Mini games

In Fallout 3 several minigames will appear. The two that are known at this time are hacking and lock picking. No other minigames have been confirmed so far, except you will find a text based minigame with the name "Reign of Grelok" at the Hubrics Comics building.

Hacking
The Hacking mini game is played in order to hack into a terminal. In this mini-game, there is a list of passwords to choose from, and after a choice is made, feedback will be given on how many letters are shared between the picked option and the correct answer, it will be much like the board game "Mastermind.". You can find an online version of the game Mastermind at this site:. (Note: Just because you find a note with the password doesn't mean that is the answer when playing the mini-game). You get four tries to find the current password. Tip: if you are on your fourth try and not 100% sure on the answer, log off the terminal and log back on to start from scratch.

Lock picking
In the lock picking mini game, you are trying to open a locked item such as an ammo box, a safe or some other item. You have a screwdriver, which is a weightless item always with you, and a bobby pin, which will also be a weightless item, that you collect through out your journey. Every time you fail to pick a lock you will loose/break the bobby pin you were using and have to use another one to try again.