Fallout Demo

The Fallout demo consisted of Scrapheap, a small town dominated by two competing gangs, the Crypts who rule the city's power generator, are large in numbers, and wear leather armor, and the Fools (led by a woman named 'Baka' which is Japanese for 'fool') who while fewer in number are tougher due to their Metal Armor and Big Guns waiting only for one more member before engaging in war with the Crypts. It used the Junktown area map (Specifically, the entrance area of the town) instead of a new one, but as it had completely different characters (except for Dogmeat and Phil, who tries to get rid of the dog just as in the actual game) and different plot, it can be considered a different location in the Fallout canon.

One can only play Max Stone in the demo, while his stats and biography are the same as in the retail version of the game, his traits were very different and he started with a fairly large stockpile of weapons and items.

There are several ways one can complete the demo. One can help the Crypts maintain control of the generator by helping them wipe out the Fools. One can help the Fools wipe out the Crypts and let them rule the town. One can join one gang and wait for them to wipe themselves (or the other gang) out before finishing any gang survivors off, ridding the town of all crime altogether and leaving the power generator in the hands of the people. One can also doom everyone in town by destroying the generator.

The demo master.dat file also contains Vault Boy images for all the GURPS advantages and disadvantages that were going to be used when Fallout was still A GURPS Post Nuclear Adventure.