I mean 2 in particular but any one of them is fine.

I can't find anything...

Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

orannis62:
Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

Yeah, I think that's the only way you'll get your hands on them legally and free.

orannis62:
Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

Although I wouldn't call it free free. It's only free during the free trial

megapenguinx:

orannis62:
Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

Although I wouldn't call it free free. It's only free during the free trial

No, it's a free game, the first one that is, not Fallout 2

I havent been able to find two myself...yet.

Good Old Games has both Fallouts for 7 bucks and they've been tinkered to work with XP and Vista.

It isn't free, but hell if isn't cheap.

Spartan Bannana:

megapenguinx:

orannis62:
Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

Although I wouldn't call it free free. It's only free during the free trial

No, it's a free game, the first one that is, not Fallout 2

It's free if you have a gametap account.

Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are available on Interplay's site for $15, with no DRM. They're worth far more than that, so go and buy them.

This is actually a very silly question. There has never been a free version of a licensed game that wasn't free in its original distribution.

No, not pacman, not pong, not frogger. There have been many imitations of those games that are free, but never the game's themselves.

Getting into games like "Fallout", this is a question that clearly doesn't understand how the whole "game distribution" thing works. Maybe Seventy years after the death of all of Fallout 2's creators and its developer / publishing comp. it will fall into public domain, but that'll be like 100 years from now.

And "free games" on gametap are not technically free because gametap plays for distribution rights that are funneled down to the player through membership / account fees. as has already been pointed out.

What has also been pointed out is that they are dirt cheap quality titles so just suck it up and buy a copy. At a certain point trying to find free versions of stuff just come off as super lame (this would be a fine example)

mark_n_b:
This is actually a very silly question. There has never been a free version of a licensed game that wasn't free in its original distribution.

No, not pacman, not pong, not frogger. There have been many imitations of those games that are free, but never the game's themselves.

Getting into games like "Fallout", this is a question that clearly doesn't understand how the whole "game distribution" thing works. Maybe Seventy years after the death of all of Fallout 2's creators and its developer / publishing comp. it will fall into public domain, but that'll be like 100 years from now.

And "free games" on gametap are not technically free because gametap plays for distribution rights that are funneled down to the player through membership / account fees. as has already been pointed out.

What has also been pointed out is that they are dirt cheap quality titles so just suck it up and buy a copy. At a certain point trying to find free versions of stuff just come off as super lame (this would be a fine example)

You could be really pedantic and say that ad-supported games aren't really "free" (or make the much more reasonable assertion that subscription-supported games aren't "free") but how exactly are games like the original Grand Theft Auto and GTA2 or Beneath a Steel Sky, which are now freeware, not "free games?" I mean, unless I'm misunderstanding your use of the word "licensed" (I think you mean "copyrighed?"), these are most certainly free versions of licensed games that weren't free in their original distribution, and there are many more similar examples. There are also games like OpenArena, which are 100% legal games created from the source code of old id software engines, which have been made public domain.

I think what the OP had in mind was Abandonware == Free. However, that's a popular mistake -- Abandonware isn't so much legal as it is rarely enforced because sufficiently old games are rarely worth anything to sell to the original companies. If anything, they might defend the copyright to strengthen their claim to the intellectual property to prevent other people from making games based on it.

Sometimes a company will release an old game for free (e.g. GTA 1 & 2) but that's really rare.

Interplay has been going in and out of business a lot lately. I think Bethesda currently owns the rights to Fallout 3, but Fallout 1 and 2 are probably still in the hands of Interplay. Considering Interplay's sketchy financial situation, they probably wouldn't be in a hurry to release their old cash cows for free.

Hence, licensing them to GameTap. Come to think of it, Fallout 1 and 2 can be found for sale across a lot of online distributors. So, right there's a major reason it's not Abadonware yet: it's still being sold.

DirkGently:

Spartan Bannana:

megapenguinx:
[quote="orannis62" post="9.83033.1147419"]Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

Although I wouldn't call it free free. It's only free during the free trial

No, it's a free game, the first one that is, not Fallout 2

It's free if you have a gametap account.
/quote]
Which in turn is free if you don't upgrade

Im going to get banned for this....

Just torrent the fucker, its one of the few games out their that you are expected to have played to be called a gamer and im pretty sure no one will care if you download a 12 year old game. if anything i would think Interplay would be honored, I fucking would if a game I had developed had that much of an impact on an entire culture.

Alternatively you could pay for it, its one the few games in the "budget" bin that are worth every pennie, if not more.

xitel:

orannis62:
Fallout 1 is free on Gametap.

Yeah, I think that's the only way you'll get your hands on them legally and free.

key word. Legally lol

If I were to walk into my local GAME or PC World, chances are the "Three for £10" and "Three for £20" sections would have everything I could ever want from gaming. Fallout was no exception, in fact.

Don't pirate it. It's only $15 for three games that are more than worth it. It's without DRM, which is good, even if it's only a step towards free, and not truly free as all software should be.

mark_n_b:
This is actually a very silly question. There has never been a free version of a licensed game that wasn't free in its original distribution.

No, not pacman, not pong, not frogger. There have been many imitations of those games that are free, but never the game's themselves.

Getting into games like "Fallout", this is a question that clearly doesn't understand how the whole "game distribution" thing works. Maybe Seventy years after the death of all of Fallout 2's creators and its developer / publishing comp. it will fall into public domain, but that'll be like 100 years from now.

And "free games" on gametap are not technically free because gametap plays for distribution rights that are funneled down to the player through membership / account fees. as has already been pointed out.

What has also been pointed out is that they are dirt cheap quality titles so just suck it up and buy a copy. At a certain point trying to find free versions of stuff just come off as super lame (this would be a fine example)

This was actually a very silly answer: plenty of games are now free that were one full price games.A large list of them is available from wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware

Please refrain from giving smug answers based on "your opinion" of how things work. Research them first. Not all freeware is open-source. It is perfectly possible for software to be both free, and copywritten. Many games are given away by companies as a promotion for a newer version of a game (Grand Theft Auto is a modern example). Some are only freeware for a limited amount of time and may not be re-distributed, most however can. Some are released to the public domain. What really comes of super-lame is giving a completely rude and uneducated answer to a legitimate question. Finding legal free games is smart.

So to be clear:
Open-Source software does not ALWAYS mean free.
Copyright does not always mean you have to pay.

Codgo:
I saw Fallout 1 and 2 gold edition with extras for £3. Bargin. Just shop around in your local game stores.

Or just go to good old ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fallout-Collection-1-2-Tactics-New-Sealed_W0QQitemZ400033134915QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS?hash=item400033134915&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318