knew the trick
to using ladders.  Even when I finally got around to playing Fallout 2
for the first time 10 years ago I didn't have a problem with the graphics.

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