I want to revisit Fallout 1, because I've never finished it. Time has passed and I'm on Windows 7 x64.

How can the answer be improved? How to get the Fallout 1 (and Fallout 2) high-resolution patch working for Mac OS X Raw. Install the High Res Patch.

I know the site No Mutants Allowed, however there's so much content there that I just feel utterly lost. Which patches (official or community) and mods should I install in order to improve how this game runs on Windows 7 on a modern machine and also fix the old bugs, etc.? Although I am looking for general answers, I actually already own the whole Fallout collection (F1, F2, FT) localized in my native language and would prefer to use that instead of having to buy the games again.

I asked this question, because I remember when I tried to run this game on Windows 7 a year ago or so and failed, if I remember correctly I was getting a black screen. After completing Fallout: New Vegas earlier this year I felt an enormous urge to sink in the post-apocalyptic world again and decided to finally finish Fallout 1 & 2 (I have played both when they came out, but I was a different type of gamer back then and never finished either), however remembering the issues I faced previously I figured I'd ask first. Shadur's answer is OK if you don't own the games already, but I do, so I didn't want to re-purchase them. Instead I decided to give it a try on my own again and here's what I came up with. First of all, for some people your antivirus software may complain about trojans and other nasty things in some executables on the DVD.

I am using NOD32, but I saw other users report the same issue with different antivirus solutions. My copy of the game is legitimate and bought in a game shop from official distribution, so this is a false alarm (I hope!:P). It's best if you disable the antivirus for the duration of game installation. Duo 3 Ultra Mod Chip Installation. Run the installer with administrative privileges. So instead of letting the autorun program deal with the installation, close it and start the installer manually by running it as administrator. Then proceed normally. The latest official version of the game is 1.2, which sadly still has bugs.

That is why it's great to have a vibrant community and Fallout always had that (and still has)! Modders have released several unofficial patches to the game, so go to and grab the newest one you can find that suits your version of the game (usually 1.3.4). Just unpack it to the folder where you have the game installed overwriting any files it asks you about. Because we're on a modern machine, it would be good if the game could look a little bit better. You should get something called Sfall with the community patch. It's a modification that will allow you to run Fallout through DirectX 9 instead of DirectDraw, letting you to change the resolution and scale the graphics through the use of some scaling filters (known from console emulators, such as ZSNES).